The term "Renaissance Man" tends to be overused, but for E.T. Malone Jr. of Warrenton, N.C., it fits just fine. In the 1980s, Malone took over the old "Literary Lantern" column from the late Walter ...

Charles Dickens would recognize the curve of the river and the placement of the streets -- but he would be surprised to learn that his “Bleak House” is right across the street from something called ...

Go behind the scenes of a new site based in Google Maps that combines geography, technology, and literature into a crowdsourced map of real locations from novels. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda ...

It’s always fun to visit the real life places you read about in books. There’s just something exciting about exploring the place the author had in mind while writing. Placing Literature is a fun tool ...

Just in time for the upcoming Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, The Times’ books staff has created an interactive map of Literary Los Angeles, a work in progress. We’ve gathered passages from more ...

San Francisco's status as one of the most vibrant literary cities in the world is celebrated in an online literary map that The Chronicle will launch Monday morning ...