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…

Poignant novel set in Tokyo (before the coffee gets cold)

Poignant novel set in Tokyo (before the coffee gets cold) 10th October 2019

Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, poignant novel set in Tokyo. Translated by Geoffrey Trousselot. A magical mystery novel set in a basement cafe named the Funiculi Funicula which of course is the title of a Neapolitan...

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Win a short break in the Yorkshire dales with Strictly’s Karen Hardy!

Win a short break in the Yorkshire dales with Strictly’s Karen Hardy! 9th October 2019

This month, in conjunction with our partners, Silver Travel Advisor, we are offering you the chance to win a superb short break in the Yorkshire dales with Strictly’s Karen Hardy, courtesy of HF Holidays… You could be spending 3...

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Ten great books set in the MIDDLE EAST

Ten great books set in the MIDDLE EAST 9th October 2019

The Middle East is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Ten great books set in the Middle East. The Middle East is a region overflowing with history, beauty and culture, but...

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Novella set in China

Novella set in China 8th October 2019

The Phoenix and the Crow by Graham Sage, novella set in China. This is a book published by award winning Monsoon Books. Their strapline is “Explore Asia with Monsoon Books” and therefore we love to feature titles from them!...

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Cheltenham Literature Festival – the Desert Island Books of Sebastian Faulks

Cheltenham Literature Festival – the Desert Island Books of Sebastian Faulks 7th October 2019

Sebastian Faulks, one of our most revered and successful living authors, arguably isn’t best known for his modesty. Or for happily suffering fools not matching his own prodigious intellect. So the opportunity to hear him talk about those books,...

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