Words leave imprints in your mind like footprints in the sand...
beach reading
starry skies to read under
reading in nature

Blog

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?

Welcome to the literary departure lounge !

Victoria Hislop competition

  • Submitted: 19th May 2019

Competition to win one of three copies of Those Who Are Loved If you're dying to get your hands on the new (and not yet released) novel by Victoria Hislop…

The Peacock Room set in Sammezzano Castle by Merryn Corcoran

  • Submitted: 17th May 2019

A room of peacocks and secrets in Tuscany Set against the stunning backdrop of Sammezzano Castle, past meets present in the glorious Tuscan sun! If ever there was a novel…

Book set in Tokyo – The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman

  • Submitted: 16th May 2019

Meditations on Time and a City. The Bells of Old Tokyo Book set in Tokyo - The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman - Not a novel but a…

Competition – Travel Tuesday – Paige Toon

  • Submitted: 14th May 2019

Giveaway this Travel Tuesday This Travel Tuesday what better prize to have than a book entitled If You Could Go Anywhere? Where would you go? Which destination would you choose?…

Book set between Australia and Italy – If You Could Go Anywhere by Paige Toon

  • Submitted: 13th May 2019

If you could go anywhere, where would you go? asks Paige Toon Book set between Australia and Italy - If You Could Go Anywhere by Paige Toon - Now there's…

Featured Book

The Troubled Deep

2024: The Brindley family go missing. Years later their car is found submerged and the family are nowhere…

Read more