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…

Book Club – the film (Mamma Mia for the mature)

Book Club – the film (Mamma Mia for the mature) 6th June 2018

Book Club – the film. Four mature women participate in a regular monthly book club. Carol (Mary Steenbergen), Diane (Diane Keaton), Sharon (Candice Bergen) and Vivian (Jane Fonda) have all built up nice lives for themselves and they have...

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Novel set in Colombia (Guest Review by Isobel Blackthorn)

Novel set in Colombia (Guest Review by Isobel Blackthorn) 5th June 2018

The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, novel set in Colombia. A blend of autobiography, historical narrative and criminal investigation, The Shape of the Ruins is a gripping tale of intrigue and conspiracy set in Colombia, of...

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Talking Location with  author Sandra Danby – Andalucia

Talking Location with author Sandra Danby – Andalucia 4th June 2018

#TalkingLocationWith…. Author Sandra Danby, who takes her readers to Málaga, the setting for her novel Connectedness. When I told friends that Connectedness would be set in Málaga, the phrases ‘kiss me quick hat’ and ‘full English breakfast’ were thrown around. This...

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GIVEAWAY – be a pre-publication reader of “The Boy At The Door” set in Norway!

GIVEAWAY – be a pre-publication reader of “The Boy At The Door” set in Norway! 3rd June 2018

“The Boy at the Door” set in Norway, and written by Alex Dahl, is a hot pick for Summer 2018. And you can be in with a chance of reading it in hardback, a month before copies hit the shelves...

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Write Away in Tuscany: 11-18 September 2018

Write Away in Tuscany: 11-18 September 2018 3rd June 2018

From September 11thto 18th this year, an exciting new writing course, “Write Away in Tuscany” is happening in a river valley nestled in the Upper Marecchia, Tuscany. Writers will stay in a converted watermill, Il Mulino, and daily morning sessions...

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