Old Parish Church Cemetery in Whitby, England
My obsession to travel to every site related to either the fictional Count Dracula or his real historical counterpart, Prince Vlad Dracula the Impaler, grew out of a visit to Whitby, England, where part
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Whatever hobby, pursuit or pastime you enjoy, it’s possible there’s a voyage that will let you combine it with the pleasures of cruising. From food to fashion, music to mystery, the offerings are as varied as the destination
Each year since 1976, Spain's Ministry of Culture has awarded the country's equivalent of the Booker or the Nobel Prize for Literature to one of the world's most distinguished living Spanish-language writers. Past laureates have included not jus
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Many are the guidebooks that have been written about this tropical Latin Caribbean island, but few by Puerto Ricans themselves, and even fewer which focus on its delicious and sometimes exotic cuisine, fed by fresh local ingredients. Three years a
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If Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (above with 1960s president Salvador Allende) were alive today - well, he'd be 113, but anyway he'd also be plenty bemused by the fact that so many visitors journey to Chile to experience the places he on
Details on this Buenos Aires jawdropper here.
Like migratory birds, more than 70 eminent authors and thinkers from across the globe just gathered in London this past May 20-21 for what has become an annual fixture, the Jaipur Literature Festival. The venue was different this year, because its
The legendary Irish “gift of gab” has helped Ireland punch above its weight literarily for centuries now – and Dublin in particular has been a literary hotbed – in fact, officially designated a “Literary City” by UNESCO in 2010 in case anyone had any
This coming weekend the town of Rochester in Kent, England, holds its annual Dickensian Christmas Festival. To find out more about the writer's associations to the town follow this link.
Read more…Check out the locations on the River Thames which featured in Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K. Jerome http://britainonpageandscreen.blogspot.co.uk/
Read more…The road to my novel, Cruise Quarters – A Novel About Casinos and Cruise Ships, is a long journey with lots of twist and turns much like a good story. After I graduated college I got a job teaching high school in North Carolina. On a summer break I d
If you’re looking for a book that helps paint a rich, evocative picture of Manaus in Brazil, look no further than Milton Hatoum’s novel The Brothers (Dois Irmãos). The story follows two identical twin brothers and describes their lifelong feud...
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Check out this link for information on Jane Austen's favourite seaside town:
http://britainonpageandscreen.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/jane-austens-lyme-regis.html
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Have you ever noticed that the best travel writers never really considered themselves as such? Look at anybody’s list of favorites and you’ll see names like Kerouac, Bowles, Matthiessen, etc. quite often, along with names like
Read more…Traveling through space is geography. Traveling through time is history. I just finished reading the Travels of Marco Polo and Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux simultaneously; okay, actually I was alternating between them. As fate would have i
Spain, a Western European country rich in Mediterranean flavors and Arab influence, is actually a few countries packed into one. With its location in the southern end of Europe and just a hop away from North Africa, Spain serves as Europe’s link to
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Read more…You know, not that I would ever claim this is "literature" by any remote stretch, but it is a fictional short story with a (hopefully) very well defined sense of place; kindly have a look and share your positive and negative critiques: MacArthur Caus
Read more…I do apologise for my sluggardly behaviour as of late. I had awful connections--as in none--to my Tripatini pages. I have no real idea what went on, or how it was rectified, but if Ed Wetschler had something to do with it, which I am guessing he did,
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