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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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Capital Crime Booktrail style!

  • Submitted: 16th May 2026

Capital Crime Capital Crime as many of you will know is the capital's crime fiction festival led by the one and only David Headley of Goldsboro Books and Managing Director of…

Books which Present Readers with a Dilemma

  • Submitted: 13th May 2026

Books with Dilemmas in Them Thrillers and crime novels in particular do like readers to ask themselves the question 'what would I do?' by putting their characters in the most…

The Repentants – Fife – Map Monday

  • Submitted: 11th May 2026

The Repentants - Kate Foster Where are we going? Anywhere Kate Foster takes you, you know it's going to be good - Kate writes books set in places where there…

Wanderlust Wednesday – Tips for Travel

  • Submitted: 6th May 2026

Travel tips for Bookworms Travelling around as a reader is a LOT easier now that Kindles and E readers are a thing. But on my travels, I have picked up…

Sewing on a Sunday

  • Submitted: 3rd May 2026

Sewing on a Sunday Relaxing  on a Sunday - there's nothing like it! When you do a craft and listen to an audiobook, there's a special kind of magic. Sewing…

Featured Book

Three Summers

1957, 1958, 1961: The summer of innocence. The summer that changes everything.

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