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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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#BookTrailTravels – Cracking the code of war time fiction

  • Submitted: 18th October 2017

I love a good historical novel and especially ones based on true fact or memoirs, so when I read The Imitation Game, long before it was a film, I was…

Durham Book Festival – various destinations explored!

  • Submitted: 15th October 2017

Durham Book Festival is always good and it's always interesting to see which authors and writers head north to have a chat about their new books, writing genres and more.…

BookTrail at the Movies

  • Submitted: 13th October 2017

Today and this weekend is the perfect time to read a scary book or see a scary movie - there's so much superstition surrounding today so spooky reads are the…

Book Festivals – Durham

  • Submitted: 11th October 2017

This week the great and the good of fiction are up North to attend the Durham Book Festival. So many authors to see and books to get signed. Which booktrail favourites…

The magic of libraries #Librariesweek

  • Submitted: 9th October 2017

Libraries week starts today so what better time than to celebrate these havens of books and look at some novels which contain amazing libraries themselves:       The Cemetery…

Featured Book

Nephthys

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

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