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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 Week Scotland

  • Submitted: 21st November 2016

It's time to party as Book Week Scotland is here!! A week of celebrations which brings you all that is fantastic about Scotland's literary landscape. So to help celebrate, here's…

The Icelandic Adventure Tour

  • Submitted: 18th November 2016

This weekend, readers and authors a plenty have travelled to Iceland for the coldest chilliest crime festival there ever was. Not able to be there? Or are you there but…

COVER REVEAL – Christmas in Cornwall…

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Christmas is coming and that means a festive read or two. But the excitement of Christmas is all about the build up and the excitement of what is to be…

Authors on location: Adrian Harvey is the Indiana Jones of the literary world

  • Submitted: 14th November 2016

Adrian Harvey is the Indiana Jones of the literary world. HeĀ is a Literary Tour guide with a difference. Today he's had an energy drink so is taking us from Mysore…

Authors on location: Lesley Downer travels to Japan…

  • Submitted: 11th November 2016

The lovely Lesley Downer is being treated like a Queen at the booktrail today as quite frankly after reading her novel The Shogun's Queen, I think she deserves the very…

Featured Book

The Swell

1910. 1970s :In the middle of a severe storm two sisters rescue a mysterious man from a shipwreck.

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