1000 Libraries — Destination Partnerships 2026

A Movement, Not a Moment

Literary travel is the next great trend — and we're helping write it

Readers have always travelled for books. Now travel itself is turning inward — chosen for depth over volume, for places that reward curiosity and stillness — and the destinations that move first will own this space. We feature literary landmarks in every guide, because the way people travel is changing.

$3.3B

projected size of the global literary-tourism market by 2034 — up around 50% over the decade

72%

of book-lovers say they've visited a destination because of a book they'd read

18M

visitors a year to the New York Public Library — landmark libraries and bookshops now rival museums as destinations

+70%

year-on-year growth in hotel bookings using Skyscanner's "library" filter, globally

Source: Skyscanner "Bookbound" Travel Trends 2026 · Future Market Insights · Explore Worldwide · New York Public Library · The New York Times

1000 Libraries

A community in its biggest phase of expansion

Founded in Melbourne, Australia to celebrate libraries, bookshops, and bookish culture — now a global movement that AAP (Tier 1 Australian Media) calls "the world's largest online community of book-lovers." We're entering our biggest growth phase yet, and opening a limited number of founding destination partnerships.

Social followers
+5,000 every month

Newsletter subscribers
+800 every week

Votes in the 2025
1000 Libraries Awards

When 1000 Libraries shines its light on a destination, visitors follow.

Crowned Most Beautiful Bookstore in the World — 1000 Libraries Awards 2023

Livraria LelloPorto, Portugal

In 2015, this bookshop was on the verge of bankruptcy. Today it draws around 1.2 million visitors a year — up to 4,000 a day, more than Machu Picchu — and has grown from 9 staff to 60. A single story can transform a destination's fortunes.

Our part

The 1000 Libraries community crowned Lello the most beautiful bookstore in the world (1000 Libraries Awards Winner — 2023), and featured it heavily across our channels and promoting with our PR partners, working with their media team, adding momentum to its rise in international visitors.

Total: 100M+ lifetime impressions

Crowned Most Beautiful Library in the World — 1000 Libraries Awards 2023 & 2025.

Trinity College Long RoomDublin, Ireland

Dublin's second most-visited attraction, drawing close to 1 million visitors a year — each paying €26 to step inside. Fáilte Ireland backed it with a €2.7 million tourism grant. National boards already invest in literary landmarks. The question is which destination we spotlight next.

Our part

The 1000 Libraries community crowned the Long Room the most beautiful library in the world (1000 Libraries Awards Winner — 2023 & 2025) and championed it to our global book-loving readership.

Total: 70M+ lifetime impressions

What We Stand For

Libraries, bookstores, physical books and analog culture — worth protecting in a digital age

Mission

Celebrate literary travel and book culture — and help the literary landmarks, historic libraries, beautiful bookstores, book festivals thrive.

Aesthetic

Warm, editorial, sophisticated. Literary and architectural, cultural and analog — a point of view our audience trusts and returns to, week after week.

Trust

Editorial credibility, not influencer hype. Readers opt in to be guided — and they act on it.

Already in the Headlines

"Global literary tourism initiative." — ABN News

"Global community of book lovers curating literary travel guides." — CNA

"Championing libraries & bookstores in an age of screens." — The Straits Times

Featured & broadcast on national television

The Morning Show · National TV

ABC News · National TV

9 News · National TV

Also featured in CNBC, Time Out, International Traveller, MSN & Yahoo.

Our founder & Editor-in-Chief is an international speaker, author, and educator in literary lifestyle, literacy, media publishing and social media, who regularly appears on national TV, radio and print — most recently in Tatler for their Power & Purpose series. The 1000 Libraries Awards 2025 drew 200,000 votes across six continents — and the destinations we crown become global news. Tourism bodies already engage with and amplify our coverage.

Destinations we put on the map

State Library of South Australia
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris
Word on the Water, London
The Last Bookstore, LA
Starfield Library, Seoul

Our Global Network

The world's largest online promoter of bookstores & libraries

We're in direct contact with hundreds of bookshops, libraries, and literary destinations across the globe — the relationships, the access, and the audience already in place. When we feature a place, its story travels.

We've already featured 100s of literary destinations

Across 6 continents and 50+ countries — from libraries, bookshops, book cafés, book hotels, book markets & even entire booktowns

1000libraries Akihabara, Tokyo

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Libraries & Bookstores You Can Spend the Night In

22,243 likes 432,826 views

1000libraries The Corner Bookstore, NYC

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30,217 likes 607,837 views

1000libraries Cuesta de Moyano, Madrid

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12,904 likes 214,939 views

Why Us & You

A feature readers want to read — not an ad they skip

1000 Libraries · Feature

A Book Lover's Guide to
Your City

Editorial, not advertorial

We feature your destination's libraries, bookshops, literary cafés, and landmarks in our own voice, from reputable travel writers — the voice readers trust and travel on.

A story your stakeholders can tell

This isn't just media spend — it's helping preserve literary culture, libraries, and bookshops in an age of screens. A cultural-good narrative ministers and boards can stand behind.

Evergreen value

A beautifully designed destination guide keeps working long after the campaign ends — hosted, shareable, discoverable, and continuously distributed.

The Partnership Tiers

Three ways to work with us

Newsletter Spotlight

For brands · per newsletter · from $1,000

Availability · Open

One newsletter spotlight, sponsored by you, in the 1000 Libraries voice
To our 100K engaged readers (42% open rate)
A low-commitment way to begin partnering with 1000 Libraries

A single "Sponsored by" feature in the 1000 Libraries newsletter, reaching our full subscriber base. The easiest way to show our audience that you care about book culture.

Recommended

3-Month Partnership

For brands & destinations · custom pricing

Availability · 3 left in 2026

3 sponsored destination articles in the 1000 Libraries voice
3 dedicated newsletter features to 100K engaged readers (42% open rate)
9-piece social distribution campaign (3 locally produced reels, 3 carousels, 3 stories), originally produced in our voice, to our 1.8M followers across Instagram, Facebook and Threads
Evergreen hosting & priority editorial placement
Post-campaign performance report (reach, engagement, destination click-throughs)
Credited in full toward an annual partnership, should you continue
Best for: testing a full campaign before committing to a year

Puts your destination in front of high-intent literary travellers actively planning culture-led trips.

Literary Destination Partner (Annual)

For brands & destinations · custom pricing

Availability · 2 left in 2026

"Official Literary Destination Partner" — category exclusivity for the full year
A permanent destination home on 1000 Libraries, updated through the year
A 12-month editorial calendar — story-led destination articles
Dedicated editorial & creative planning session to build your year-round narrative
Year-round social distribution, originally produced in our voice
Full cross-channel distribution & category priority
First access to associate with the 1000 Libraries Awards
End-of-year performance review to shape the year ahead
First right to renew your category before it reopens

Our flagship partnership. A full year of integrated storytelling, priced as our best value per feature, with first access to our highest-profile moments — including the 1000 Libraries Awards.

Inaugural 2026 Destination Partners receive founding-partner terms — limited availability.

The new media leader in literary travel & culture

Literary travel is the next great trend — and we're helping write it