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Katrina Lawrence

Katrina Lawrence

Katrina is an erstwhile beauty journalist who lives in Sydney, Australia — but regularly escapes to Paris, her soul city. She has written two books on her favourite subject, and launched this site to connect with other Paris dreamers around the world.

 

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Literary Paris Special, Day Twenty: Happy Sunday, Literary Paris Special, Day Twenty: Happy Sunday, dreamers (or Saturday, depending on your timezone!). What are you reading this weekend? I just finished the new Robert Galbraith (the first book I’ve read in months that has nothing to do with France!)🕵🏼‍♀️
Literary Paris Special, Day Nineteen: One of the m Literary Paris Special, Day Nineteen: One of the most pleasant Parisian reading positions must surely be by a pond in the Tuileries, in the shadow of the Louvre, on a green chair that is slanted just-so 💖📚💖
Literary Paris Special, Day Eighteen: What are you Literary Paris Special, Day Eighteen: What are your favourite Paris books for kids? Some of my tops: Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans, Eloise in Paris by Kay Thompson, A Lion in Paris by Beatrice Alemagna, A Walk in Paris by Salvatore Rubbino, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and Ruby Red Shoes Goes to Paris by Kate Knapp 🇫🇷📚👧🏽🧒🏻💫
Literary Paris Special, Day Seventeen (#throwbackt Literary Paris Special, Day Seventeen (#throwbackthursday edition): In the 1500s, itinerant booksellers — carrying their wares in boxes strapped around their shoulders — began roaming the streets of Paris, mostly in the Latin Quarter where students and other bookish types congregated. These merchants became known as bouquinistes, derived from the German word for book. Demand increased as literacy rates soared, and business boomed during the French Revolution, when bouquinistes got their hands on the contents of ransacked aristocratic libraries. The City of Paris allowed booksellers to affix their stands to the parapets of the Seine from 1859 and these days, the famous wagon-green history-battered chests are a cherished time capsule of French literature (📷: Pinterest + Steven Meisel/Vogue Italia/1992) 💫
Literary Paris Special, Day Sixteen (#wednesdaywis Literary Paris Special, Day Sixteen (#wednesdaywisdom edition): ‘Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.’ – Guillaume Apollinaire, poet and novelist. FYI Pablo Picasso donated a copy of his sculpture Tête de Femme in memorial to his friend Apollinaire, and it can be found in this little nook next to the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, which is yet another one of Parisian perfect reading spots 💫
Literary Paris Special, Day Fifteen: COMPETITION A Literary Paris Special, Day Fifteen: COMPETITION ALERT! To celebrate the US release of @natashalesterauthor’s latest historical fiction, The Paris Secret, the best-selling author is giving American Paris dreamers the chance to win a signed copy of this stunning book. Plus, a couple of runner-up prizes: The Paris Seamstress and The Paris Orphan, two of Natasha’s other top-sellers. For your chance to win: 💖 1, Make sure you follow @natashalesterauthor and @parisfordreamers 💖 2, Like this post 💖 & 3, Let us know why you need a literary escape to Paris 💖 This competition is open to residents of the United States of America, and ‪ends 9am 25th‬ ‪September 2020‬ (PST). The winner will be announced a week later. 💖 (This promotion is not sponsored, administered, endorsed by, or associated with Instagram.)
Literary Paris Special, Day Fourteen: When Edith W Literary Paris Special, Day Fourteen: When Edith Wharton moved to Paris in 1910, she ignited a trend that continues to this day. (She was after all, born into the family that inspired the expression ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ – true story.) And with so many international literary types loving the City of Light, it’s not surprising that Paris boasts some pretty special English-language bookstores, including @theabbeybookshop (pictured; in an exquisite seventeenth-century townhouse), @shakespeareandcoparis (no explanation required), @librairiegalignani (handily situated next to @angelina_paris), @theredwheelbarrowbookstore (ditto across from the Luxembourg Garden), @sfbooksparis (for eclectic second-hand reads) and @whsmithparis (where bookish anglophiles can get a great literal cup of tea, too) 💫📚💫
Literary Paris Special, Day Thirteen: Do you dream Literary Paris Special, Day Thirteen: Do you dream about writing a book, and in Paris at that? Few cities are as literarily stimulating as this one, what with all the author ghosts around you, and a city so beautiful you can’t help but wax lyrical! If you’re ever lucky enough to take some literary time-out in Paris, pack along this gem of a read (I also love Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic for the way it so joyfully encourages creative inspiration; do you have any others to recommend?). On a sidenote, Sunday is Chocolate Day, so don’t feel guilty about treating yourself to a chocolat chaud or two this weekend. Whatever inspires those creative juices, oui? 🍫📚🍫
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