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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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Best booktrail of the Month for May 2022

  • Submitted: 3rd June 2022

Best booktrail of the Month for May 2022 May is over and it's time to tell you what book has won The BookTrail’s Book of the Month award! It's always…

Tiepolo Blue set in Cambridge and London

  • Submitted: 30th May 2022

Tiepolo Blue set in Cambridge and London Do you recognise the name Tiepolo? Giovanni Battista Tiepolowas an Italian painter and printmaker from Venice who painted in the Rococo style (an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style). He was…

Madwoman set in a New York Asylum

  • Submitted: 27th May 2022

Madwoman set in a New York Asylum Remember the name Nellie Bly. This story is aboutthis real life figure from history who I had heard about as she was a…

Rosa Temple’s Slow Lane Walker’s Club set in Cornwall

  • Submitted: 23rd May 2022

Rosa Temple's Slow Lane Walker's Club Rosa Temple's Slow Lane Walker's Club set in Cornwall - If you want a novel that is as heartwarming as it is special, then…

The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley set in London and Turkey

  • Submitted: 20th May 2022

Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley set in London and Turkey -  What a wonderfully theatrical and epic, adventure-inducing read filled with clockwork marvels, cogs of…

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