The National Cathedral is adding a bust of Elie Wiesel

Posted on 04/30/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Washington National Cathedral will welcome a new face this fall. A bust of Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor known...

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Tagged As: Literary tourism, Memoir

Jane Austen’s House: There's no tempest brewing over tea cups

Posted on 04/21/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jane Austen’s House wants to set the record straight about how it’s setting the record straight. Yes, the museum displays...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, The Guardian

Agatha Christie's house is for sale

Posted on 04/20/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The house where Agatha Christie lived for over forty years — and wrote some of her most famous crime novels...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Mystery

You can stay in the cowshed on Jane Austen's brother's estate

Posted on 04/14/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jane Austen fans can stay at yet another property where the famous novelist once resided … sort of. Literary Hub...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary Hub, Literary tourism, Women in literature

Brontë scholar: Housing development will destroy the famous moors

Posted on 04/07/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you who have delayed a Brontë-themed trip (or who have had COVID delay their planned Brontë-themed trip), we’re...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary Hub, Literary tourism, Women in literature

11 literary lodgings to check out (someday)

Posted on 04/05/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What could be quainter than staying in an English cottage or manor? Staying in one that served as the home...

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Tagged As: Literary tourism, The Guardian

Group comes up short in bid to buy Tolkien house

Posted on 03/24/2021 at 09:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Northmoor Project announced Monday that it did not acquire enough backers to purchase J.R.R. Tolkien’s house in Oxford, England....

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism

Literary escapes: Henrik Ibsen and “Goodnight Moon”

Posted on 03/22/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Looking for a getaway? Literary Hub has a suggestion for now and one for later. An exhibit inspired by Goodnight...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Literary Hub, Literary tourism

Take a peek at the new Hans Christian Andersen museum

Posted on 03/14/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Your to-be-visited list for the post-vaccine era may have just grown a bit longer. Hans Christian Andersen’s birthplace — Odense,...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism

Peek inside Toronto's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Posted on 02/06/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’d feel guilty for sharing an Atlas Obscura piece about a fascinating library while the world was still in a...

Tagged As: Libraries, Literary tourism