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• The Cliff House by Chris Brookmyre
  ...the round-up for Jen's hen party which is to take place on Clachan Geal an island just south of Barra. They're all staying in The Cliff House, hosted by Lau For Science Fiction from Brookmyre, try [[Places in the Darkness by Chris Brookmyre|Places in t
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• May 2017 Newsletter
  In fiction, Luke loved [[Little Gold by Allie Rogers]]. The heat is oppressive and sto ...look at [[The Island that Disappeared by Tom Feiling]], the history of the island of Providence in the Caribbean. From its early Puritan settlers and the dis
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• The Call by Peadar o Guilin
  ...Ireland from humankind, they have placed a magical seal around the entire island. Nobody can get in or out. North? South? Doesn't matter any more. What does [[Category:Dystopian Fiction]]
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• Costa Prize 2012
  |genre=Historical Fiction |genre=Historical Fiction
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• The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson
  |genre=Historical Fiction ...lieves them. It is early in the 17th century and she lives on a windswept island off the coast of Iceland. She knows that the hidden folk live in the rocks
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• The Virtuoso by Virginia Burges
  |genre=General Fiction ...and of settings ranging from a Sussex countryside cottage and a Portuguese island to Sydney, Australia are absorbing and realistic. Isabelle has an enjoyable
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• The Eye of the Falcon (Gods and Warriors Book 3) by Michelle Paver
  When Hylas finally arrives on the island of Keftiu, he finds a wasteland. There's famine and plague and his sailor f [[Category:Historical Fiction]]
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• A Proper Family Holiday by Chrissie Manby
  |genre=Women's Fiction ...to read, and the dialogue is great for moving the story on. I enjoyed the island setting as it was a bit more foreign than Butlins, but you didn’t get inf
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• Crossbones Yard (Alice Quentin 1) by Kate Rhodes
  ...D I Kim Stone novels]]. For more from Kate Rhodes, try on of her [[Burnt Island (Ben Kitto) by Kate Rhodes|Ben Kitto]] stories. We also liked [[Creep by J
  4 KB (616 words) - 10:08, 21 August 2020
• Greenmantle by John Buchan
  |genre=Historical Fiction ...not only was I amazed to discover that he wrote over 30 novels, 60-odd non-fiction works (including biographies of Sir Walter Scott and Oliver Cromwell) and 7
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• The Boat by Clara Salaman
  |genre=General Fiction ...s a great sense of being temporarily stranded without them all being on an island they needed to find their way off, and as the secrets become bigger, the sm
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• Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
  |genre=Literary Fiction ...ven chauvinistically feel that we have a better handle on justice than the island state has. However the frailties of humanity reflected in these pages are
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• House of Ashes by Monique Roffey
  |genre=General Fiction |summary=A compelling read about a coup-de-etat on a fictional Caribbean island from the point of view of the rebels and a government minister. Recommended
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• November 2014 Newsletter
  ...Crime Novels of 2014|crime fiction]] or [[Top Ten Teen Books of 2014|teen fiction]] or [[Top Ten Autobiographies 2014|autobiographies]] ? There are plenty mo ...le sounding future, Descent is a fantastic read - not just a great science fiction novel, but a great work of storytelling that would appeal to both those who
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Francis Bennett
  ...t|The Crabber Stories]]- a book of coming-of-age short stories set on Long Island in the nineteen-fifties - and we had plenty to talk about when Francis Benn ...t|The Crabber Stories]]- a book of coming-of-age short stories set on Long Island in the nineteen-fifties - and we had plenty to talk about when Francis Benn
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• Catching the Sun by Tony Parsons
  |genre=General Fiction ...Phuket, but the Phuket the tourists know is just a sideline. This is the island where the locals have been making a living without the benefit of tourism.
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• Gunshot Road (Emily Tempest) by Adrian Hyland
  ...as chosen an emotive subject in the Aboriginal people. For me, some of the fiction spilled over into fact which made parts of the narrative bitter-sweet and n ...ilar situation you might appreciate [[The Tall Man: Life and Death on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper]].
  4 KB (663 words) - 14:03, 9 March 2018
• The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
  ...ife centres around The Tower. It's 1000 stories tall, takes up most of the island, and is now home to Grand Central Station, Central Park, schools, shops, re I like science fiction stories but I did wonder whether this one was trying a little too hard to s
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• The Thread by Victoria Hislop
  |genre=General Fiction I read and enjoyed Hislop's ''The Island'' so I was looking forward to reading this book. The Prologue is May 2007
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• The Marriage Proposal by Celestine Hitiura Vaite
  |genre=Women's Fiction ...ntributors. Her anecdotes provide an entertaining whistle-stop tour of an island society. Matarena's innocent comments offer plenty of tongue-in-cheek humo
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