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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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Fab Four – Immersive reads

  • Submitted: 27th December 2024

Gothic treasures There are books that stick with you for whatever reason and books that really make an impression on you. There are three books, most out this year, that…

Merry Christmas from The BookTrail

  • Submitted: 24th December 2024

Merry Christmas Christmas really is the best time for reading. Seeing family and friends too of course but books are something very special. Cosy reading when it's snowing or raining…

Magical read set in Hrafnsvik

  • Submitted: 23rd December 2024

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries A magical read at Christmas! The Folk were of another world, with its own rules and customs—and to a child who always felt ill-suited to…

Conclave by Robert Harris at the movies

  • Submitted: 20th December 2024

Conclave Does a movie ever live up to a book? Sometimes! Sometimes they are similar but evoke quite different feelings and atmosphere but the story of Conclave is one that…

Quirky stories set in Tokyo

  • Submitted: 17th December 2024

Goodnight Tokyo  by Atsuhiro Yoshida Matsui is the driver of a taxi the colour of the night sky. Every night between the hours of 1 am and 4.30 am, when Tokyo’s…

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The Hong Kong Widow

1953: Mei’s ‘gift’ of speaking to ghosts is one that she has endeavoured to bury

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