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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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Countdown to Poldark -TODAY’S THE DAY!!!

  • Submitted: 4th September 2016

Thanks to the lovely Aidan Turner himself and those lovely people at Pan Macmillan, The booktrail is offering you the chance to win a little piece of Poldark! It's the…

Poldark – This is Your Life

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Well the big day has arrived - weeks of preparation, sleepless nights wondering if the day would ever arrive and the trauma of seeing Elizabeth being attacked by a fly…

Brighton with Peter Bartram

  • Submitted: 31st August 2016

BRIGHTON: THE TIME AND THE PLACE   Peter Bartram (Brighton Pier) When I was young I lived in a village 10 miles outside Brighton. Some evenings, I would drive into Brighton…

Authors on location – Alaska with Eowyn Ivey

  • Submitted: 30th August 2016

You know there are just some authors that you long to meet? They've created a world that has totally and utterly immersed you in to another world and written something…

Locked inside a bookshop with Jessie Burton

  • Submitted: 25th August 2016

Yesterday was the day two of my bookish dreams came true. Not only was I locked inside a bookshop when the lights went out and darkness cloaked the outside of…

Featured Book

Nephthys

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

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