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…

Book set in Berlin (The Mitropa Smile)

Book set in Berlin (The Mitropa Smile) 13th March 2014

Winter in Berlin; book set in Berlin by by Ian R Mitchell I have a number of reasons for feeling well disposed to this short book set in Berlin. The first is its location. Like most English people (with the...

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Novel set in Mallorca (a sexy time in Deià) 10th March 2014

The Lemon Grove: novel set in Mallorca. Is this going to be one of the top, must-reads for Summer 2014? The reviews to date certainly rate it highly. The Lemon Grove has the sultry setting of Deià to warm...

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Book set in INDIA (death and dying in the deep south) 5th March 2014

The Last Hangman by Shashi Warrier, book set in India. This novella is set in Travancore, which has long been subsumed into the areas of India’s hot and dusty, deep south, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is a fascinating...

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Book set in Australia (Feel the love in the Outback)

Book set in Australia (Feel the love in the Outback) 2nd March 2014

Flight to Coorah Creek by Janet Gover, book set in Australia. A debut novel from Janet Gover who grew up in the Outback and does a terrific job of transporting her reader to this arid, red, and dusty part...

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Novel set on Isle of Harris, Scotland 17th February 2014

Secrets of the Sea House by Elisabeth Gifford: novel set on Isle of Harris, Scotland. Secrets of the Sea House is a beautiful, poetic, thought provoking book… and I can’t believe it took me over a month to finish it!...

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