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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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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…

#BookAmbassadors -In Love with Irish Fiction

  • Submitted: 6th October 2017

What is there not to love about Ireland and Irish fiction? Who best to tell you about the wonderful world of Irish books? Only the very blogger who has irish…

BookTrailTravel: Package holidays – October deals

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#FridayReads are those little literary packages that are ideal for escapism this weekend. So where do we advise you go this weekend? Well, there's a few excellent package deals in…

Books Are My Bag – competition

  • Submitted: 1st October 2017

It's Books Are My Bag's #Bookshop day Saturday 7th October  - the day each year in the calendar where books, bookshops and bookish people celebrate each other and everything they…

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The Reluctant Spy

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