Literature Inspired Travel
This entry is part 1 of 25 in the series Literary London & Enid Blyton’s DorsetHello Blog World! Let me introduce myself! I’m Elizabeth, librarian, historian & Bill Bryson wannabe. Having recently returned from a literary-destination based vacation inspired by the love of books instilled in me at a young age by my father, I
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Austen’s England & The Open Palace ProgrammeIf you take the time to wander around Bath, You’ll probably get lost You’ll begin to notice that everything. looks. the same., and You’ll feel so relaxed you won’t mind. Let me be the first to warn you. It’s
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Austen’s England & The Open Palace ProgrammeI’d been feeling nervous and jittery, and beginning to wonder if I’d made an enormous mistake when 4 simple words dispelled my anxiety. Only hours ago I’d arrived in a new city, been introduced to twenty girls with whom
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Austen’s England & The Open Palace Programme“Well folks, we’re a bit delayed because the airplane navigation lights aren’t working, but we’ll be fine.” I’d been lost in the book on my lap for the last 45 minutes when the captain’s announcement pulled me back to
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series The Fantasy World Tour CompanyThis summer, for a limited time only, my brother and I have collaborated to open the Literary Fantasy World Tour Company just for you! Check out our newest tour offerings below! *** Tour Option 9: The Hundred Acre Wood and surrounding
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series The Fantasy World Tour CompanyThis summer, for a limited time only, my brother and I have collaborated to open the Literary Fantasy World Tour Company just for you! Check out our newest tour offerings below! *** Tour Option 6: Mossflower Woods Tour guide: Matthias (Redwall
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series The Fantasy World Tour CompanyThis summer, for a limited time only, my brother and I have collaborated to open the Literary Fantasy World Tour Company just for you! Check out our newest tour offerings below! *** Tour Option 3: Westeros Tour guides: Stark family, Daenerys
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series The Fantasy World Tour CompanyThis summer, for a limited time only, my brother and I have collaborated to open the Literary Fantasy World Tour Company just for you! Over the next four weeks we will be offering tours of fantasy worlds complete with well charted
My favorite book blogger, The Perpetual Page Turner, has a reoccurring post series called If We Were Having Coffee and I thought I’d borrow her format for this post. So grab your favorite cuppa and join me! It’s been quiet here on the blog for the past few weeks, and rather than let you go
What a peculiar time we are living through. Remember that time when there wasn’t a new “Breaking News!” story Every. Day.? No? That’s ok, I hardly do either. Right now I’m betting many of us, world-wide, would love to turn the clocks to ANY other time. Whether that’s back to a time when Democracy reigned
If you’d entered my dorm room senior year of undergrad, you might have wondered if I’d gotten distracted and started playing The Floor Is Lava! with my books. I definitely considered it. I think I could have made it from the bed to the desk chair without touching the floor. In actuality, dorm rooms never