Blogs in December 2020

In the Town of Joy and Peace 9th December 2020

Women of action and obstinacy live and struggle with brutality, humour, tenderness and frustration in Radomir, Bulgaria, the Town of Joy and Peace. All inhabit a society where lowness, trickery, networking and criminality rule at numerous levels. They face...

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Where We Once Belonged 9th December 2020

Thirteen-year-old Alofa Filiga struggles to come to terms with womanhood, her search for identity, and the restrictions of life in her Samoan village.

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The German Girl 9th December 2020

‘Our parents were taken. And if we go home, the Nazis will take us too…’ Hamburg 1938. Fifteen-year-old Asta is hurrying home from school with her twin brother Jurgen. The mood in the city is tense – synagogues have...

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Whisper of the Lotus 9th December 2020

Charlotte Fontaine’s dead-end life lacked excitement so she impulsively booked a flight to Cambodia to visit her best friend. She never imagined that sitting on a plane, struggling with her fear of flying, might lead a chance encounter with...

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The Thrones Murders 7th December 2020

Shane’s Castle Co. Antrim Northern Ireland, one of the locations used to film the hugely popular Game of Thrones series. The filming has finished and indeed the show has ended but one morning a body is found in the...

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