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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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LoveAudio week

  • Submitted: 11th June 2018

There's a lot to be said for reading and enjoying a good book, but if you don't listen to audiobooks, you're missing out on a very unique way of storytelling.…

Poldark – the story so far

  • Submitted: 7th June 2018

Poldark is back on our screens this Sunday so we thought it was time to look back on the story so far and catch up a bit with what could…

Travel Tuesday – And we’re off to Guernsey!

  • Submitted: 6th June 2018

With the popularity of the The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society film, what better time than to head off to Guernsey to see how the film and book show…

Bloody Scotland 2018

  • Submitted: 4th June 2018

BLOODY SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL REVEALS 2018 PROGRAMME INCLUDING TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION TO THE OPENING EVENT & A STELLAR CAST OF NAMES 21-23 SEPTEMBER 2018 [caption id="attachment_14239" align="aligncenter" width="650"] (c)…

Crime writing trio in Denmark

  • Submitted: 31st May 2018

This week , the city of Copenhagen was awash with crime....writers.  Karin Slaughter Yrsa Sigurdardottir and Sara Blaedel all came together for the chat of all chats. There were gems…

Featured Book

Nephthys

1891: Sister. Rival. Protector. The spellbinding story of a forgotten daughter and a forgotten goddess.

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