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 Puglia, Italy (a relatively recent troubled past )

Novel set in Puglia, Italy (a relatively recent troubled past ) 8th July 2015

The Night Falling by Katherine Webb, novel set in Puglia, Italy in the 1920s. Leandro Cardetta, born into abject poverty in Puglia, has made a fortune in America and subsequently returned to his childhood home with a glamorous and...

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Novel set in the Mojave Desert, Houston, and Cape Canaveral

Novel set in the Mojave Desert, Houston, and Cape Canaveral 6th July 2015

The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock – novel set in the Mojave Desert, Houston, and Cape Canaveral. I feel very lucky. The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock is the third debut novel by a British writer that I have read in...

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Loving the Lake District (plus 2 books to transport you there)

Loving the Lake District (plus 2 books to transport you there) 4th July 2015

Just 2 days in the Lake District (books in hand, naturally) and I wanted to share a couple of hidden gems that make this beautiful area of England such an idyllic and magical place for many people. The first...

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Novel set in Mysore and London (“the writing in this book is extremely engaging”)

Novel set in Mysore and London (“the writing in this book is extremely engaging”) 1st July 2015

Being Someone by Adrian Harvey, novel set in Mysore and London. I came across this book because there was a spike of considerable hype on social media, highlighting the author’s use of location and quality of his writing. There...

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Novel set in Wilmslow and Bletchley (the Death and Life of Alan Turing…)

Novel set in Wilmslow and Bletchley (the Death and Life of Alan Turing…) 29th June 2015

Fall of Man in Wilmslow (the Death and Life of Alan Turing) – novel set in Wilmslow and Bletchley, written by David Lagercrantz and translated by George Goulding. David Lagercrantz is an extremely interesting author. He wrote the Fall of...

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