Literary Travel
Travel for women who plan whole trips around bookshops, with literary city guides, bookish places to stay, slow train journeys and everything I pack along the way.
Literary Travel · Literary City Guides
Christmas lights at Bellingrath, a MoonPie drop on New Year's Eve and the start of Carnival: how to spend December and January in Mobile, Alabama.
Literary Travel · What I’d Pack
A carry-on suitcase, packing cubes, a cashmere travel wrap, a jewelry case and more: pretty, practical gifts for the friend who always has a trip coming up.
Literary Travel · What I’d Pack
Booking smart, flying on Christmas Day, packing gifts, carry-on tricks and a lot of grace for delays. Here's how to travel during the holidays calmly.
Literary Travel · Literary City Guides
My dream list of European Christmas markets, from Vienna and Strasbourg to Edinburgh and Bath, plus practical tips for visiting without the stress.
Literary Travel · Literary City Guides
Twelve grapes in Spain, soup joumou in Haiti, black-eyed peas in the South and more. Here are the New Year's traditions around the world I love most.
Literary Travel · Literary City Guides
From Jamaica's Grand Market to Ethiopia's Genna and Iceland's book flood, here are the Christmas traditions around the world I'd love to borrow this year.
Literary Travel · Bookish Stays
The best Edinburgh neighborhood for a longer stay: why I’d choose Stockbridge, with its Sunday market, Water of Leith walks and village feel.
Reading Life · Bookshops & Libraries
My first day in Bath was a cruise stop with one goal: every bookshop in the city. Here's how to do bookish Bath in a day, plus the Jane Austen Centre.
Literary Travel · Literary City Guides
The best bookshops in Edinburgh, a free poetry library and one big hill: how to spend 48 literary hours in the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature.
Literary Travel · Literary City Guides
A literary walk through Lisbon with Pessoa’s Book of Disquiet, Saramago’s rainy 1936 Lisbon and Night Train to Lisbon, and what I found on the page.
Literary Travel · Trains & Slow Travel
Why I choose trains over planes whenever I can: the window seat, the slow scenery, the train picnic, plus my train travel packing list.
Literary Travel · Trains & Slow Travel
Fast books for fast trains and slow books for slow ones: what to read on a train, from twisty mysteries to Toni Morrison and Anne Tyler.
Literary Travel · Literary City Guides
Where to write alone in Paris: the Luxembourg Garden chairs, cafés at the off hours, the Musée de la Vie Romantique garden and the quays of the Seine.
Literary Travel · Literary City Guides
How to see Rome without the crowds: coffee at the counter, empty piazzas, Campo de’ Fiori opening up and Trastevere at sunrise. An early riser’s guide.
Literary Travel · Trains & Slow Travel
The Edinburgh to London train is one of Britain’s most scenic rail journeys. Which side to sit on, what you’ll see, and why I never opened my laptop.
Literary Travel · What I’d Pack
My minimalist two-week packing list: three dresses, one cardigan, seven books. Why I pack light on clothes and heavy on reading.
Reading Life · Bookshops & Libraries
A bookish Lisbon guide: Livraria Bertrand (the world’s oldest bookshop), Ler Devagar at LX Factory, Alfama’s little shops and the best views to read by.
Literary Travel · Trains & Slow Travel
How I had a European summer at home in Dallas: long lunches, evening walks, linen, the farmers market and a slower pace you can borrow anywhere.
Literary Travel · Bookish Stays
Where book lovers should stay in Paris: the Left Bank, with Shakespeare and Company, The Abbey Bookshop, the bouquinistes and literary cafés nearby.
Literary Travel · Literary City Guides
A coin-flip day in Rome: heads left, tails right, no famous sights. Where the coin took me and how to try a spontaneous travel day in any city.