Pen's Pals: A Plunge Into Literature and London's Cold Ponds

Published: April 21, 2023, 10 a.m.

b'Toby Brothers\\xa0left the U.S. and fell in love with traveling the world. After working as an educator at The Athenian School in Danville, she initially left for Paris before moving to the United Kingdom. Once there, she became the founder\\xa0and director of the\\xa0London Literary Salon.\\xa0The organization, in its simplest form, is a book club with a twist. They meet in-person or virtually, discuss classic works of literature and sometimes they take trips to locations mentioned in the stories. When asked what she\\u2019d share with people from her travels, Brothers advised:\\xa0\\u201cGo not for the world to entertain you, but for you to understand how small your own experience is.\\u201d'