Those Who Walk Away with the Giudecca, where Ray finds shelter, in the background
Rereading Those Who Walk Away by #PatriciaHighsmith – a wonderfully twisted thriller set in #Venice.
#ReadingVenice
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Dal remo al vapore with the Giudecca in the background
If you’re interested in the #history of #publictransportation, check out Alessandro Rizzardini’s book Dal remo al vapore, which focuses on #Venice and its famous vaporetti.
#ReadingVenice #Venezia
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Escape to Venice without getting on a plane!
Complimenti @petipaw.bsky.social
#ReadingVenice #VeniceBooks
#Venice #Venezia
Brava! It looks beautiful & offers so many fabulous titles, including from the wonderful author:
@davidhewson.com
#ReadingVenice #VeniceBooks #Venice #crimefiction
Black gondolas with San Giorgio in the distance under the dawn sky
It’s live! Presenting the new incarnation of my site, #ReadingVenice. Like it says on the tin, it’s about #Venice and its #books, from classics by Henry James to stories by Daphne du Maurier & the latest non-fiction
www.readingvenice.com
My website #ReadingVenice is back online! #Weebly deleted it for months (no reason was ever given) so I’m ready to migrate to a new #CMS (preferably w/ hosting) – recommendations welcome!
readingvenice.weebly.com
The Venetian lagoon in the fog with the sun shining through
The poster for the Venice Noir festival
An appropriately eerie, foggy #Venice hosts the #VeniceNoir festival as of today – the Trial of Casanova panel was brilliant, both fun and thought provoking
#Venezia #ReadingVenice
Donna Leon’s Death in a Strange Country in front of the Rio dei Mendicanti where the body is found in the first pages of the novel
When you live in #Venice, admitting you’ve only read a couple of #DonnaLeon crime novels may be even more embarrassing than reading one in public… I’m trying to fill the gaps in my #CommissarioBrunetti education with Death in a Strange Country
#ReadingVenice #Booksky 📚
#Weebly, bring back #ReadingVenice asap!
The Borgia Portrait in front of a sculpture
In addition to being tremendously engaging, David Hewson’s crime novels allow you to learn a lot about the history of #Venice. I’m currently enjoying #TheBorgiaPortrait…
#ReadingVenice #Booksy 📚 @davidhewson.com
For reasons beyond my understanding, #Weebly deleted the site about #books and #Venice I had been working on for over a year. Their “support” team is unresponsive. I’m a little crushed. #ReadingVenice
Michael Dibdin’s Dead Lagoon in front of a canal and the police HQ building in the sunshine
Quite the page turner & a great rec from @jasonnoiles.bsky.social – #DeadLagoon by #MichaelDibdin in front of the polizia HQ on Fondamenta San Lorenzo, where Aurelio Zen works during his #Venice investigation.
#ReadingVenice #Booksy
Poster of the Venice Noir book festival
Down with romantic gondola rides!I always thought #Venice was the ultimate murder city. The #VeniceNoir #bookfestival proves me right. Thrilled to meet writer @davidhewson.bsky.social who kindly singled my book. Well, *his* book! 📚
#readingvenice
Muriel Spark’s novel Territorial Rights, Penguin edition
Now reading #TerritorialRights by #MurielSpark, a novel primarily set in #Venice
#ReadingVenice
The Garden of Angels by David Henson (paperback edition)
Tremendously enjoying @davidhewson.bsky.social’s The Garden of Angels, set in my #Venice neighborhood of Castello. Beautifully researched (without being ostentatious about it), it’s a real page-turner.
#ReadingVenice
Just brilliant and very eye-opening! Historian #TizianaPlebani explores the impact of the printing press on women in Renaissance #Venice. #readingVenice
