Thank You for Joining The Literary Escape

"Every great story has an ending... but we hope this is just the beginning of our next chapter together."

Six days ago you arrived in Sitges as strangers with paperbacks. You're leaving with a shelf's worth of new recommendations, a playlist that will make you cry a little the first time you hear it out of context, and — if we did our jobs right — a group of women you already miss.

Everything from the week lives here now: the photos, the books, the recipes, the music, the small things worth remembering. Come back whenever you want to sit in the Sitges glow for a minute.

We're so grateful you spent these days reading, exploring, and making memories with us.

Your Words Matter to Us

If you have two minutes, we'd love your honest thoughts — it's how every retreat after this one gets a little better. And if you're willing to share the word more widely, it helps other women find their way to us too.

Every Photo From the Week

You took the pictures. Here's where they all live — yours, ours, and everyone else's from the group. Add anything you're still holding onto, and take whatever you'd like to keep.

This Retreat's Book: The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Natalie’s Top Five:

• All Souls Trilogy (Discovery of Witches if I only get one)

• Remarkably Bright Creatures

• Small Great Things

• The Calamity Club

• The Lions of Fifth Avenue

• The Measure

Jenn’s Top Five:

• Century Series (The Winter of the World if I only get one)

• Still Life

• The Calamity Club

• The Count of Monte Cristo

• The Invisible Life of Addie LeRue

• The Poisonwood Bible

Apryl’s Top Picks:

• Fourth Wing / Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

• Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz

• Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Safón

• Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Rayburn

Kelly’s Top Picks:

• Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry

• Quicksilver by Callie Hart

• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Nadia’s Top Picks:

• Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg

• Multipliers by Liz Wiseman

• The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia

• Vantage Point by Sara Sligar

That's Chapter Three, closed for now. Six days of sunlit pages, long dinners, and a few too many good stories to keep track of — thank you for bringing all of it to life with us. We hope you carry a little of Sitges home with you, and we can't wait to write the next chapter together.