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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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Shakespeare Sunday – Competition

  • Submitted: 26th June 2016

To celebrate the end of #IBW2016 we have a small book haul to give away - two great reads - one set in the Napa Valley and the other in…

How to Find Love in A Bookshop – the Test

  • Submitted: 20th June 2016

As any booklover will know, books serve many purposes in life. There are books which you’ve grown up with, book which immerse you in  a new time and place and…

Books set in a bookshop – IBW 2016

  • Submitted: 17th June 2016

Independent Bookshop Week starts tomorrow and that means everyone really should go out and buy a book from an indie booksellers to support them. They do fantastic work and I'm…

Package Deals: Quercus Summer Reading Bookclub

  • Submitted: 14th June 2016

Pick your Perfect Poolside Read - Travel the World this Summer with Bestsellers from Quercus Books!   Sounds like the perfect summer to us! So when we were asked to hop…

Postcard highlight: Gaslight Crime

  • Submitted: 13th June 2016

A marvellous discovery - Booktrail The Lodger here I had a lovely surprise at the weekend. I came across a copy of The Lodger. The dark cover got me all intrigued…

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An Enigma by the Sea

2025: A couple vanishes from a locked villa….

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