Blogs in July 2018

Morte Point 28th July 2018

Morte Point is a wonderful spot for a holiday. Only that’s not why Ben Bracken is here. He’s here because in this sleepy part of England, events are now unfolding that could cause death and mayhem, and not just...

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Warlight 25th July 2018

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 London, 1945. The capital is still reeling from the war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel are abandoned by their parents who leave the country on business, and are left in...

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In Our Mad And Furious City 25th July 2018

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 For Selvon, Ardan and Yusuf, growing up under the towers of Stones Estate, summer means what it does anywhere: football, music, freedom. But now, after the killing of a British soldier, riots...

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Washington Black 25th July 2018

When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black – an eleven year-old field slave – finds himself selected as personal servant to one of these men. The eccentric Christopher ‘Titch’ Wilde is a...

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I Can’t Begin to Tell You 23rd July 2018

When the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when Bror – her husband of twenty-five years – collaborates with the enemy to save his family home. Lured by British Intelligence into a covert world of resistance, her...

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