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Authors take us on journeys and invite us to settings and places we might not have experienced before. Seeing a place through an author’s eyes is wonderful – visit a castle or a gothic setting, travel back in time and discover the joys of literary travel.

Travel via book means you can be an armchair traveller or one in real life. Here, the Literary Travel Agency guide take you on a journey fuelled with wanderlust.

The Newcastle of L J Ross

  • Submitted: 9th February 2022

Discover Newcastle with Ross and Ryan If you follow in the footsteps of L J Ross and DCI Ryan around Newcastle and Northumberland, you are…

The Gifts of Ludlow by Liz Hyder

  • Submitted: 3rd February 2022

Literary settings of The Gifts by Liz Hyder Twelve years ago, I upped sticks from London, where I was born, and moved to the small…

Why Cornwall inspired author Vikki Patis

  • Submitted: 27th January 2022

Cornish charms with Vikki Patis Author Vikki Patis loves Cornwall and from the first moment she visited, she wanted to set a book there. Now,…

The Edinburgh of Ian Rankin

  • Submitted: 23rd January 2022

The Edinburgh of Ian Rankin You can’t go to Edinburgh without seeing the city through the eyes of Ian Rankin and Rebus. You really see…

Cats in Japanese fiction

  • Submitted: 20th January 2022

Cats in Japanese fiction Reading for January in Japan has thrown up some very interesting reading. Last week I covered some Japan Noir – the…

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