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 20th Century Barcelona (guest review by author Isobel Blackthorn)

Novel set in 20th Century Barcelona (guest review by author Isobel Blackthorn) 26th April 2018

The Impostor by Javier Cercas, novel set in 20th century Barcelona. Translated by Frank Wynne. Part memoir, part biography, part fiction, this witty and highly entertaining novel tells the story of Enric Marco, a prominent Catalan union activist who...

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Author Marilyn Baron talks about the phenomenon of Stumble Stones (Stolpersteine)

Author Marilyn Baron talks about the phenomenon of Stumble Stones (Stolpersteine) 25th April 2018

#TalkingLocationWith… author Marilyn Baron My husband has always wanted to see Berlin and he never gets his way, so I agreed to travel there on a recent vacation. One thing you have to know about my husband. He’ll rarely...

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A novel I took to Wrocław (Poland, a country under siege)

A novel I took to Wrocław (Poland, a country under siege) 24th April 2018

Home is Nearby by Magdalena McGuire – a novel I took to Wrocław just recently. Have you ever considered a city break in Wrocław, formerly Breslau, in Poland? Pop it on your city break list, it has enough to...

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#OnLiteraryLocation in Galicia – the plan

#OnLiteraryLocation in Galicia – the plan 23rd April 2018

#OnLiteraryLocation in Galicia – the plan. I’m heading to Galicia this week, to walk close on 200 km around the north-west coastal corner of the Iberian peninsula. It won’t be far from the end of the more famous and...

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Novel set on the Hebrides (“…wonderful sensual imagery”)

Novel set on the Hebrides (“…wonderful sensual imagery”) 23rd April 2018

Keep Me Safe by Daniela Sacerdoti, novel set on the Hebrides, on the fictional island of Seal. Anna, a newly qualified nurse, is devastated when her live-in partner, Toby, announces that he’s leaving her and their young daughter, Ava,...

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