BOOKPATHS

Suffolk, England

Stuart Jeffries and film-maker Grant Gee retrace "a portion of the walk [W. G.] Sebald did over several days for what is arguably his greatest book, 1995's The Rings of Saturn."

The sea wind whips through my thermals and the driving rain mocks my decision to leave the waterproofs in the car.  Cliff-top paths, walkable last spring, have toppled into the sea.  The nearest pub is miles away.  Yet here we are, standing on the cliff at Covehithe in Suffolk, on the very spot where the great writer WG Sebald stood....

San Francisco, California

Gregory Dicum describes "a book lover's San Francisco" in his December New York Times article.

This is a place, after all, where dozens of fiercely independent bookstores not only survive but thrive, thanks to a city of readers who seem to view books not only as a pleasure, but as a cause.  For the out-of-towner, these one-and-only shops can be destinations in and of themselves.

Scotland

Take a look at Scotland's new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

Tunisia, Egypt, etc.

Arab writers reflect on the "protests [that] have spread across the Arab world."