On my first evening in Shanghai, I found myself beside the Huangpu River watching ferries move between the banks. Around me, tourists lifted phones for photographs before drifting back into the crowd, commuters surfaced from the metro and headed into…
Melbourne has one of the strongest independent bookshop cultures in Australia, shaped by long-running neighbourhood stores, specialist publishers, and quietly curated spaces that reward slow browsing over quick transactions. Bookshops here are not concentrated in a single district. They are…
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…
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…
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…
Hong Kong feels like a city experienced in fragments. Trams rattling beneath apartment towers in Central. Fluorescent light spilling from second-floor cafés. Escalators carrying commuters uphill while rain gathers on concrete staircases below. Tiny bookstores hidden inside office buildings where…
There are some cities that stay suspended in memory long after the details disappear. I haven’t been back to Hong Kong since 2005, but certain fragments remain strangely intact: the feeling of humidity pressing against glass windows, fluorescent light reflecting…
Bangkok doesn’t really ease you in. It arrives all at once. Heat rising off concrete. The smell of garlic and smoke caught between traffic lights. Motorbikes weaving through lanes with entire families balanced on the back. Tuk-tuks cutting through the…
There’s something special about discovering a great bookshop while wandering through Hobart. Between heritage streets, cosy cafés, waterfront views and creative local culture, Tasmania’s capital has quietly become one of Australia’s best cities for book lovers. Whether you’re hunting for…
From the elegant terraces of Bath to the quiet village of Chawton where Austen penned her most famous works, this immersive itinerary is designed for book lovers, period drama fans, and heritage travelers alike.