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…

Novel set in and around the Dakota Building in New York

Novel set in and around the Dakota Building in New York 24th December 2018

The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash, novel set in New York. Tom Barbash’s latest novel focuses on a difficult period for the Winters, a family who live in the Dakota, an apartment block in Upper West Side, New York –...

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Novel set in the run-up to Christmas in Devon (“…just a bunch of waifs and strays..”)

Novel set in the run-up to Christmas in Devon (“…just a bunch of waifs and strays..”) 23rd December 2018

Christmas at the Beach Hut by Veronica Henry, novel set in the run-up to Christmas in Devon. You know that stress just before Christmas? When it gets to fever pitch and you are just tempted to run away? Meet...

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Talking Location and homelessness with author Sarah Butler – Manchester

Talking Location and homelessness with author Sarah Butler – Manchester 22nd December 2018

TalkingLocationWith… Sarah Butler, author of Before the Fire, set in Manchester I was born and brought up in Manchester. My dad was a town planner and I remember occasional ‘unorthodox’ city tours to places off the tourist map: Hulme, Ardwick,...

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Authors on location – Eric Newby

Authors on location – Eric Newby 21st December 2018

#AuthorsOnLocation – ERIC NEWBY For some writers location is as integral to their story-telling as plot or character. TripFiction takes a look at some of these authors, for whom a sense of place has helped to define their literary output....

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Travels in Finland (with a bit of sisu* thrown in)

Travels in Finland (with a bit of sisu* thrown in) 20th December 2018

The Honest Tribe by Max Boyle, travels in Finland.   The Honest Tribe certainly introduces the reader to Finland and its ways. The country is quite an unusual choice for a travel memoir and offers something different and engaging....

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