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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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Books set on the marshes

  • Submitted: 20th August 2019

Books set in swamps, rivers and marshes -BookTrailLiterarySettings Books can take you to a variety of places; some of them easy to reach and others, like marshlands, hard to get…

Sail the Pacific Ocean, Beyond the Sea by Paul Lynch

  • Submitted: 19th August 2019

Beyond the Sea in the Pacific Ocean When fishermen Bolivar and Hector set sail from their South American village, they soon find themselves cast adrift in the Pacific Ocean by…

Crime fiction set in Devon – Ann Cleeves

  • Submitted: 16th August 2019

Hear the Long Call all the way from Devon Ann Cleeves is of course the author behind the classic detective series Vera and the Shetland novels too. Now, the last…

Book set in Prague – Ghoulash by Brian Kimberling

  • Submitted: 14th August 2019

Tasting Ghoulash in the Czech Republic with Brian Kimberling It's 1998 and Elliott moves to Prague from small town Indiana, where he gets a job teaching English. Prague is a…

Five books set in Edinburgh – BookTrailLiteraryTour

  • Submitted: 13th August 2019

The Edinburgh Book Festival is underway so what better time than to have a look at some literary tours you can have during your time in the city? When you're…

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