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 Clare Flynn – The Blue Mountains, Australia

Talking Location with author Clare Flynn – The Blue Mountains, Australia 17th April 2017

#TalkingLocationWith... author Clare Flynn – The Blue Mountains, Australia, the setting for her novel “A Greater World“ On my first visit to Australia in 1995 I visited the Blue Mountains and knew immediately I wanted to set a book...

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Novel set in Vienna of the later 1930s (“insight is the midwife of  recovery”)

Novel set in Vienna of the later 1930s (“insight is the midwife of recovery”) 16th April 2017

The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler, novel set in Vienna of the later 1930s. My eye was drawn to this book when I saw a lovely display in my local Waterstone’s bookshop, Fiction Book of the Month, April 2017.  ...

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Historical novel set on Sicily and the Tremiti Island of San Domino

Historical novel set on Sicily and the Tremiti Island of San Domino 15th April 2017

Mussolini’s Island by Sarah Day – historical novel set on Sicily and the Tremiti Island of San Domino. ‘The plague of pederasty in this province’s capital is worsening and spreading because youths so far unsuspected are now so taken...

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Crime thriller set in Wyoming (plus author location piece…)

Crime thriller set in Wyoming (plus author location piece…) 14th April 2017

Vicious Circle by C J Box – crime thriller set in Wyoming.   Vicious Circle is the 17th in the hugely successful Joe Pickett series by C J Box (for my review of number 16 – Off the Grid – and...

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Talking Location with author Barbara Nadel – Istanbul

Talking Location with author Barbara Nadel – Istanbul 13th April 2017

#TalkingLocationWith…. author of The House of Four, Barbara Nadel, sharing her love of Istanbul I consider myself very lucky to have been visiting the city of Istanbul for most of my life. I first went as a wide-eyed kid in...

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