About the City-Lit guides...

The City-Lit series aims to give you the most entertaining, lively, and fascinating writing about our greatest cities, bringing them to life … whether you visit them in person or from your armchair. As well as Paris, 2009 takes us to London, Dublin, Berlin and Amsterdam. We hope you’ll follow us there.

Passion for the City-Lit guides...

‘For readers who don’t want to leave their minds at the airport.’ Celia Brayfield, novelist, journalist

‘Brilliant … The best way to get under the skin of a city is to read a novel, a short story, a poem set slap bang in the heart of things. These literary guide are a fabulous way to expand anyone’s reading list!’ Kate Mosse, best-selling author of Labyrinth

‘I really love the idea – when taking a trip, to have a book that offers just what you are offering … short pieces by good writers that capture the essence of a place.’ Orna Ross, author of A Dance in Time

‘An inviting new series of travel guides which collects some of the best writing on European cities to give a real flavour of the place ... Such an idée formidable, it seems amazing that it hasn’t been done before.’ The Bookseller, Editor’s Pick:

The people behind City-Lit guides...

Malcolm Burgess has over twenty years' experience as a book publisher marketer, writer and literature promoter. Series editor Heather Reyes is a highly respected editor and novelist who was a finalist for the Prince Maurice Prize.

City-Lit guides are an imprint of Oxygen Books, a publisher of surprising books about all kinds of journeys, has an ambitious publishing programme for the years ahead.

www.oxygenbooks.co.uk

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