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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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French (Canadian) Friday

  • Submitted: 16th February 2018

French Friday comes around before you know it, but this week there's a French Canadian theme as there's a book out that needs to be put on your reading map…

Travel Tuesday with books in Belgium

  • Submitted: 13th February 2018

This is the week for travelling in the search of chocolate and flowers oh and pancakes...which country has all three in abundance? Belgium! Of course, its neighbour France does, but…

Pancakes or Chocolate Hearts?

  • Submitted: 12th February 2018

It's a good week for foodies this week - Pancake day on Tuesday and chocolate and and wine day on Wednesday (Or Valentine's for some). There's always a good book…

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…

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A Granite Silence

1934: A notorious true crime case

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