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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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Zoe Ball Book Club

  • Submitted: 5th August 2018

There's not many programmes on television about books - scratch that - make that none - so it's lovely to see the book club on Zoe Ball on Sundays at…

Theakston’s Thursday 2

  • Submitted: 2nd August 2018

There were just so many good books doing the rounds at Harrogate this year that another Theakstons Thursday is required to highlight some of the best. A whole range of…

August is Women in Translation Month

  • Submitted: 30th July 2018

Women in Translation Month is almost upon us. Book blogger Meytal Radzinski is behind it all and she started blogging about in in 2014 when she realised that so few books…

Theakstons Thursday – Booktrails from the festival

  • Submitted: 26th July 2018

Theakstons Thursday Here’s a quick run down of the places you’ll be visiting in the coming months. Well, some of them at least. There were so many books at this…

#NationalParkweek – Books set in parks

  • Submitted: 24th July 2018

Which are your favourite parks in books? There are many books set in parks or where parks feature quite prominently but there are also some unexpected ones where mysteries lurk...…

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The Grapevine

1979: It’s 3am and a housewife is scrubbing blood off the floor

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