Literary Travel

04/06/2024

They found a beach library on the coast of Peru!

30/05/2024

I am putting this on my bucket list! Entrance of the public library Méjanes in Aix-en-Provence, France. 🇫🇷

30/05/2024

☎️ London's Smallest Library ☎️

📍 Lewisham, London

As technology prevails, most people seem to have a mobile phone glued to their hands and telephone boxes have sadly become outdated.

But the shells of iconic red phone boxes still exist around the capital and a particular one in South London has been fit for community purpose now for over five years.

The old, obsolete K2 phone box on Loampit Hill on the corner of Tyrwhitt Road, in Lewisham, was revolutionised into a charming public book exchange in December 2013 and has been a huge success with the local community ever since.

This adorable micro-library was created by Sebastian Handley after the Brockley Society acquired the phone box under BT's Adopt a Kiosk scheme.

The small square space houses bundles of disused novels, textbooks, autobiographies, travel guides, non-fiction and children's fairy tales.

Visitors constantly pop in to explore what paperbacks are on offer, taking or swapping books for free. Everyone from children, to students, families and older people use the facility regularly.

Although Mr Handley has now moved out of Lewisham, two micro-librarians (that doesn't mean they are really short!) look after the library and it remains very popular in the area.

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28/05/2024

Geisha bookshelfart from 4,000 books.

by Vincent Magni

14/04/2024

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14/04/2024

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14/04/2024

A pack horse librarian delivering books in rural Kentucky in 1938. During the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program in which the librarians, who were often called "book women" or "book ladies," delivered books to remote parts of Appalachia.

10/04/2024

Incredible book installation at Big Story Bookstore in Bend, Oregon.

23/03/2024

"Poetry is a river; many voices travel in it; poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the river waves. None is timeless; each arrives in an historical context; almost everything, in the end, passes. But the desire to make a poem, and the world's willingness to receive it--indeed the world's need of it--these never pass."
- MARY OLIVER

27/02/2024

The Reading Room – Royal Portuguese Cabinet Of Reading – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

14/02/2024

“Mapas y Compañía” in Málaga, Spain is a magical bookstore that specialises in travel literature and maps, catering to the needs of travelers, explorers, and anyone with a curiosity for the world.

Located in the heart of the city, this shop is a treasure trove for those planning their next adventure or seeking to immerse themselves in distant cultures through the written word. From detailed maps of remote corners of the globe to travel guides, memoirs, and photographic volumes, “Mapas y Compañía” offers a wide range of resources to inspire and prepare visitors for their journeys. The bookstore’s knowledgeable staff is passionate about travel and can offer personalized recommendations, making it a must-visit destination for travelers passing through Málaga.

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29/01/2024

A 1948 Chevy Suburban restored into a bookmobile

16/01/2024

Armchair Books In view of Edinburgh Castle and above the Grassmarket is one of over 50 bookshops in Edinburgh which are key venues for a vibrant culture of readings, literary cabarets and workshops.

Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature and is birthplace and home to world-famous writers, poets and playwrights including Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Walter Scott (Waverley), and JK Rowling (Harry Potter). It also has its own Poet Laureate, the Edinburgh Makar.

In 1725 the world’s first circulating library opened in Edinburgh and today free public libraries can be found all over the city. Furthermore, the National Library of Scotland, the leading centre for the study of the Scots, the Scottish Poetry Library and the Scottish Storytelling Centre can all be found in Edinburgh.

Source: Castles of Scotland on Instagram

16/01/2024

The 72-year-old bookseller, Mohamed Aziz, located in Rabat, Morocco, spends 6 to 8 hours a day reading books. Having read over 5000 books in French, Arabic, and English, he remains the oldest bookseller in Rabat after more than 43 years in the same location. When asked about leaving his books unattended outside, where they could potentially be stolen, he responded that those who can't read don't steal books, and those who can, aren't thieves.

30/12/2023

Travel the world in BOOKS. The coolest bookstores in the world are gorgeous, momentous, or uniquely community oriented. These are the best.

21/12/2023

The Trinity library is over 300 years old and is located in Dublin Ireland. It houses 200,000 of the library's oldest books. It is also of great cultural importance.

03/12/2023

Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

14/11/2023

There are now Little Free Libraries on all seven continents! We are thrilled to introduce the first Little Free Library in Antarctica, which was established by Dr. Russell Schnell at the… Continue reading This Little Free Library at the South Pole is the First in Antarctica

13/11/2023

Once upon a time, in the far-off kingdom of Bibliophilia, a dream was whispered into the winds of imagination—a gown not of silk or satin, but woven from the very fabric of fairy tales themselves! 📚👗✨

Hear ye, hear ye, my fellow book lovers! Imagine a dress fit for a bookish ball, each pleat a page, every seam a storyline. Picture yourself sweeping through the grand library, the whisper of thousands of pages rustling like leaves in an enchanted forest, your dress a cascade of your favorite stories, from 'Pride and Prejudice' to 'Harry Potter', twirling around you in a literary waltz.

Let's spin this yarn further—every ruffle a romance, each layer a legend, the bodice a mosaic of the most memorable quotes that have touched our hearts. The hem? Ah, the hem holds the happily-ever-afters, so each step leaves a little sprinkle of magic in your wake.

If you could pluck titles from your shelves to craft this fantastical frock, which books would make the cut? Which tales are worthy of adorning you as you dance through the chapters of your own ever-after?

13/11/2023

Hatchards is the oldest bookshop in London & U.K. Founded by John Hatchard in 1797 on Piccadilly.

12/11/2023

Discover gripping and gritty Scottish detective novels that embody Tartan Noir and the quirky, moody Scottish mysteries seen on MASTERPIECE

09/11/2023

From the NY Times Magazine's Pilgrimage Issue

The dozens of books that T writer Aatish Taseer read before his journey through Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq, and what he learned from each pilgrimage.

07/11/2023

These books at the Cincinnati Public Library are certainly a fountain of knowledge..

06/11/2023

The Little Free Library of the Day is this cat-tastic creation in Los Angeles, CA!

Find a Little Free Library near you by downloading their free mobile app: https://bit.ly/3Smu8FN

05/11/2023

The façade of the Ptyx bookstore in Ixelles, Belgium

04/11/2023

Shakespeare and Company, a book store located in the heart of Paris, on the banks of the Seine, has been a meeting place for writers and readers alike.

It is guided by the motto 'Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise.' This is written above the entrance to the first- floor library, where visitors are invited to pass the day reading books from George's personal collection.

Photograph: Bonnie Elliott for Shakespeare and Company

02/11/2023

Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.