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Literary walks and launches

Literary walks, readings, launches and the cafés where books were written. Follow writers through the cities that made them.

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Pessoa’s Lisbon

Literature + Cafés

Follow the poet’s many names through cafés, trams and the Baixa’s arcades.

Where
Lisbon
When
Flexible
Length
7 chapters · 3 hours

Curated by Ana Lobo Verified curator

from €12Demoprice — fictional Open Journey

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    Literary Brera

    Literature + Publishers

    The cafés, bookshops and courtyards where Milan’s writers and publishers met — and still do.

    Where
    Milan
    When
    Flexible
    Length
    5 chapters · 2.5 hours

    Curated by Giulia Ferri Verified curator

    from €24Demoprice — fictional Open Journey
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    Book Night: New Portuguese Voices

    New Voices + Readings

    Three debut authors read in a former printing house — with port and a signing table.

    Where
    Lisbon
    When
    9 Dec · 19:00
    Length
    1 venue · 2.5 hours

    Organized by Ana Lobo Verified curator

    from €10Demoprice — fictional Open Journey
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    A Coffeehouse Writing Morning

    Writing + Coffeehouses

    Write where Vienna’s writers did, guided by a novelist — melange included.

    Where
    Vienna
    When
    Flexible
    Length
    1 café · 3 hours

    Curated by Wiener Abende Verified Partner

    from €35Demoprice — fictional Open Journey
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    Andrić & the Writers of Belgrade

    Literature + Cafés

    The cafés, bookshops and streets of the city’s Nobel laureate and the poets around him.

    Where
    Belgrade
    When
    Flexible
    Length
    5 chapters · 3 hours

    Curated by Milena Jovanović Verified curator

    from €25Demoprice — fictional Open Journey
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    Poets of the Spanish Steps

    Literature + Romantic Poets

    Keats, Shelley and the travellers who wrote Rome into English literature — read where it happened.

    Where
    Rome
    When
    Flexible
    Length
    4 chapters · 2 hours

    Curated by Sofia Marchetti Verified curator

    from €22Demoprice — fictional Open Journey
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    Kafka’s Prague

    Kafka + Guided Morning

    A guided morning in Kafka’s footsteps — the house where he was born, his office, the Old-New Synagogue and his favourite café.

    Where
    Prague
    When
    Flexible
    Length
    6 chapters · 3 hours

    Curated by Jan Dvořák Verified curator

    from €28Demoprice — fictional Open Journey
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    Ferrante’s Naples

    Literature + Neighbourhoods

    The streets, schools and seafront of the Neapolitan novels — read in the places they describe.

    Where
    Naples
    When
    Flexible
    Length
    5 chapters · 3 hours

    Curated by Lucia De Luca Verified curator

    from €25Demoprice — fictional Open Journey
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    Literary Prague

    Hašek & Hrabal + Literary Pubs

    Hašek, Hrabal and the city’s new writers — bookshops, literary cafés and the pubs where Švejk was born. Self-guided, with readings in the app.

    Where
    Prague
    When
    Flexible
    Length
    6 chapters · 4 hours

    Curated by Jan Dvořák Verified curator

    from €32Demoprice — fictional Open Journey
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    European Author Series

    Readings + New Voices

    Four evenings, four cities, four new European voices — readings and conversations in independent bookshops.

    Where
    Prague · Vienna · Belgrade · Milan
    When
    3–22 Dec
    Length
    4 sessions · 4 evenings

    Published by Pagina Europa Publishers Verified Partner

    from €18Demoprice — fictional Open Journey

The people behind it

Books & Authors curators

  • Giulia Ferri

    1 journey · Milan

    Verified Partner

  • Ana Lobo

    2 journeys · Lisbon

    Verified Partner

  • Wiener Abende

    1 journey · Vienna

    Verified Partner

  • Milena Jovanović

    1 journey · Belgrade

    Verified Partner

  • Sofia Marchetti

    1 journey · Rome

    Verified Partner

  • Jan Dvořák

    2 journeys · Prague

    Verified Partner

  • Lucia De Luca

    1 journey · Naples

    Verified Partner

  • Pagina Europa Publishers

    1 journey · Prague

    Verified Partner

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