Story one of ten today, about five minutes for the lot
The Literary Man in Obidos, Portugal, is widely regarded as the world's largest literary hotel, with 85,000 books filling a converted 19th-century convent.
Why it mattersBook-lovers now have an entire hotel designed around reading, with a private collection larger than many public libraries.
Author Carly Findlay, who grew up with ichthyosis, says books offered her only escape during childhood hospital stays and treatments.
Why it mattersHer story shows how access to inclusive stories during childhood shapes lifelong identity, purpose, and the work people do to help others.
Chani Knopf, a 32-year-old nurse from NSW, died after a car struck her in Italy.
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