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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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Books Are My Bag – competition

  • Submitted: 1st October 2017

It's Books Are My Bag's #Bookshop day Saturday 7th October  - the day each year in the calendar where books, bookshops and bookish people celebrate each other and everything they…

#TravelTuesday – Magical lands await

  • Submitted: 26th September 2017

There are many locations you could travel to via books. There's also some magical ones you discover as a child but there are more than a few fantastical places to seek…

Booktrailing and walking with Julia Bradbury

  • Submitted: 20th September 2017

Exciting news today! Julia Bradbury, one of the most dedicated and famous walkers around has asked TheBookTrail to help choose the best walks the UK has to offer. You don't have…

Destination Spain – Package Deals

  • Submitted: 19th September 2017

Think the summer sun is over? Well, it is sadly, but not in books it's not! Pick one of these "package holidays" and slip between the covers and drift away…

A Bookworm travels to meet Ann Cleeves

  • Submitted: 17th September 2017

It takes a special book fan who travels far and wide to see her favourite author. One such  bookworm is Donna McIntosh-Webster who won the BookTrail prize of Ann Cleeves novel…

Featured Book

The Swell

1910. 1970s :In the middle of a severe storm two sisters rescue a mysterious man from a shipwreck.

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