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…

Talking Location With author Remy Salters – Belize

Talking Location With author Remy Salters – Belize 14th April 2018

#TalkingLocationWith…. author Remy Salters, sharing his trip to the BELIZE jungle, the setting for his novel Butterfly Ranch. On a hot, humid day some years ago, I landed in Belize City and rented a beat-up Suzuki with no air con....

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A voyage to a new life in America

A voyage to a new life in America 13th April 2018

The Ocean Liner by Marius Gabriel – a voyage to a new life in America. As WW2 breaks out in Europe, the SS Manhattan is preparing to set sail for New York. Chock full of passengers who are trying...

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Murder mystery set in Venice (plus eating and drinking in Nathan Sutherland’s Venice)

Murder mystery set in Venice (plus eating and drinking in Nathan Sutherland’s Venice) 12th April 2018

Vengeance in Venice by Philip Gwynne Jones, murder mystery set in Venice. The Literary Review says “The Venetian setting is vividly described and Gwynne Jones’s good, fluent writing, makes for easy reading“. There’s not much more I can say,...

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Novel set in Alaska (almost autobiographical….)

Novel set in Alaska (almost autobiographical….) 11th April 2018

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, novel set in Alaska.  “A Novel that could be an autobiography…” A wonderful novel about the wonders of growing up living in the wilds of Alaska, surviving harsh winters, dysfunctional parents and wolves and...

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Talking Location With author Julie Maloney – Bavaria (and artist Käthe Kollwitz)

Talking Location With author Julie Maloney – Bavaria (and artist Käthe Kollwitz) 10th April 2018

#TalkingLocationWith…. author Julie Maloney, who has part set her debut novel “A Matter of Chance” in Bavaria The idea to travel to Germany to research my debut novel began while cruising along on a highway near my home, 35...

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