Book lovers, these towns were made for you

In our unceasingly digital world, the analogue experience of turning a book’s paper pages almost feels new again. Fortunately, there are cities and towns around the globe eager to nurture this return to reading, where bookstores outnumber bars, literary festivals rejuvenate communities, and it’s perfectly acceptable – encouraged, even – to spend an afternoon with your head in a book. Here, four bibliophile paradises that invite travellers to get lost in the chapters and sit in the…