Haruki Murakami's records and archives are getting their own library

Posted on 11/25/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Novelist Haruki Murakami's alma mater is building a new library to house everything he’s donated to it. Tokyo’s Waseda University...

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Tagged As: Libraries, Literary Hub, Literary tourism

Donations pour in for proposed Virginia Woolf statue

Posted on 11/13/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

London's new statue honoring Mary Wollstonecraft — a pioneering feminist who’s also famous for being the mother of Mary Shelley...

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Tagged As: Literary tourism, The Guardian, Women in literature

Artist receives second go-ahead to create Maya Angelou monument

Posted on 11/04/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A power struggle over a proposed Maya Angelou monument in San Francisco has ended. Artist Lava Thomas was originally chosen...

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Tagged As: Literary tourism, The New York Times

Arthur Miller's books are headed to the New York Public Library

Posted on 11/01/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Public Library is now the proud owner of Arthur Miller's personal collection. Fine Books Magazine reports that...

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Shakespeare and Company bookstore calls out for orders, too

Posted on 10/29/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Same story, different day: a beloved bookstore is crying out for help as the coronavirus pandemic slashes its sales. This...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, coronavirus / COVID-19, Literary tourism, The Guardian

Cry for help results in a record weekend for the Strand bookstore

Posted on 10/27/2020 at 02:03 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nancy Bass Wyden had hoped September would bring a fresh start on 2020 for her business, the iconic Strand bookstore...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, coronavirus / COVID-19, Literary tourism, The New York Times

Welsh resort pays homage to poet Dylan Thomas

Posted on 10/27/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sharing information about a Welsh resort seems both fitting and completely tone-deaf right now. It’s fitting because we’re spreading the...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Literary tourism, Poetry

Author Toni Morrison’s Manhattan loft goes up for sale

Posted on 10/21/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Well, it’s a good thing that few people nowadays want to move into the city, because even fewer people can...

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Bookstore in Taiwan really wants you to focus on the books

Posted on 10/19/2020 at 01:14 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Are we drawn to this story because it’s about an unusual bookstore or because it’s set in a warm locale?...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, Literary Hub, Literary tourism

Hostel plans for James Joyce's "House of the Dead" move forward

Posted on 10/19/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Outrage from all corners of the cultural world has failed to stop the conversion of a house significant to literature...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, The Guardian