Blogs in July 2024

The Partisan 9th July 2024

It is the summer of 1961 and the brutal Cold War between East and West is becoming ever more perilous. Two young prodigies from either side of the Iron Curtain, Yulia and Michael, meet at a chess tournament in...

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The Exile 9th July 2024

It’s 1951 and the servants of Stalin are closing in on the occupied nations of eastern Europe. As the Red Army tightens the net, Greta – best and bravest of freedom fighters – is told to escape to the...

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The Circus Train 7th December 2022

Europe, 1938. Even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the World of Wonders – a travelling circus that traverses the continent in a luxury steam engine. Brilliant and...

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The Dictator’s Wife 12th February 2022

WOMAN I learned early in life how to survive. A skill that became vital in my position. WIFE I was given no power, yet I was expected to hold my own with the most powerful man in the country....

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The Wind Child 6th February 2022

Featuring a colourful Slavic cast of tempestuous gods and frightening monsters, this is a story about friendship, and how far you would go – and what you would sacrifice – to avoid saying goodbye to someone you love. No...

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