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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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Books set in places where fire breaks out

  • Submitted: 18th November 2022

Books set in places where there is a fire This list could be described as niche but the fact is that fire, whether big or small, one or many, has…

Happy New Year set in Sweden – Malin Stehn

  • Submitted: 14th November 2022

Happy New Year from Malmo It's New Year's Eve. The best night of the year. Friends are celebrating - their teenage children at a party at a harbour town. By…

Spanish novel set on Lanzarote

  • Submitted: 10th November 2022

Beyond the Volcanoes This is a novel I have read recently in Spanish and wanted to write about it. The novel isn't out in English but it's a good one…

Weather Woman set in London – Sally Gardner

  • Submitted: 7th November 2022

Weather Woman Sally Gardner Neva Friezland is born into a world of trickery and illusion. She is a woman in a man's world but she has a gift that men…

Beasts of a Little Land set in Korea

  • Submitted: 4th November 2022

Korean set tale A young girl is sent by her starving family, to work as a courtesan in Pyongyang. This starts an epic story set against the Korean experience up…

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