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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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#TravelTuesday – Books set in …cemeteries, churches and graves

  • Submitted: 24th April 2018

Churches and graveyards provide a very chilling setting to many novels. Iconic scenes are often set there  - who can forget the marriage scene in Jane Eyre? - but graveyards…

BookTrail at the Movies

  • Submitted: 22nd April 2018

Tonight sees the adaptation of Wilkie Collins novel The Woman in White on BBC1. How will the Tv programme compare to the book? Well,it's a great story however it's told…

#FrenchBookFriday – Books with French threads…

  • Submitted: 20th April 2018

Something a bit different this week - not books necessarily set in France but books with a French twist.... Or French threads in novels.....books with French subplots, scenes in France…

The story behind the story…

  • Submitted: 18th April 2018

Books contain stories of course they do - but what happens when that book and story contain a story in themselves? There’s many a book with a hidden or deeper…

A BookTrail of London Book Fair

  • Submitted: 15th April 2018

The London Book Fair landed at the grand Olympia stadium this week for its annual stop in the capital. Thousands of publishing people, agents, publicists, sales, rights agents and more…

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The Parkwood Murders

2026: Parkwood Holiday Village – Haven or horror site?

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