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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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Five Books with a Foodie Twist – A BookTrail Literary Tour

  • Submitted: 15th January 2019

Five books with food as a theme So, hands up. Who has dropped their New Year's resolutions to eat less cake? Eat less in general? No? Still on track?Well  with…

Book set in Kodiak, Alaska – Woman at Sea by Catherine Poulain

  • Submitted: 14th January 2019

An adventure to the ends of the earth The author is also the lead character in this book. This is a work of (translated) fiction, but also stands as a…

Novel set in Uguanda – Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

  • Submitted: 12th January 2019

Epic multigenerational read set in Uganda A novel to savour and read slowly. This is history, a personal story, a fascinating insight into a misunderstood country and so much more.…

Stockholm, Paris, NYC- The Red Address Book of Sofia Lundberg

  • Submitted: 11th January 2019

There's a red address book with a life lived tucked inside Stockholm, Paris, NYC- The Red Address Book of Sofia Lundberg takes you on quite an emotional journey... Many of…

Book set in London – BlackBerry and Wild Rose, Sonia Velton

  • Submitted: 9th January 2019

A novel of historical fiction set in London's Spitalfields market BlackBerry and Wild Rose, Sonia Velton is an evocative, immersive read and very well written. It's a fictional account of the…

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