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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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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…

Books By the Beach

  • Submitted: 8th April 2018

The sun has come out just in time! Hope it stays around especially in Yorkshire, as this week the rather sunny sounding literary festival Books by the Beach takes place:…

French Book Friday

  • Submitted: 6th April 2018

Gallic Books are on a role! They're publishing some brilliant books at the moment (as they have done for some time!) but the series of French Noir volumes with one…

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