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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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August Travel Round up

  • Submitted: 2nd September 2018

September brings with it freshly picked books, books ready to cuddle up with, books with warming scenes of people eating and drinking beside a roaring fire which make you want…

Dreaming about Books #TranslatedThursday

  • Submitted: 30th August 2018

I do love a book not yet translated as there's always the chance that it will be and that even more readers will get to enjoy the stories tucked away…

Fresh picks for Autumn

  • Submitted: 28th August 2018

It may be the last week of the summer holidays but fear not, there's some great books to take you from summer to autumn. There's some brilliant adventures coming your…

Bank Holliday Bookish Escapes

  • Submitted: 23rd August 2018

It's the last bank holiday of the year so it's important not to waste these four days of reading ahead. We count Friday as, well, it's Friday so includes #FridayReads.…

Translation Day competition

  • Submitted: 16th August 2018

Translation Thursday is always a good day but when River Run tell you about their brilliant new series of translated books then it's even better! And they've given us a…

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Love, Sex & Frankenstein

1816: The dark summer that birthed a monster . . .

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