A Summer of Beach Reads
Summer - heat, sunshine and beach reads. Here are three books that are perfect summer reads.
Summer in Stockholm or Bainbridge Island with Two Books
Summer brings a time to lift yourself from your armchair and return to travel. But this month’s books offer more than inspiration to travel to a different location; they also help you escape your living room and help you...
Holiday Gift Guide 2020: 7 Books for the Armchair Traveller
From exploring the oceans to journeying through time, these books would make the perfect holiday gift for the armchair traveller in your life.
Exploring Wisconsin’s Cities and Countryside
I am travelling through Wisconsin this month, these two books guiding me to its capital city – Madison – with The Wrong Sister, and within its beautiful countryside with The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. And although I am still on...
Two Books That Will Inspire Ocean Travel
Water. Whether it is a river, a lake or the ocean, water calls to me. And this month, I am inspired to re-discover the ocean, mask-wearing and social distancing, on a beach vacation with two books written by people who obviously...
3 Books to Inspire Travel to Toronto
Whether you are a Torontonian, live close by or are traveling to the city from out of province or country, these three books will inspire you to see Toronto as more than Casa Loma, Black Creek Pioneer Village, and the CN Tower....
Cruising to Australia With These Two Books
I am itching to go away, so this month I am travelling to locations I have never been before, cruising to Australia with lots of stops in between.
7 Great Gifts for Travellers
What to get the traveller in your life for Christmas? The obvious answer? Books.
Travel Through Japan with a Cat and a Japanese Soldier
This month I travel the furthest I have ever journeyed in books – Japan enjoying the Japanese countryside in The Travelling Cat Chronicles and one of Japan’s former islands and WWII history in The Emperor of Any Place. The...
Embrace Winter and Travel to Ireland and New Hampshire
I suppose it’s fitting – if you live close to Toronto – that this month’s books have me travelling to two places covered in snow, Ireland and New Hampshire. The Christmas Party The Christmas Party by prolific writer...