Why We Love Nottingham Nottingham is a city very dear to our hearts. It is where Paul grew up and is where many family members still reside today. So it is not unusual for us to return time and time again to a place that I now consider a second…
Read More
Would you trust your friend enough to set you up on a date? The Ex Factor is a novel that looks to comically uncover the trials and tribulations of the modern-day dating scene. From internet matching-making apps to websites designed especially with cheating partners in mind, it now appears that anything…
Read More
Classic romance stories of boy and girl meet, fall in love, marry, and live happily ever after very rarely happen in real life. Where is the turmoil, the heartache, the deceit, and the messy breakup? What happened to the unrequited love affairs, the stories of forbidden love and the treacherous…
Read More
Lake Léman, better known as Lake Geneva, is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and has been a focus for many well-known authors, including both Lord Byron and Mary Shelley. Why Lake Léman? You may believe that the largest lake in Switzerland has always been called Lake Geneva…
Read More
Bloomsbury in London has, for centuries, been a mecca for influential writers from across the world looking for both inspiration and a social life that would lead to success for their work. “It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them.” (George VI)…
Read More
With thousands of people choosing to visit the UK each year to explore the history of such a small nation it is understandable that when people descend upon the city of London they flock to the historical attractions. Visiting Buckingham Palace, retracing the footsteps of Kings and Queens from bygone…
Read More
Star Rating: *** Pages: 200 First published by Lakeshore Press in 2013 Motivation to travel and subsequently write about those experiences comes in many forms. Many are drawn to travel because they have a sense of wanderlust or a desire to break away from the rat-race norm; striving to achieve…
Read More
When searching for places to visit in Venice, St Mark’s Square, the Doge’s palace and the Rialto Bridge are always firm favourites but what about Venice’s hidden gems after all the city is a maze of tiny streets linked by bridges and waterways, there must be a thing of two…
Read More
This week we interview author Max Boyle, a teacher of English who also has a passion for Eastern Europe. After teaching in the Czech Republic and then travelling through the countryside of Estonia he decided to write about his experiences, penning two books Touching Velvet and The Indrawn Heart.
Read More
My Star Rating: ***** Pages: 832 First Published in 2013 & winner of The Man Booker Prize Eleanor Catton has achieved a masterpiece at just 28 years of age: this will be a ‘classic’ of the future, destined to appear on English Literature reading lists in Universities everywhere. Born…
Read More