Blogs in March 2023

Words on Fire 9th March 2023

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen transports readers to a corner of history with this inspiring story of a girl who discovers the strength of her people united in resisting oppression. Danger is never far from Audra’s...

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Tula 9th March 2023

The unnamed narrator of Jurgis Kuncinas’s Tula is our tour guide through the infamous poverty-stricken bohemian quarter of Vilnius known as Uzupis (literally, “beyond the river”), living his life on the fringes of society, including his journeys through various...

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Song of Latvia: A Novel of the Latvian Resistance 9th March 2023

With her husband’s name on a hit list, the fight got personal. It is 1940 when World War II invades the lives of history teacher Mija Adamsons and her husband: Aleks, a Latvian colonel, has seen his name on...

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The Fourth Largest In Latvia 9th March 2023

The Fourth Largest In Latvia sees “Leading scholar in his field” Viktor Draaks embarking – against his will – on an increasingly desperate and absurd journey through Latvian society. On the way he encounters many of the typical inhabitants...

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The New Wife 8th March 2023

When Finn Hensen gets a call from his sister Jess to say their father has died, neither is heartbroken. Their parents divorced many years ago, after which their father, Jimmy, continued to live a bohemian lifestyle in sun-soaked Mallorca,...

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