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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 – 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…

Books set in Iceland

  • Submitted: 20th November 2014

There is a phrase in Icelandic, “Ad ganga med bok I maganum” – which literally means ‘everyone has a book in their stomach’, or everyone has a book inside them.…

Chatting books with Leanne Leveaux of The Book Club

  • Submitted: 29th September 2014

Super excited today as we've got that lovely Leanne coming over from The Book Club - she talks books and book related things even more than us booktrailers so we…

Bookshops – Forum Books

  • Submitted: 13th July 2014

We have some wonderful booksellers up and down the country whose main passion in life is to ensure each and every one of us finds our perfect read. There is nothing…

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