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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 – Vera’s Northumberland

  • Submitted: 3rd April 2015

Vera - that no nonsense DCI from North East England is back on our screens this Easter Sunday for an adventure not in any of the books. We can't tell…

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…

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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