Blog Archive

Check through the Blog posts below to find our latest extended book reviews, our #TalkingLocationWith … pieces, and our views on matters of general literary interest. Search by either Location or by the Keywords you would like to come up in the results…

Night Boat to Tangier – novel set in Algeciras and Cork (Waiting for Dilly)

Night Boat to Tangier – novel set in Algeciras and Cork (Waiting for Dilly) 14th October 2019

Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry, novel set in Algeciras and Cork. October 2018. Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, two fading Irish drug-running gangsters, are waiting at the port of Algeciras…. ‘The Irishmen look out blithely at the...

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GIVEAWAY – Love flowers? Love Japan? Love a good bookmark?

GIVEAWAY – Love flowers? Love Japan? Love a good bookmark? 13th October 2019

We are giving away one copy of “The Flower Arranger” by J J Ellis, set mainly in Tokyo. PLUS a beautifully crafted Japanese wooden bookmark with a carp fish design, perfect for booklovers!! Holly Blain wants to cover real...

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A year in the life of a thriller writer Lee Child

A year in the life of a thriller writer Lee Child 13th October 2019

With Child by Andy Martin – a year in the life of thriller writer Lee Child. With Child is a fascinating read for all the many fans of Lee Child / Jack Reacher. It picks up where Andy Martin’s...

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A visit to the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2019

A visit to the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2019 12th October 2019

Cheltenham Literature Festival is the oldest literary festival in the world and is currently celebrating its 70th anniversary. So I’m really not quite sure why it’s taken me so long to get there, especially given the quality of authors...

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Murder mystery set in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Murder mystery set in Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11th October 2019

The Infirmary by L J Ross, murder mystery set in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The very successful DCI Ryan murder mystery series has been around for a couple of years now and The Infirmary is the prequel. Here the reader fondly encounters...

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