Follow the yellow brick road around Chicago's Humboldt Park

Posted on 11/04/2019 at 12:22 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Developers in Humboldt Park are making the Chicago neighborhood’s connection to L. Frank Baum a heck of a lot more...

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

James Joyce's "House of the Dead" to become a hostel

Posted on 11/04/2019 at 10:26 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dublin officials have cleared the way to convert a house significant to James Joyce fans into a hostel, much to...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, The Guardian

Hotel invites its guests to live like Jane Austen for a weekend

Posted on 11/02/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Costumes aren’t just for Halloween, and they certainly don’t have to be spooky. Take, for instance, the guests who spend...

Tagged As: Just for fun, Literary tourism, The Guardian

Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, will become the 2021 World Book Capital

Posted on 10/09/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s apparently Georgia’s time to shine. Recently we were told that Georgian food is the current "it" cuisine, at least...

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Tagged As: Awards, Literary tourism, Reading

J.D. Salinger's belongings make their public debut in NYC

Posted on 10/08/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Good news for readers on the East Coast or bookworms who have plans to head there in the next few...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Memorabilia

Honoring the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on 10/05/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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We shared several pictures from our literary tourism around Massachusetts, but that wasn’t the only place we visited last weekend....

Tagged As: Just for fun, Literary tourism

Meet the London booksellers who sat up shop on a barge

Posted on 10/05/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Wish you were elsewhere this weekend? We’re probably not going to make it any easier for you with this post....

Tagged As: Libraries, Literary Hub, Literary tourism

Guess where the world's oldest continuously open library is

Posted on 09/28/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Where is the oldest continuously operating library in the world located? Here are a few hints: It’s inside a monastery...

Tagged As: Just for fun, Libraries, Literary tourism

Take a quick early peek into the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library

Posted on 09/27/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you didn’t already see on our Instagram account, one of us at Fussy is passing a few days in...

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Tagged As: Literary tourism

Dr. Who's TARDIS does double duty as a Little Free Library

Posted on 09/18/2019 at 09:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Every Little Free Library is a sight for sore eyes, but some builders have the vision and ability to go...

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Tagged As: Just for fun, Libraries, Literary tourism