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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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BookTrail at the Movies

  • Submitted: 22nd April 2018

Tonight sees the adaptation of Wilkie Collins novel The Woman in White on BBC1. How will the Tv programme compare to the book? Well,it's a great story however it's told…

#FrenchBookFriday – Books with French threads…

  • Submitted: 20th April 2018

Something a bit different this week - not books necessarily set in France but books with a French twist.... Or French threads in novels.....books with French subplots, scenes in France…

The story behind the story…

  • Submitted: 18th April 2018

Books contain stories of course they do - but what happens when that book and story contain a story in themselves? There’s many a book with a hidden or deeper…

A BookTrail of London Book Fair

  • Submitted: 15th April 2018

The London Book Fair landed at the grand Olympia stadium this week for its annual stop in the capital. Thousands of publishing people, agents, publicists, sales, rights agents and more…

London Book Fair – Books of the Baltics

  • Submitted: 9th April 2018

The three Baltic Countries are this year’s Market Focus at London Book Fair 2018 (10th – 12th April). Authors in locations in place you may not have thought of visiting…

Featured Book

Nephthys

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

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