Postcards Between Pages

Dear listener, today’s postcard drifts across the Aegean Sea and lands on the lush, pine‑draped island of Skopelos — a place where the hills lean into turquoise coves, where chapels cling to cliffs, and where a certain ABBA‑infused musical turned a quiet Greek island into a global daydream.

Barcelona is a city that reads like an old manuscript — layers of stories written, erased, rewritten, and whispered again. Today, we’re wandering through its literary soul: the cafés where modernism was born, the alleys where fictional mysteries unfolded, the squares where history left scars that authors couldn’t ignore. Barcelona isn’t just a backdrop for literature. It’s a character — moody, mag...

Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , where we sip stories like lattes and travel through memory, meaning, and magic. I’m your host, Kristen, and today’s postcard is dipped in every hue of joy, curiosity, and surprise. We’re heading to a place that’s part art exhibit, part playground, and all heart: Color Factory in New York City. This episode is a love letter to color—not just as something we...

Welcome to Postcards Between Pages , the podcast where stories become journeys and journeys become stories. I’m Kristen, your host and literary travel companion, and today we’re wandering into the misty, mossy, myth-soaked corners of the world—places where fairy tales don’t just live on the page, but bloom from the earth itself. Inspired by my article Where in the World to Find a Fairy Tale , we’r...

Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , the podcast where stories travel through time, place, and heart. I’m your host, Kristen, and today we’re sliding into a vinyl booth at Joe’s Pie Diner, where the scent of cinnamon and courage lingers in the air. This episode is a love letter to Waitress —the indie film, the Broadway musical, and the bittersweet slice of Americana that continues to nourish...

🎙️ Welcome to Postcards Between Pages, where stories wander and wanderings become stories. Today, we’re heading to a city that defies definition—where jazz floats on the breeze, ghosts linger in the alleyways, and powdered sugar is practically a food group. Pour yourself a chicory coffee, settle into your favorite corner booth, and join us for a literary and sensory stroll through New Orleans. htt...

Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , where we travel through stories, spaces, and the strange little corners of the world that feel like fiction come to life. I’m Kristen, and today, we’re heading to a place where the line between myth and science blurs, where Bigfoot might be just around the corner, and where the Loch Ness Monster has its own display case. Pack your field notebooks and your...

Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , where stories steep slowly and travel tastes like home. I’m your host, Kristen, and today’s episode is a literary postcard from across the pond—an invitation to explore England not through guidebooks and queues, but through quiet corners, local flavors, and the kind of moments that never make it to Instagram. Inspired by my article Exploring England Expert...

Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , where stories travel farther than suitcases ever could. I’m Kristen, and today, we’re gliding into a city that feels like a novel written in water and brick—Amsterdam.

Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , where we unpack the stories behind the snapshots—the ones that don’t make it onto postcards. I’m Kristen, and today’s episode is a little different. It’s not about the perfect trip. It’s about the one that went sideways in the most Parisian way possible. This is “ Parisian Vacation Fails ”—a love letter to letdowns, and a reminder that even the most glamor...

Welcome back, wanderers, dreamers, and page‑turners. Today, we’re stepping into a city where time folds in on itself — where ancient stones hold modern secrets, and where writers have come for centuries to chase inspiration, heartbreak, and beauty. This is Rome.

There’s a moment in Paris—usually right before dusk—when the whole city seems to glow from the inside out. The limestone turns to honey, the river to liquid silver, and the sky to a watercolor wash of lavender and rose. It’s the kind of moment that makes you understand why writers have been trying to capture this city for centuries. Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , the show where we wande...

Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , where we sip something warm and wander through stories, cities, and the spaces in between. I’m Kristen, and today’s postcard is a little different. It’s not from a place I’ve been—but from a place I wish existed. A place where Paul Revere and Matt Damon might stand side by side. Where Clara Barton and Lizzie Borden share a hallway. Where wax and wonder col...

Welcome back, wanderers, to Postcards Between Pages —the show where we travel the world through stories, history, and the quiet magic of place. Today, we’re climbing into the heart of Umbria, to a hilltop town that feels carved from light itself: Assisi, Italy , a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its medieval architecture, spiritual legacy, and frescoes that changed the course of Western art.

Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , where every city is a story, and every story is a journey. Today, we’re wandering into a place where myth and memory blur, where philosophy was born, and where literature carved its earliest shapes into the world. Welcome to Athens, Greece — the violet‑crowned city.

Close your eyes and let the sea wind carry you. Hear the hush of tide through salt grass, the crunch of gravel beneath footfalls, and the low call of a distant bell. Before you unfurls a vision as layered as history itself: a rolling drumlin crowned by a Stuart-style mansion, its pale walls gleaming above a velvet lawn that tumbles half a mile toward the Atlantic—a landscape as finely composed as...

Welcome to “Postcards Between Pages,” where we journey to places where stories come alive, and the landscape speaks with the echoes of literary giants. Today, we’re mailing you an audio postcard straight from Bangor, Maine—home to SK Tours of Bangor and the heart of Stephen King’s legendary world. Together, we’ll traverse the eerie streets and storied landmarks that inspired the King of Horror, li...

Step through an unassuming storefront in Saratoga Springs, New York. Let the city’s familiar bustle fade behind you. Sink into the creak of hardwood floors as your gaze is drawn toward a labyrinth unfolding, room after room, swollen with stories. This is the Lyrical Ballad Bookstore—a place where literary ghosts linger, and generations of readers, writers, and dreamers have lost themselves amid 20...

In this episode of  Postcards Between Pages , we wander to the Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls—a former trolley bridge transformed into a living ribbon of color. What begins as a simple stroll becomes a meditation on transformation, community care, and the quiet magic of places tended with love. We follow the curve of the bridge as it rises over the Deerfield River, pausing to notice the way ...

Step inside a snow‑globe world where nostalgia hums beneath twinkling lights and holiday magic lingers in every window. In this special seasonal episode, Kristen wanders through the Enchanted Village at Jordan’s Furniture — a beloved New England tradition that began in the 1950s and continues to enchant families today. From the village’s Bavarian‑crafted origins at Jordan Marsh to its modern reviv...

Welcome back to Postcards Between Pages , where inked words and winding roads meet, and every journey leaves its mark between the pages of our lives. I’m your host, inviting you on a very special bonus flashback episode—a travelogue not just across cities, but through memory, metaphor, and music. Today, we’re revisiting The Eras Tour : that historic celebration of Taylor Swift’s distinct literary...

Postcards Between Pages is where inked words and winding roads meet. Each episode unpacks the books that shaped a journey — and the journeys that deepened a book — blending literary insight with the sensory textures of the places you’ve explored. From café‑scribbled notes in Paris to whispered folktales in coastal villages, you’ll travel through stories both printed and lived, discovering how sett...