Literary travel, bookstores, trains, notebooks, and the stories cities leave behind
Booked & Boarded
A recurring literary travel series about books, transit, cafés, bookstores, and the quiet observations collected along the way. Part city diary, part reading journal, Booked & Boarded explores what it feels like to move slowly through a place.
Literary Guides
Thoughtful literary travel guides exploring through bookstores, cafés, neighbourhood walks, hidden corners, and slow itineraries for readers, writers, and curious travellers.
Literary Travel
A collection of essays, reflections, and destination stories exploring the spaces where books and travel intersect. From hidden bookstores and literary cities to notebooks filled on trains and afternoons spent reading in unfamiliar cafés, these pieces focus on the emotional texture of place rather than sightseeing alone.
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3 Days in Melbourne Itinerary for Readers, Walkers and Culture Lovers
Melbourne is a city I’ve come to understand through repetition rather than overview; through bookshops I return to, galleries I drift in and out of, and neighbourhood walks that rarely follow a fixed plan. It works best at a slower…
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Booked & Boarded: Melbourne
There is a point every year when Melbourne becomes my favourite city again. It usually happens sometime in April. The heat finally breaks after months of false promises. The light changes. Plane trees along the city streets begin turning shades…
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Reading in Cities That Don’t Slow Down
This isn’t a groundbreaking statement, if you’ve found your way here then you’re very likely the same as me. But there is almost always a book in my bag when I travel. Not because I expect to spend entire afternoons…
Notes from trains, bookstores, and quiet mornings abroad
