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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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Win – A literary Package to Alaska

  • Submitted: 7th February 2018

Sadly there isn't the budget to offer a holiday in the real world to Alaska, but the next best thing is this new novel from Kristin Hannah. A writer who…

Destinations Travel Show and Awards

  • Submitted: 6th February 2018

What better time than Travel Tuesday than to talk about the very event which celebrates both books and travel in the most unique of ways? It was a real honour…

#TravelTuesday – Books with a Sense of Place

  • Submitted: 30th January 2018

The BookTrail does love a good book with a strong sense of place - well in the Stanford Travel Awards this year there is a section for some rather fantastic…

Translated Fiction Event – Literally Swiss

  • Submitted: 29th January 2018

There are some exciting moments when working in the world of books and translated fiction in particular. How many worlds do you have access to when you open that world…

Bookish puzzles

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There's a lot to be said when two art forms come together in a way that makes you smile and brings back happy memories of childhood. I love a good…

Featured Book

Nephthys

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

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