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Destination Books
Immersive destination guides shaped by history, landscape, legend and the occasional wrong turn.
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QUILLS & CROSSINGS
Stories to read. Places to cross. Memories to keep.
Destination books, travel journals and illustrated keepsakes for curious travellers.
FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY
Choose your next crossing
Begin with a story, make room for the map and leave just enough space for the day to misbehave.
WRITE · COMING SOON
Travel Journals & Planners
Beautiful companions for planning the journey and keeping the bits no camera quite captures.
DISPLAY · COMING SOON
Maps & Art Prints
Illustrated crossings, legendary landscapes and maps made for walls rather than gloveboxes.
KEEP · COMING SOON
Paper Goods & Keepsakes
Bookmarks, postcards and thoughtful little pieces for travellers who still like something tangible.
THE FIRST VOLUMES
Maps, Myths & Mildly Lost
Travel books for people who want more than attraction lists—full of landscape, local character, legends and the places worth taking the slower road for.
ENGLAND · EBOOK · COMING SOON
Maps, Myths & Mildly Lost: England
Castles, coastlines, cities and the roads that are far more interesting once the map stops behaving.
SCOTLAND · EBOOK · COMING SOON
Maps, Myths & Mildly Lost: Scotland
Old-world cities, wild Highland roads, folklore, islands and at least one monster refusing to cooperate.
BEYOND THE BOOKS
Made to travel with you
A future collection of journals, illustrated maps and paper keepsakes—designed to feel as beautiful on a desk as they do tucked into a suitcase.
TRAVEL JOURNAL · COMING SOON
Maps, Memories & Mildly Lost Moments
A clothbound-style journal for the plans, stories and completely unnecessary detours that make a journey yours.
ILLUSTRATED PRINTS · COMING SOON
The Map Room
Romantic illustrated maps and destination artwork inspired by landscapes, folklore and open roads.
PAPER KEEPSAKES · COMING SOON
Postcards from the Crossing
Bookmark and postcard sets designed to travel inside books, bags and memory boxes.
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BEHIND THE QUILL
Meet Maisie
Travel designer, adventure lover and creator of Quills & Crossings. I like a beautiful view, but I also want to know what happened there, which legend survived and whether the castle café serves anything stronger than a very determined cup of tea.
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