morocco

03/02/2026

A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes

Published by Broadway, 2006, 448 pages “How do place and character intertwine? Could I feel at home here? What is home to those around me? Who are they in their homes, those mysterious others?” To find out, Frances Mayes (of Under… Continue reading
20/01/2026

A House in Fez—Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco: Suzanna Clarke

Published by Ebury Press / Simon & Schuster, 2008, 295 pages How many times have you been to a place and dreamed about what it would be like to settle down there? Suzanna Clarke fell in love with Medina, the… Continue reading
29/09/2025

A Handful of Honey—Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria: Annie Hawes

Published by Pan Publishing, 2008, 418 pages. The book starts unexpectedly with Annie Hawes, an adolescent, imprisoned in a high security prison in Salazar’s Portugal (she never found out why). She was eventually released and deported to the UK. On… Continue reading