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Book-loving travellers visiting Western Australia can now take a journey inspired by their favourite WA authors and stories thanks to a new literary map created by Writing WA.

The Love to Read Local Literary Map of Western Australia is a dedicated, online interactive map featuring books and authors from all over the State.

Developed by Writing WA and supported by Lotterywest, its intent is to showcase WA’s vast literary talent while enabling readers to explore a range of West Australian destinations and the stories and books that have been written about them.

Writing WA CEO Sharon Flindell said “the Literary Map is an exciting concept that’s been in development for over a year. It has been created to encourage travellers and readers to create their own travel journeys inspired by local books and writers and experience the locations and settings of the books they love.

“Already it maps out 40 locations around the State where more than 100 books by 120 Western Australian authors have been set.  The ongoing intent is for the Map to expand as we identify and add more stories and their locations as well as local tourism facilities, providers and businesses.”

The Map features both fiction and non-fiction books that have clear connections to regions, towns, country and landscapes across WA with stories set in towns spanning the Golden Outback, to the North West, Coral Coast, Perth and the South West (mirroring WA’s five tourism regions).

It also provides links to travel, accommodation, tours operators and other resources in each of those regions for those that want to physically explore the settings or hometowns of featured stories.