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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 adapted into five GREAT films

Five GREAT books adapted into five GREAT films 20th October 2018

Five great books adapted into five great films. Do you like it when a book you’ve really enjoyed reading becomes a great film too? Or would you like the original art form to be untainted by the big screen?...

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Novel set on the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean

Novel set on the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean 19th October 2018

Tropic of Violence by Nathacha Appanah, novel set on the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. Translated by Geoffrey Strachan. Mayotte is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique. It became a...

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Talking to author Libby Page about her novel The Lido set in Brixton, London

Talking to author Libby Page about her novel The Lido set in Brixton, London 18th October 2018

Libby Page has garnered huge acclaim for her debut novel The Lido, set very firmly in Brixton. It is a story about an unlikely friendship between 86 year-old Rosemary and 26 year-old Kate, united in their passion for community, people...

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1918: The Lost Daughter – Maria Romanova writes to her sisters from Ekaterinburg (especially for TripFiction!)

1918: The Lost Daughter – Maria Romanova writes to her sisters from Ekaterinburg (especially for TripFiction!) 17th October 2018

The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul, historical novel set mainly in Russia Maria Romanova and her parents travelled to Ekaterinburg first and the rest of the family followed three weeks later. She did write a brief letter to her sisters...

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Mystery set on St John, US Virgin Islands

Mystery set on St John, US Virgin Islands 16th October 2018

Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand, mystery set on St John, US Virgin Islands.   Irene Steele has just celebrated Christmas 2018. Her husband, Russ, has left to travel for work (which he does very regularly). Another New Year...

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