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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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Writers’ Houses – Where Great Books Began – Nick Channer

  • Submitted: 27th June 2015

Today is #Bookshopcrawl day and we’re very excited. Going around a bookshop or a few bookshops for the greater good and having a day to celebrate it? well our arms…

Independent Bookshop Week 2015

  • Submitted: 22nd June 2015

Indie bookshop week started with a passion on Saturday and it’s a week long celebration of all things bookshop related. Those big, medium sized or tiny literary dwellings where you can…

Independent Bookshop Week #IBW

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Indie bookshop week started with a passion on Saturday and it’s a week long celebration of all things bookshop related. Those big, medium sized or tiny literary dwellings where you can…

If You Go Inspiration with Adele Parks

  • Submitted: 6th June 2015

Adele Parks gives a tour of the setting of If You Go Away - set in Derbyshire, England About half my novel is set in the beautiful countryside of Derbyshire.…

Following in the footsteps to Cambodia with Anna Jaquiery – Death in the Rainy Season

  • Submitted: 29th May 2015

The Setting of Death in the Rainy Season.... Set in Cambodia - Phnom Penh and in Siem Reap in particular - this book evokes both time and place with a difference. Never…

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The Frozen People

1850, 2025: Travel back in time to solve a crime!

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