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…

Wallis and Diana, novel set in Paris and Brighton

Wallis and Diana, novel set in Paris and Brighton 2nd November 2017

Another Woman’s Husband by Gill Paul, novel set in Paris and Brighton. Paperback published 2/11/17. I read this book around the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana in the Alma Tunnel, 31 August 1997. It was a very...

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Another great Icelandic mystery from Ragnar Jónasson

Another great Icelandic mystery from Ragnar Jónasson 1st November 2017

Whiteout by Ragnar Jónasson (translated by Quentin Bates) – another great Icelandic mystery. Published today, Whiteout is the fifth book in translation in Ragnar’s Dark Iceland series – featuring detectives Ari Thór Arason and Tómas. I have much enjoyed them...

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Find and Seek New York (for children and their families)

Find and Seek New York (for children and their families) 31st October 2017

Find and Seek New York by Sally Roydhouse, a guide book to New York for children and their families. We were delighted to be introduced to ORO Editions, a company dedicated to publishing world-class bespoke architecture, art & design books, and...

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Novel set at the F1 in Monte Carlo, 1968

Novel set at the F1 in Monte Carlo, 1968 30th October 2017

Monte Carlo by Peter Terrin, novel set at the F1 in Monte Carlo,1968 and in fictional Alstead, England. (Translated from the Dutch by David Doherty). Jack Preston taught himself rudimentary machine maintenance and repair as he was growing and...

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Beyond Words in Gloucestershire

Beyond Words in Gloucestershire 28th October 2017

BEYOND WORDS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE This year at the recent Cheltenham Literary Festival 2017, Miranda Walker was working with Cheltenham Literature Festival’s Beyond Words project, which supports children with severe mental or physical illness through creative writing and performance. Working with eight students who...

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