Category Archives: Europe

Library Redux

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

 A few European library favorites from our readers.    

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Libraries of Europe

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

A few of my favorite European libraries from an ongoing project. Send us some photos of your favorites.

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Would You Crowdfund Your Book ?

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

 The following post is by Alison Flood: From novelists to poets and playwrights, would-be French authors are signing- up to take part in France’s first venture into crowdfunded literature. Launched this spring by publisher Éditions du Public, the initiative – … Continue reading →

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How Kafkaesque

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Franz Kafka instructed that all his manuscripts were to be burned after his death, but his friend Max Brod chose to disregarded the request, setting-up a complicated legal tussle over thousands of pages of manuscripts that has the literary world in a … Continue reading →

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It’s Always 1984 Somewhere

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell volunteered to fight for the Republicans against Franco’s fascist Nationalist rebellion. He joined the far-left POUM ( Workers’ Party of Marxist Unification), in which he fought as an infantryman. In his … Continue reading →

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More Millennium Part II

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Almost immediately after Stieg Larsson’s first novel, The Girl with the Dragon Tatt00, was posthumously published to international acclaim Millennium Mania spread like a literary virus around the world. This was primarily based on the quality of the work, but was also influenced … Continue reading →

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More Millennium Part I

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Many thanks to the County Theater in Doylestown, PA for the invitation to a screening of Laurence Lowenthal’s documentary Millennium, The Story. Laurence Lowenthal created a documentary about Stieg Larsson and the Millennium Trilogy that covers everything you’ve ever wanted … Continue reading →

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The Atlas Obscura…don’t get lost there

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

 Welcome to the Atlas Obscura, a compendium of this age’s wonders, curiosities, and esoterica. The Atlas Obscura is a collaborative project with the goal of cataloging all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left … Continue reading →

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Someplace To Lay Your Head (Europe)

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Here are a few European hotel suggestions from Travel Between The Pages readers.   Amsterdam: Hotel V Frederiksplein, Weteringschan 136   Brussels: Hotel Café Pacific, Rue Antoine Dansaert 57   Budapest: Mamaison Hotel Andrassy, Andrassy út 111   Lisbon: Living Lounge Hostel, Rua do Crucifixo … Continue reading →

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Museo Galileo Reopens

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza (Institute and Museum of the History of Science) has undergone a renovation involving a complete redesign of its exhibition areas and displays. On June 11th, it reopened under the new name of … Continue reading →

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