The Displaced Nation

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Tag Archives: Enchanted August

Family visits — 3 universally acknowledged truths by Jane Austen

1 Comment Posted by on September 5, 2011

Summer is the time when displaced people often visit or are visited by their families, and because of the distances involved, this usually means more than just popping round for a quick cup of tea. As easy air travel is a fairly recent innovation, it’s tempting to think of these lengthy visits as recent also. [...]

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RETURN TRIP: Even in Paris, expats can’t escape former lives: A celebration of displaced novelist Corine Gantz

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 2, 2011

As summer draws to a close, The Displaced Nation is reissuing some posts that, for one reason or another, have enchanted our readers. Enjoy these “return trips”! This past spring, The Displaced Nation interviewed Corine Gantz, a popular expat blogger, about her newly published novel, Hidden in Paris. The action centers on a group of [...]

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RETURN TRIP: 5 lessons Wonderland taught me about the expat life, by Lewis Carroll’s Alice

Leave a Comment Posted by on August 31, 2011

August is finally drawing to a close — we hope you managed to have an enchanting time of it. Here is one more in our series of “return trips” to posts that, for one reason or another, enchanted our readers. Enjoy! All three members of The Displaced Nation team have found Alice, of Wonderland and [...]

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Some enchanted headgear — a final glimpse of English summer

1 Comment Posted by on August 30, 2011

As August draws to a close, Sebastian Doggart offers this parting glance at the summer creations of an up-and-coming English millinery designer. One of the winners of The Displaced Nation’s Alice Awards for curious, unreal travel writing, Doggart has also contributed a travel yarn about his pilgrimage to GoldenEye in Jamaica, where Ian Fleming wrote [...]

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Budding Slavophiles, welcome to my kitchen’s-eye view of Russia

5 Comments Posted by on August 29, 2011

As we learned from her Random Nomad interview with us in May, Charlotte Day is torn between three countries: Australia, USA, and England. As if this weren’t enough, it turns out she harbors an obsession with Russia, going back to when she discovered classical Russian novels in 8th grade. Here she spins a travel yarn [...]

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RETURN TRIP: Random Nomad – Charlotte Day, High School Student (Sixth Former)

Leave a Comment Posted by on August 26, 2011

While our writers take off on what they hope will be enchanting August breaks, The Displaced Nation will occasionally be reissuing some posts that, for one reason or another, enchanted our readers. Enjoy these “return trips”! As youngsters head back to school, we’re reissuing a Random Nomad interview ML Awanohara did with Charlotte Day, a [...]

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6 celebrated women travel writers with the power to enchant you

3 Comments Posted by on August 24, 2011

Any wannabe expat/travel writer would do well to consult with Kristin Bair O’Keeffe, herself a novelist and former expat, before beginning their Great Works. Kristin offers a wealth of writing tips on Writerhead, a blog that she launched on April 1 of this year (which, coincidentally, was the same day we launched The Displaced Nation). [...]

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Random Nomads to the rescue! How to have an enchanted August (2/2)

4 Comments Posted by on August 22, 2011

Every year in mid-August, I swear I can still hear the beat of the taiko drums, even though it’s been years since I lived in Japan as an expat. As I mentioned in my comment on Anthony Windram’s post of last week, the Japanese hold their Obon Festival in the dead of August. Appropriately, it’s [...]

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RETURN TRIP: Seven deadly dishes — global grub to die for

6 Comments Posted by on August 19, 2011

While our writers take off on what they hope will be enchanting August breaks, The Displaced Nation will occasionally be reissuing some posts that, for one reason or another, enchanted our readers. Enjoy these “return trips”! Some months ago, The Displaced Nation explored the theme of Gothic tales — the idea that many of us [...]

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Enchanting European escapes at the hands of Woody Allen, BBC & Jersey Shore(!)

8 Comments Posted by on August 18, 2011

I could easily have gotten in a crabby mood this summer while watching everyone (who’s anyone) escape the heat of New York City while I stayed put. But what saved me, in addition to cocktails, were all the enchanting images of Europe on the big and small screen. I could live vicariously through the works [...]

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