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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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Package Deals – Literary travel tips

  • Submitted: 29th October 2015

There are books where you just have to look at the cover and you want to step inside it, be part of the story and meet the characters for real.…

Book postcards

  • Submitted: 28th October 2015

Reading a book is like delving into a fancy dress box of sorts. There’s the fashion of the day, the food and drink, the objects from an historical setting, the…

Package Deal: Fictional and non fictional worlds

  • Submitted: 27th October 2015

Whether you wish to visit a place where an author has set their books, or the places where he or she grew up, then literary travel is for you. From…

Package Deals: Across the States – literary style

  • Submitted: 26th October 2015

Now America is a big place that goes without saying but even just by choosing a few select places across any of the 50 states, you can really see and…

Postcards: Fictional friends from around the World

  • Submitted: 25th October 2015

Fictional characters are good people to know. They’re like our friends, share many of our milestones in life - those we meet at school, those in classic novels, the first…

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