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 on the Italian Riviera and in London

Novel set on the Italian Riviera and in London 26th June 2018

The Occasional Virgin by Hannan Al-Shaykh, a novel set on the Italian Riviera and in London. If you’re in the mood for something different to read then this funny, iconoclastic and ultimately thought-provoking novel by one of the Arab...

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GIVEAWAY – 5 copies of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland, novel set in Australia

GIVEAWAY – 5 copies of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland, novel set in Australia 24th June 2018

THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART by Holly Ringland, coming-of-age novel set in AUSTRALIA Flowers, fire and fairy tales are the elements that will forever shape nine-year-old Alice Hart’s life, in The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, the remarkable...

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Five great books set in Korea

Five great books set in Korea 24th June 2018

Korea is the latest destination in our ‘Five great books set in…’ series. ‘Five great books set in Korea’. And obviously timely, given the recent momentous Trump-Kim summit. After decades of war, terrifying regimes and a developing nuclear threat, is...

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Serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, with Christian Hill

Serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, with Christian Hill 23rd June 2018

Combat Camera by Christian Hill, memoir serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Afghanistan for the troops during the war was “ninety percent boredom, really, and only ten percent shitting yourself“…   From a sleepy local radio station to combat central...

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Chatting with author Daniel Pembrey, and 5 Great Books set across Alpine Countries

Chatting with author Daniel Pembrey, and 5 Great Books set across Alpine Countries 22nd June 2018

I recently caught up with author Daniel Pembrey and was delighted to hear more about his adventures travelling in the footsteps of James Bond, who covered substantial parts of the Alps in his career as 007. Author Ian Fleming...

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