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…

Five great books set in ZIMBABWE

Five great books set in ZIMBABWE 9th August 2019

Zimbabwe is the latest country for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in Zimbabwe. ‘The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans‘ – Robert Mugabe The...

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Thriller set in Surrey, England

Thriller set in Surrey, England 8th August 2019

The Last Stage by Louise Voss, thriller set in Surrey, England. In the 1980s/90s Meredith used to sing with Cohen, a hugely successful group. After a seemingly random attack in the mid 90s, which traumatised her to the core....

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Talking Location With author Victoria Hoffarth – Philippines

Talking Location With author Victoria Hoffarth – Philippines 7th August 2019

#TalkingLocationWith… Victoria Hoffarth, author of When Turtles Come Home: A Memoir on Life in the Philippines HOMECOMING We had been bumping up and down the pot-holed dirt road in our old reconstructed jeep for some time when we approached a break...

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Nuclear thriller set mainly in Sweden

Nuclear thriller set mainly in Sweden 6th August 2019

The Carrier by Mattias Berg – nuclear thriller set mainly in Sweden. Translated by George Goulding The Carrier is an absolutely fascinating read. It is first of all a really good and absorbing thriller. Erasmus Levine, the bag carrier...

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Wonderful novel set in Peking and Tokyo

Wonderful novel set in Peking and Tokyo 5th August 2019

The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd, a wonderful novel set in Peking and Tokyo. This is one of the few novels I have read twice, it is that good! It is published by Eland Publishing who have a wonderful...

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