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

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Historical Fiction Awards – Long List announced

  • Submitted: 3rd July 2017

Today marks the official announcement of the Longlist for the Historical Writers Awards - the Debut Crown award - meaning that every book on the list was a first time…

Poldark is back – and so is the BookTrail competition

  • Submitted: 2nd July 2017

Back due to popular demand, today is the day when Poldark competition is back! Last year was amazing to find and chat with so many Poldark fans from all over…

Canada Week on The BookTrail

  • Submitted: 26th June 2017

With the national celebrations for Canada Day building up nicely for this Saturday, 1st July, then what better way to celebrate and visit the stunning country than through its literature?…

Reading the Summer Solstice – Bookhenge

  • Submitted: 21st June 2017

The Summer Solstice is a special time  - it's the longest day of summer (more reading time), it's officially the first day of summer (time to get those hot summer…

Bloody Scotland – The 12 suspects

  • Submitted: 20th June 2017

The Bloody Scotland longlist has just been announced and having been one of the judges to get to this stage, I can say it's been a real pleasure to narrow…

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The Secret of Secrets

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