/lit/ - Literature

I live -half of the time- in a fantasy utopia inside my head.

London so meh

>>3082633
Implying you live in a shitty place IRL

>>3082608

Paris. In Montmartre, what's more. I really enjoy it.

Brooklyn. Williamsburg to be precise. I hate all the writers I know.

London, it's fantastic.

Austin, TX. So not really. It's a nice city with a lot of really cool people here but I plan on moving within the next two years.

currently a student at Berkeley. Pretty /lit/ related, as far as universities go?

London hivemind

Victoria, BC. Full of slampoetryfags.

detroit

Philadelphia, not exactly the first place you think of with regards to literature, but there are things like the Kelly Writer's House here. There's a small literary scene.

>>3082647
>"writers"

I live in New Orleans. There is actually a significant population here that can't read or write and there is only one bookstore (a Borders) in the area. I've worked in some of the local libraries and they're pretty well-stocked, but the locals mostly use them as free video stores/internet cafes.

Confederacy of Dunces is one of my favorite books and sometimes I feel like I'm living in it.

Are there any notable books set in Madison or Wisconsin for that matter? Never really thought about it before.

I had to move back to Seattle to help my mom. I was living in NYC. Dammit.

>>3082718
>Philadelphia
I thought they wrote the constitution in Philadelphia?

This is the little street leading up to my uni in Amsterdam (UvA). There's a little bookmarket every weekday.

Amsterdam plays a role in a lot of Dutch top tier literature (I would recommend 'Amsterdam Stories' by Nescio), a novel by Camus and maybe some other things.

Any fellow Dutch /lit/izens?

>>3082757
Well it hasn't really stood the test of time.

Live in London, the shit part

There are no bookstores nearby. I have to travel up into London if I want to buy books which is ridiculous. Any of the Londoners here know of good cheap book markets?

Shropshire, England.
To be specific, about a 40-ish minute walk away from the "birth place of the industrial revolution."

I just wish there were more good bookstores around here. All I have is my local Waterstones.

>>3082792
Me, again. I was born in the same town as Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury. Thought I'd throw that in. I live in Telford now, a town not too far from Shrewsbury.

São Paulo, Brasil

>>3082782

Charity store'ing it is always the cheapest option. I don't know about "regionally" in London but the Oxfams on Bloomsbury Street and Marylebone High Street both have good ranges (and the one on Goodge Street, though small, has provided me with many gems too).

2nd hand stores? Any Amount Books on Charing Cross Road is still going and always worth a look.

Bookmongers in Brixton is pretty good though it's not cheap cheap (think half the cover price). Always has a good range though. Blackgull in Camden is similar and another good place to check out.

Actual markets... The only one I know is the book market under Waterloo Bridge (pic related) next to the National Theatre and BFI.

Hope that helps!

I live in Spokane, Washington, which has a literary festival every year. I haven't really gone to any of the events since I moved here, but I'm planning to next year so I can expose myself to many different authors and types of work. There are also a few independent bookstores and the usual Barnes and Noble at the malls.

The city really likes to promote itself as being literary, but the only people I know who aren't reading crappy fantasy are my teachers.

>Trinity College Dublin
>Beckett, Wilde, Swift, Synge, loadsa others

Too bad I'm not doing English

>>3082608

coventry, so philip larkin and george eliot off the top of my head. still a shithole though.

>>3082809

Ah I can get to Waterloo pretty quick and love that part of London. Know when the book market there is?

Aix en provence, France. The hangout of Cézanne and Zola, and since it's a major student city there's libraries everywhere. It's a cool place to live.

>>3082832

Uhhh, not really sure TBH. It seems to always be there provided you're not there massively early or too late, just sometimes its has more tables out than others.

>>3082683
Aha! You're back. Do you go to college here too?

I'm Austin as well. Not sure if it's a literary town, but there's plenty of artists I guess.

Spain, in Madrid. It's a /lit/ worldwide capital, my neighbourhood is full of libraries and bookstores.
Also, we have this daily book fair.
My university is very near from that place (like 10 mins) I go every time I can.

>>3082911
>Madrid
>/lit/ worldwide capital

how so ?

>>3082911
You know what's funny? I was in Madrid one day over the summer, and I walked down that street. I was tempted to buy some books, but most of them were in Spanish.

Point Pleasant, Nj. The nearest bookstore is Barnes and Noble 15 mins away. The next actual book store that isn't a child's or a jewish book store is 30 mins away, and it's a barnes and noble. Back in the 90's they had a used bookstore in town, but I was like 9 then. Closed down when I was about 11.

So it sucks.

Long Island.

I have to go to Brooklyn to find a decent independent bookstore.

but my Dad was friends with Kurt Vonnegut and I've met him a few times when I was real young.

I'm reading Galapagos rn btw.

Manchester. it's pretty weak. I buy all my books 4 for £1 in my local charity shop, there's no decent book shops to my knowledge around apart from the generic expensive chains. People don't really read much here, it's a shame, the looks of disbelief when I say I'm reading because i enjoy it really bug me.

>>3082911
Esa zona está bien, pero ya. Edimburgo o Dublin le dan mil vueltas a Madrid en términos literarios.

Ahora me voy a dormir que son las 4 y me levanto a las 6

Romania, Transilvania and we have huuuge libraries

I live in Louisville, they only thing that comes to mind is that Hunter S. Thompson was from here.

>>3082823

>Trinity
wanker

>studying English in Joyce's University

It feels pretty good

Los Angeles. We have a nice book fair but that's about it. I know a lot has been written in and about this place, and that some literary icons, like film icons, have lived here but I don't know much about and thriving literary scene. I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff as I don't care much for contemporary literature.

>>3083661

We should hang.

A lonesome country road called in rural West Virginia.
I own the most books in miles.

Mclean, Virginia:

I suppose it could be considered literary if you take into account the fact that it is the birthplace of my depression, and hence the birthplace of my desire to read.

>>3082809

Oxfam is putting real second hand bookshops out of business, they don't pay for their stock, use volunteers and peanut workers, don't pay tax.

Fuck em.

Buy local.

sweden

Toto, Indiana.

Guess which literary character was named after my town.

>>3085051
Toto?

North Adams, MA its kinda like a little artist community, the writer's circle isn't that big though.