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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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Bookshop Highlight – Tills

  • Submitted: 21st November 2024

Bookshop Highlight - Tills The bookshop of note for November is the rather wonderful Tills in Edinburgh. Second hand books in this store and some very expensive books in glass…

Fiction set in Lahore

  • Submitted: 18th November 2024

In the Shadows of Love - Awais Khan Awais Khan returns to the Lahore of In the Company of Strangers . So, do you fancy catching up with Mona and…

The Paintress set in Edinburgh and Russia

  • Submitted: 15th November 2024

The Paintress set in Edinburgh and Russia Dual timeline around the life of a forgotten artist The joys and traumas of love, ambition, and motherhood. Map of literary locations in…

Lying Perfectly Still in Eswatini – Laura Fish

  • Submitted: 13th November 2024

Lying Perfectly Still in Eswatini - Laura Fish A remarkable book and a review tinged with sadness as we lost Laura Fish this year. She died before her book was…

Academic Noir set in London and France

  • Submitted: 11th November 2024

Beautiful People - Amanda Jennings Remember your university days? Leaving home (probably for the first time), meeting new people, making new friends and wanting to fit in? Well, in this…

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The Tumbling Girl

1876: So much sass and sexiness in one book!

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