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…

Newcastle Noir – all about the setting of Northumberland

Newcastle Noir – all about the setting of Northumberland 5th May 2018

Panel 1 – Newcastle Noir at the Lit and Phil in Newcastle upon Tyne, 5 May 2018 ….featuring three authors whose work is firmly set in and around Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne: Mari Hannah, Matt Wesolowski and L...

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A window into the art world. A novel of redemption…

A window into the art world. A novel of redemption… 4th May 2018

The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman, a novel of redemption set in Rome, London, New York and the South of France. This is a novel essentially about a father and son relationship, a son who lives in the shadow...

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#OnLiteraryLocation in Galicia – the reality

#OnLiteraryLocation in Galicia – the reality 3rd May 2018

Well, that was a challenge. Physically and also in literary terms. As in not having enough time, rather than not enjoying the book that travelled with me #OnLiteraryLocation in Galicia (Death on A Galician Shore by Domingo Vilar) I wrote...

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Talking Location With author Kristen Lepionka – Columbus , Ohio

Talking Location With author Kristen Lepionka – Columbus , Ohio 3rd May 2018

#TalkingLocationWith…. Kristen Lepionka, author of What You Want To See, who talks about Columbus, Ohio, the setting for her crime thriller. I happen to live in the city I write about, so every day is living, breathing research. When I...

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Novel set in the New Hebrides 1950s (that’s Vanuatu today)

Novel set in the New Hebrides 1950s (that’s Vanuatu today) 2nd May 2018

Things Bright and Beautiful by Anbara Salam, novel set in the New Hebrides, now Vanuatu. The reader peers through the damp fronds of the jungle, vision clouded by insects and heat vapour, the cacophony of birds assaults the ears...

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