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…
Paris Requiem by Lisa Appignanesi, a novel set in Paris, is a song for the belle époque. It is lyrical, emotive and wild all at the same time. It tastes of love and loss, smells of passion and betrayal,...
The White Masai by Corinne Hofmann, memoir set in Kenya A memoir set in Kenya that will evoke a strong response in the reader. Guaranteed! That is probably a bit of a daring thing to say, I feel, but...
Historical novelist Sara Sheridan has written books set in lots of different locations – some more exotic than others – so what attracts a writer to a specific place? I love the moment when you know you’ve found a...
Stranded by Emily Barr set in the Perhentian Islands, Malaysia. This is another novel that, if I had not been working for TripFiction, I daresay I may never have come across. And when I found an article in KLM’s...
Interpreters by Sue Eckstein set in England and Germany. Interpreters is the second (and, sadly, the last) book set in England and Germany by Sue Eckstein who died in 2013. It is very different in style from the first, The Cloths...
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