Group wants French poets Rimbaud and Verlaine in the Pantheon

Posted on 09/10/2020 at 10:12 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The next time you visit Paris, there may be some new faces (so to speak) in the Pantheon. Agence France-Presse...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Poetry

T.S. Eliot estate sends a large donation to the Brontë Parsonage Museum

Posted on 09/08/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Brontë Parsonage Museum launched a crowdfunding campaign in July in hopes of closing a forecasted year-end deficit of £100,000...

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Tagged As: Charity, Classic literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, Literary tourism, Poetry, The Guardian

Light reading for Labor Day 2020

Posted on 09/07/2020 at 12:43 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Labor Day’s original and most important significance is, of course, to honor the sacrifices and contribution of American workers. Many...

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One of Wordsworth's homes will become a Buddhist retreat

Posted on 07/31/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Another William Wordsworth home has hit the literary headlines. This time it’s not his Cumbrian cottage, but rather a Somerset...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism

Author Reni Eddo-Lodge is leading London tube renaming project

Posted on 07/25/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Inspired by a similar project in New York City, two Londoners are renaming the city’s tube system to honor influential...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Literary tourism, The Guardian

One of Jane Austen's former homes is an Airbnb

Posted on 07/13/2020 at 09:22 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Another item on the literary-tourism bucket list: the Airbnb property that was once Jane Austen’s home. The Pride and Prejudice...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary Hub, Literary tourism

Admire Oslo's new public library

Posted on 07/07/2020 at 10:21 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No bookworm, no matter how devoted to his or her ereader, can resist the lure of a library. And boy,...

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Tagged As: Libraries, Literary Hub, Literary tourism

Jane Austen’s House Museum: We're at risk of closing permanently

Posted on 06/11/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This is not a drill: The Jane Austen’s House Museum could close by the end of the year because of...

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

Bath officials approve plans for a Frankenstein museum

Posted on 06/05/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here’s something to look forward to when travel becomes freer again. The house in Bath, England, where Mary Shelley wrote...

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

George R.R. Martin is now the co-owner of a rail line

Posted on 05/27/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Some railroad enthusiasts visit train hubs or set up an extensive network for their model cars. Others … buy the...

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Tagged As: Just for fun, Literary tourism