Blogs in May 2020

Catherine the Great and the Small 20th May 2020

Catherine the Great and the Small opens in Montenegro, in the sundrenched summer of 1978. School’s just let out and our protagonist’s head is full of Boney M lyrics and playing ‘cops and robbers’ with her summer crush. Then...

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Singer in the Night 20th May 2020

Singer in the Night is a story about life, love and the fragility of memory, both personal and historical. Motivated by the disappearance of her artistic ex-husband – Nightingale – famous screenwriter Clementine embarks on an unforgettable trip down...

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Deniable Memories 20th May 2020

When asked why she is heading off as a volunteer to war-torn Sudan, Martha’s stock answer is, “I’ve had a good life, it’s time I gave something back.” But the truth is buried in a muddle of memories distorted...

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The End. And Again. 20th May 2020

The End. And Again. offers a beguiling, imaginative reworking of the history of the independence of Slovenia and the breakdown of Yugoslavia. Opening in early 1990s Ljubljana, the novel is told through the reminiscences of embittered bureaucrat Peter, corrupt...

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Tsarina 19th May 2020

Spring 1699: Illegitimate, destitute and strikingly beautiful, Marta has survived the brutal Russian winter in her remote Baltic village. Sold by her family into household labour at the age of fifteen, Marta survives by committing a crime that will...

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