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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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An island tour with Will Smith – Mainlander

  • Submitted: 1st April 2015

Today is the day for a trip to Jersey we reckon. And that lovely Will Smith whose recent novel Mainlander is set there has met us off the ferry and…

Package Deals: Booktrail bus tour to Ireland

  • Submitted: 25th March 2015

The booktrail bus is on the road! Fancy a trip around Ireland?  Not sure what you should visit? Hop on the booktrail bus and off we go. Those on the bus…

Books at the movies

  • Submitted: 11th March 2015

With the release of Suite française this week and the recent release of The Second Best Marigold Hotel recently we took a look back at the books again… War time France….…

Package Deals – Australia Day

  • Submitted: 26th January 2015

As the booktrail mantra is to discover locations and countries via #booktravel then what better on Australia Day than to capture the essence of the country via its fiction? Let’s…

Literary Settings – Jane Eyre’s Yorkshire

  • Submitted: 11th December 2014

We assume you’ve read Jane Eyre before you read this ‘Jane Eyre Trilogy’ as well there are a few mentions of a certain someone who appears in the story but…

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The Stranger Diaries

2000s: A gothic tale of a mysterious diary

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