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Welcome to the summer trailhead!

Join Journey 7 of Literary Nomads as we explore the secrets of literary tourism and travel writing. Discover how authors like L.M. Montgomery constructed the identity of Prince Edward Island, unpack the cultural legacy of Anne of Green Gables, and learn how to look past the postcard illusions of modern historic landmarks.

Episode 7.00 –
Literary Tourism Trailer : Anne of Green Gables
Reading Highlights Ahead:
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Anne of Green Gables Series, personal Journals, The Haunted Wood, The Alpine Path, Among the Shadows
  • Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth (“The Highland Hut”) by Dorothy Wordsworth
  • Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (“The Chaos of Cruces”) by Mary Seacole
  • A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (“The ‘Ill-Found’ Expedition,” by Isabella Bird
  • “The Exorcism” by Sei Shōnagon
  • To the River by Olivia Laing
  • Gabriel García Márquez’s Aracataca / Macondo texts
  • “The Mark on the Wall” by Virginia Woolf
  • Indigenous Australian Songlines (e.g., the Seven Sisters myth)
  • Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
  • “The Garden of Forking Paths” by Jorge Luis Borges
  • English Eccentrics by Edith Sitwell
    • Complete Resources: https://waywordsstudio.com/project/literary-tourism/
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    CREDITS:

    Original music by Randon Myles (https://randonmyles.com/)

    Chapter headings by Natalie Harrison and Sarah Skaleski

    USING THIS WORK:

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It is open to be used and adapted for all not-for-profit uses with proper attribution.

    MLA CITATION:

    Chisnell, Steve. “7.00: Literary Tourism Trailer” Literary Nomads. Waywords Studio, 5 June 2026, https://waywordsstudio.com/project/le-guin-omelas/.

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