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Literary travel — call it a ‘book-cation’ or ‘readaway’ — is having a moment as a boom in bookish trips range from daytrips to week-long holidays.
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The bookish travel trend taking readers beyond the page

Literary travel — call it a ‘book-cation’ or ‘readaway’ — is having a moment as a boom in bookish trips range from daytrips to week-long holidays.

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