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Authors take us on journeys and invite us to settings and places we might not have experienced before. Seeing a place through an author’s eyes is wonderful – visit a castle or a gothic setting, travel back in time and discover the joys of literary travel.

Travel via book means you can be an armchair traveller or one in real life. Here, the Literary Travel Agency guide take you on a journey fuelled with wanderlust.

The literary locations of Will Dean – Gavrik, Sweden

  • Submitted: 9th January 2019

Will Dean's Dark Pines and Red Snow - Scandi Noir There are some authors who set their novels in real places and those who set…

Ireland, Jacqueline O’Mahony talks A River in the Trees

  • Submitted: 6th January 2019

A River in the Trees is a lyrical novel of loss and hope Author Jacqueline O'Mahony talks A River in the Trees and takes us…

Caribbean Island in the Sun with Janice Horton

  • Submitted: 4th January 2019

The Island in the Sun set on the fictional Pearl Island It's a globetrotting treat for travellers of all kinds, literary ones or otherwise. The story…

More Travel Destinations with authors in 2018

  • Submitted: 30th December 2018

There were many authors who showcased their literary setting on this page in 2018. Last week, ten of the best were highlighted. There were so…

Rave it up in Newcastle with Author Nicky Doherty

  • Submitted: 27th December 2018

Author Nicky Doherty sets her books firmly in the North East of England. She writes gritty crime dramas and police procedurals with characters from housing…

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