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…

Thriller set in Yemen (and an interview with Karen Sullivan, the publisher)

Thriller set in Yemen (and an interview with Karen Sullivan, the publisher) 9th March 2015

The Abrupt Physics of Dying by Paul E Hardisty, a thriller set in Yemen. This is the first book to be published by Orenda Books and at the end of our review we bring you an interview with the founder...

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Romance novel set in Scarborough (“some things are best kept a secret”)

Romance novel set in Scarborough (“some things are best kept a secret”) 5th March 2015

The Seafront Tea Rooms by Vanessa Greene, romance novel set in Scarborough. As satisfying as a tealicious cup of tea, brewed by the owner of the Seafront Tearooms. Meet Letty who runs this cosy place in Scarborough, where Kat,...

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Novel set in Chamonix (“go hard or go home”)

Novel set in Chamonix (“go hard or go home”) 2nd March 2015

Cham by Jonathan Trigell, novel set in Chamonix, France. A novel that in many ways pays a bit of homage to Chamonix, the town in the Alps that is all about superlatives: “the longest; the highest; the biggest; the...

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Fiction set in Sardinia (a true family epic…)

Fiction set in Sardinia (a true family epic…) 27th February 2015

Bloodlines by Marcello Fois (translated by Silvester Mazzarella) – fiction set in Sardinia Bloodlines is beautifully written – almost poetic in its descriptions of Sardinia and its people. How much of this is down to Marcello Fois, and how...

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Fiction set in Tasmania (“the sea around us”)

Fiction set in Tasmania (“the sea around us”) 24th February 2015

A Single Breath by Lucy Clarke, mystery/romance fiction set in Tasmania. The setting for the book is the fictional island of Wattleboon and is modelled on Bruny Island, which lies off the south eastern coast of Tasmania. It has ruggedness,...

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