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Chamonix or Chamounix?

Chamonix or Chamounix?

Thanks to Henrik and Séverine who alerted us that Chamonix is misspelled on the map! In the index the spelling is Chamonix but on the map Chamounix. In the next...

Chamonix or Chamounix?

Thanks to Henrik and Séverine who alerted us that Chamonix is misspelled on the map! In the index the spelling is Chamonix but on the map Chamounix. In the next...

Buy our maps at the world's best bookstore!

Buy our maps at the world's best bookstore!

Soon you can buy our literary maps in a bookstore too! And a very special one.

Buy our maps at the world's best bookstore!

Soon you can buy our literary maps in a bookstore too! And a very special one.

Red or white cap? The hardest decision of the year

Red or white cap? The hardest decision of the year

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is about the lazy and mean boy Nils from Västra Vemmenhög who is transformed into an elf by a house elf and who then accidentally...

Red or white cap? The hardest decision of the year

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is about the lazy and mean boy Nils from Västra Vemmenhög who is transformed into an elf by a house elf and who then accidentally...

It all began with the map!

It all began with the map!

Robert Louis Stevenson got the idea for the novel Treasure Island when he saw an imaginary map of a romantic island that his stepson Lloyd Osbourne had drawn during a vacation...

It all began with the map!

Robert Louis Stevenson got the idea for the novel Treasure Island when he saw an imaginary map of a romantic island that his stepson Lloyd Osbourne had drawn during a vacation...

A short walk in Hamsun's footsteps

A short walk in Hamsun's footsteps

Knut Hamsun's book Hunger is about a young writer who seeks inspiration (and starves) in 19th century Kristiania (now Oslo). I read the book a few years ago and was...

A short walk in Hamsun's footsteps

Knut Hamsun's book Hunger is about a young writer who seeks inspiration (and starves) in 19th century Kristiania (now Oslo). I read the book a few years ago and was...

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils translations

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils translations

Most of the English editions of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils are translated by Velma Swanston Howard, but she she did not translate the entire novel. There is now a...

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils translations

Most of the English editions of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils are translated by Velma Swanston Howard, but she she did not translate the entire novel. There is now a...