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Waverley the book in the foreground, the Walter Scott Monument of Edinburgh in the background

Exploring Edinburgh in the Footsteps of Sir Walter Scott, the Grandfather of Historical Fiction

February 4, 2024 by Elizabeth 7 Comments

I spent a day exploring Edinburgh in the footsteps of Sir Walter Scott. I visited the Scott Monument and Writers’ Museum.

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Filed Under: Scotland, Storybook Places, Travel Log, UNESCO Cities of Lit & World Book Capitals, United Kingdom Tagged With: Dog, Edinburgh, Literary Character Statue, Museum, Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott

Outside the real Skeldale House

Visit the Real Yorkshire of All Creatures Great And Small

January 7, 2024 by Elizabeth 12 Comments

Visit the real Yorkshire home and vet practice of author James Herriot and the filming location of All Creatures Great and Small’s Darroby!

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Filed Under: England, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, Storybook Places, Travel Log, United Kingdom, Where Readers Meet, Yorkshire Tagged With: All Creatures Great and Small

Selfie with book in front of Bath's Royal Crescent

“To See, Be Seen, and Take the Waters” Modernly in Jane Austen’s Bath

October 29, 2023 by Elizabeth 5 Comments

This visit to Bath with the EBC tour, I attempted to modernly see, be seen, and take the waters, just as Jane Austen might’ve done.

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Filed Under: England, Literary Travel, Somerset, Storybook Places, Travel Log, United Kingdom, Where Readers Meet Tagged With: Bath, Enchanted Book Club Tour, Jane Austen

The Bidford Parsonage Museum

Miss Montgomery of Bideford Parsonage: A Teacher to Us All

October 15, 2023 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

Author L. M. Montgomery lived in the Bideford Parsonage on PEI during her first year teaching. Since then she has become a teacher to us all.

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Filed Under: Canada, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, Prince Edward Island, Travel Log Tagged With: L. M. Montgomery, Prince Edward Island

Bride and Groom kiss in front of red barn door.

Reader I Married Him: Our Anne of Green Gables Inspired Wedding on Prince Edward Island

August 13, 2023 by Elizabeth 8 Comments

Reader, I married my husband, surrounded by our Kindred Spirits, in an Anne of Green Gables inspired wedding on Prince Edward Island.

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Filed Under: Canada, Literary Travel, My Reading Life, Storybook Places, Travel Log Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, Wedding

The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis outside the New York Public Library

Treasures and a Mystery at the NYPL

April 9, 2023 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

Fiona Davis’ serves up a mystery at the NYPL that will have you planning a visit to the library’s Treasures exhibit.

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Filed Under: Literary Travel, New York, Storybook Places, Travel Log, USA Tagged With: Charles Dickens, Mystery, New York Public Library

Boston Skyline

Spend a Bookish Day in Boston

March 12, 2023 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

Spend a bookish day in Boston by visiting newer libraries, bookshops, and other literary locations in a city known for its literary history.

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Filed Under: Bookish Sanctuaries, Literary Travel, Massachusetts, Travel Log, USA Tagged With: Boston, Independent Bookstore

Josiah Henson's memoir and Uncle Tom's Cabin books with Henson museum in background

The Josiah Henson Museum and the Real Uncle Tom?

July 10, 2022 by Elizabeth 3 Comments

Was Josiah Henson the real Uncle Tom? The Josiah Henson Museum tells the life story of Henson and the surprising truth behind Stowe’s novel.

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Filed Under: Literary Travel, Maryland, Storybook Places, Travel Log, USA Tagged With: Diverse Read, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Museum, Uncle Tom's Cabin

Reading Anne of Green Gables outside Green Gables Heritage Place

The Netflix Effect on Green Gables Heritage Place

June 12, 2022 by Elizabeth 5 Comments

I revisited Green Gables Heritage Place in Prince Edward Island to find out how the newer Anne adaptations on Netflix had affected the place.

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Filed Under: Canada, In the Foosteps of Authors, Literary Travel, Prince Edward Island, Storybook Places, Travel Log Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island

Dalvay By the Sea Hotel or The White Sands Hotel

An Unexpected Honeymoon at Dalvay by the Sea, or Anne’s White Sands Hotel [A Year Early]

June 5, 2022 by Elizabeth 4 Comments

A free upgrade turned into an early honeymoon at Dalvay by the Sea, the hotel known as the White Sands Hotel by Anne of Green Gables fans.

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Filed Under: Canada, Literary Lodgings & Libations, Literary Travel, Prince Edward Island, Storybook Places, Travel Log Tagged With: Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island

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Have you ever wanted to just step into the setting of your book? Or wondered if what you’re reading has any real world relevance? And are you the kind that gravitates towards indie bookstores and libraries on vacation? Then you’re in the right place!
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MacAusland’s Woolen Mill blankets are made in and sold all over PEI and are mentioned in The Summer Will Be Different by Carly Fortune. The film adaptation of the book will have these blankets in it.
These Blankets Will Be Famous Because of a Book!
I followed in the characters footsteps of Carly Fortune’s This Summer Will Be Different and took a walk at Thunder Cove Beach, Prince Edward Island to the place where Teacup Rock used to be before Hurricane Fiona destroyed it.
This Summer Will Be Different at Thunder Cove Beach, PEI
I attended the 2026 Road to Avonlea Convention on Prince Edward Island.
1st Road To Avonlea Convention on PEI
Visiting these real Prince Edward Island locations used in filming the adaptation of L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables and The Road to Avonlea (based on The Story Girl) feels just like stepping into these stories.
📍 Dalvay by the Sea (The White Sands Hotel)
📍 Orwell Village (Jasper Dale’s Home)
📍 New London Lighthouse (Background scenery)
📍 Seacowhead Lighthouse (Gus’ Home)
Montgomery Books to Screen - PEI Filming Locations
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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
by Heather Lende
Tales of the Peculiar
Tales of the Peculiar
by Ransom Riggs
The Once and Future King
The Once and Future King
by T.H. White
Booked: A Traveler's Guide to Literary Locations Around the World
Booked: A Traveler's Guide to Literary Locations Around the World
by Richard Kreitner
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo
by Hiromi Kawakami

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