Booklovers planning a trip to New York City will find plenty of bookish pilgrimage sites there; the problem may be finding enough time to get to them all, along with all the other, less bookish places you’re likely to have on your to-see list.
Utah-based fellow biblioblogger Rachel, aka The Booklist Queen, has put together a short list of must-visit sites for bookloving travelers to New York City. Read her excellent guide here.
Way back in 2018, Literary Hub published Emily Temple’s photos of rooms where twenty famous books were written.
Sorry it took me so long to re-post this fascinating peek behind the scenes.
Found at Literary Hub’s Facebook post, October 9, 2018
Literary Hub, back in 2018, posted photos of the rooms where a dozen famous authors – Agatha Christie, Edith Wharton, Ernest Hemingway, J.G. Ballard, James Baldwin, Julian Barnes, Mark Twain, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Victor Hugo, and William Faulkner – wrote some of their most famous books.
Found at Literary Hub
Many booklovers have heard of Hay-on-Wye, the first and most famous “book town,” and many of us have even managed to travel there to revel in Hay’s atmospheric, book-besotten fabulosity.
But who knew there are enough bookstore-concentrated towns on the planet now to support an international organization of such places?
Before planning their vacation trips, booklovers might want to scan the membership list of the International Organization of Book Towns to see if there’s a book town in the vicinity of their vacation destination. (Wikipedia also contains a list of book towns.)
These two resources are mentioned in a January 2020 article by Jennifer Nalewiki at Smithsonian Magazine’s website.
The good news is that someone created such a book. The bad news is that it covers a mere 80 book-related sites. Still, it’s a start!
Found at For Reading Addicts‘ Facebook page
Is there a booklover out there who hasn’t visited the grave of at least one favorite writer? Because I’m guessing there are more than a few booklovers out there who have visited a lot more than one of these graves.
In any case, these photos and stories posted by LitHub are fascinating. And there are 75 of them!
Found via LitHub’s Facebook page
CNN’s website posted some photos of some groovy bookstores around the world, most of which most booklovers have seen photos of before. Still.
Found via a Facebook posting by DC-based book blogger Thomas Otto
Attention all you New York City residents (or bibliophiles bound any time soon for New York City): Atlas Obscura has posted a list (with photos) of some of New York City’s less well-known libraries.
Some of them are available to the Great Unwashed Public (via day passes), others are available only to members.
Found via a Facebook posting by librarian Leslie Kahn
There are few booklovers who wouldn’t find absolutely thrilling – and certainly worth the trouble to arrange – the experience of sitting down in the Library of Congress’ Main Reading Room, even if it means inventing up a bit of research (or faux research) to justify doing so.
True, any casual visitor to the Libary of Congress can peer down into the awe-inspiring Reading Room from a glass-walled public gallery far above the room, but that’s different than actually sitting down for a spell at one of the Reading Room desks.
At Book Riot, Becky Cole tells you how to actually get in there next time you visit Washington, DC.
And, speaking of visits to DC, Rachel Manwill – also at Book Riot – previously posted a booklover’s guide to that city.
Publishers Weekly, in publicizing Trish Foxwell’s guidebook A Visitor’s Guide to the Literary South, recently highlighted various sites in ten cities depicted by famous writers born in Southern States.
Found at Book Riot
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