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A collection of book reviews, literary travel journeys and best books set in posts

Literary journeys – Look here for books set in a whole range of locations and settings grouped together

BookTrail of the Month – the best book(trail) an author has taken us on

Literary Packages – what are the best books with a strong sense of setting or location for each month?

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Bangkok Wakes To Rain Pitchaya Sudbanthad

  • Submitted: 4th January 2020

Life in a city, Bangkok and rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad Bangkok Wakes To Rain Pitchaya Sudbanthad - Have you ever watched the rain faling down a windowpane, seeing how each drop…

Refresh your reading – A New Year of books

  • Submitted: 2nd January 2020

New Year, New Books to Read Refresh your reading - A New Year of books -  I don't do resolutions. You know, the usual things you feel you have to…

The BookTrail Awards 2019

  • Submitted: 30th December 2019

It's always good to look back over the books which have been born into the world over the previous year. The adventures you've been on, the fictional people you've met…

Travel the Best BookTrails and Literary Journeys of 2019

  • Submitted: 20th December 2019

The festive period is always the time to look back and think about the year before. The year of amazing books that is! Where have YOU travelled to via books…

Histfic set in 1880s Birmingham – The Penmaker’s Wife Steve Robinson

  • Submitted: 18th December 2019

Novel set in Birmingham's pen and jewel industries Histfic set in 1880s Birmingham - The Penmaker's Wife Steve Robinson  - The premise says 'Alias Grace meets Peaky Blinders in this tale of obsession,…

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The Good Father

2025: You think this is a straight forward missing child case………………….

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