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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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Lying Perfectly Still in Eswatini – Laura Fish

  • Submitted: 13th November 2024

Lying Perfectly Still in Eswatini - Laura Fish A remarkable book and a review tinged with sadness as we lost Laura Fish this year. She died before her book was…

Academic Noir set in London and France

  • Submitted: 11th November 2024

Beautiful People - Amanda Jennings Remember your university days? Leaving home (probably for the first time), meeting new people, making new friends and wanting to fit in? Well, in this…

The Burnings set in Berwick- Naomi Kelsey

  • Submitted: 8th November 2024

The Burnings - Naomi Kelsey “The North Berwick witch trials represented one of the most brutal periods in Scottish history. More than 100 individuals, mostly women, from the East Lothian…

Korean fiction set in Seoul

  • Submitted: 4th November 2024

The Rainfall Market On the first day of the monsoon an old ramshackle building appears. This is The Rainfall Market. Inside you will find magical bookstores, hairdressers, perfumeries and anything…

Remember Remember set in London and St Lucia

  • Submitted: 3rd November 2024

Remember Remember What book could be better to read than something based on or inspired by the Gunpowder plot? This is an alternative reading experience as we are not with…

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Beautiful People

2024: Some people seem to get away with everything. Well, not always….

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