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 to author Catherine Hewitt about Renoir’s Dancer

Talking to author Catherine Hewitt about Renoir’s Dancer 13th October 2017

Catherine Hewitt studied French Literature and art history at Royal Holloway, University of London and then at the revered Courtauld Institute of Art. Her proposal for ‘The Mistress of Paris‘ won a prize in the 2012 Biographers’ Club Tony...

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Talking to author Emma Jane Kirby about The Optician of Lampedusa

Talking to author Emma Jane Kirby about The Optician of Lampedusa 12th October 2017

We recently reviewed Emma Jane Kirby’s remarkable book The Optician of Lampedusa. Andrew heard Emma Jane talk about the book at a Guildford Book Festival event, sponsored by Amnesty International, and was privileged to speak with her afterwards, on behalf of...

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Novel set in Zurich (a perfect gentleman, Swiss style)

Novel set in Zurich (a perfect gentleman, Swiss style) 11th October 2017

The Last Weynfeldt by Martin Suter, novel set in Zurich. Adrian Weynfeldt is the last person in his family line. He has inherited a superb apartment which has been in his family for many years, with top of the...

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Dark comedy thriller set in Finland

Dark comedy thriller set in Finland 10th October 2017

The Man Who Died by Antti Tuomainen (translated by David Hackston) – dark comedy thriller set in Finland. The Man Who Died is unlike any of Antti Tuomainen’s previous books. Yes, it is a thriller and yes, it is set in...

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Author Heidi James transports her readers to Kent

Author Heidi James transports her readers to Kent 10th October 2017

#TalkingLocationWith…  Author Heidi James transports her readers to KENT. ‘I pulled off the motorway onto the slip road into town, crossing over the river where it’s just narrow enough to allow the span of a cast iron bridge, all Victorian curlicues...

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