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 rural USA (‘the only thing you are allowed to take from an affair is wisdom’)

Novel set in rural USA (‘the only thing you are allowed to take from an affair is wisdom’) 13th August 2014

Life Drawing by Robin Black, novel set in rural USA outside Philadelphia. Strands weave their way through the story including the discovery of old newspapers that feature young soldiers ready to go to war, all pictured in Gus and...

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Travelogue set in China and South East Asia (fill up with ‘colour and fragrance’)

Travelogue set in China and South East Asia (fill up with ‘colour and fragrance’) 8th August 2014

Fragrant Heart by Miranda Emmerson, travelogue set in China and South East Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand). Miranda Emmerson and her partner Chris take a 9 month break away from Wales, rent out their house and set off for...

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“Marching off the map” with The Atlas of Us

“Marching off the map” with The Atlas of Us 5th August 2014

The Atlas of Us by Tracy Buchanan, romance novel set in Exmoor and Thailand, and other locations. A confection of chapters that will take you around the world, from Exmoor to Thailand, Australia, Serbia, Dubai, San Francisco and Finland...

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A God In Every Stone – by Kamila Shamsie (a novel set in Peshawar)

A God In Every Stone – by Kamila Shamsie (a novel set in Peshawar) 1st August 2014

A God In Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie – a novel set in Peshawar. This is a BIG and complex novel – moving from an archaeological dig in Turkey in early 1914, across the first year of the 1st...

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Novel set in England (the beau monde in Buckinghamshire)

Novel set in England (the beau monde in Buckinghamshire) 28th July 2014

The Deaths by Mark Lawson, dark murder novel set in England (Buckinghamshire). High living in Buckinghamshire. But the facade is fragile and behind the moneyed masses – for some – are stories of despair and disintegration. Jason, the delivery...

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