Context Travel and The Fiction Desk join forces to promote link between literature and travel

(TRAVPR.COM) ENGLAND - September 30th, 2011 - CITY OF LITERATURE CONTEST PAIRS TRAVEL COMPANY WITH PUBLISHER

Context Travel and The Fiction Desk join forces to promote link
between literature and travel

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Petulia Melideo, +44 20 35 14 17 80, or petulia@contexttravel.com
Rob Redman, +44 20 81 44 96 22, or rob@thefictiondesk.com

London, September 30, 2011 — Starting October 1st, the Context Travel
website will feature a month-long series of articles and blog posts
focused on the connection between travel and literature, culminating
in a reader competition. Posts will be written by Context docents and
authors from the literary world, and guest edited by British
publishing house The Fiction Desk.

Throughout the month of October, the Context Travel blog –
www.contexttravel.com/blog/ – will feature posts about bookshops,
authors, and literary locations in Context cities, as well as guest
posts from authors and publishers. At the end of the month, readers
will be asked to vote for the Context City of Literature for 2012. The
city with the highest number of votes will get the title and two
randomly selected voters will win two spaces on a city walk and a
one-year subscription to The Fiction Desk’s anthology series.

“Our clients are avid readers, and they are always interested in new
literature – especially if linked to the destination they are about to
visit,” says Petulia Melideo, UK manager for Context. “By partnering
with The Fiction Desk, we’re able to take our literary coverage to the
next level.”

“Travel has always played an important role in great literature,
whether it’s authors traveling to exotic places and reporting back in
their writing, or readers exploring other countries and cultures
through books,” says Rob Redman, editor and founder of The Fiction
Desk. “For us, teaming up with Context Travel is a great way to
explore how that role has changed and evolved over the years.”

About Context Travel:
Founded by National Geographic writer Paul Bennett and graphic
designer Lani Bevacqua, Context is
a network of English-speaking scholars and professionals, including
art historians, writers, architects
and gastronomes, who organize and lead walking seminars in fifteen
world cities, including: Florence, Rome, Venice, Naples, Paris,
London, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Washington, D.C., Istanbul, and Athens. Travel + Leisure has named
Context one of the top European tour companies for its innovative
approach to travel and the depth of its programs. To learn more about
Context, visit its website at: www.contexttravel.com

About the Fiction Desk:
Based in the UK, The Fiction Desk publishes a quarterly series of
anthologies dedicated to new short fiction. Their titles feature
established and debut authors from both sides of the Atlantic, with an
emphasis on strong, character-driven storytelling. The company began
life as a book blog, until editor Rob Redman relaunched it as a
publishing house in 2010. Their second title, All These Little Worlds,
is published on September 30. To learn more about The Fiction Desk,
visit www.thefictiondesk.com

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