Paravion Press

It is one of the more painful dilemmas associated with travel: you’ve landed somewhere beautiful, only to flip to the final page on the only novel you packed. What now? If you find yourself in Santorini, you’ll be delighted to know that someone has remedied the problem for you, and the answer is Atlantis Books.

Founded in 2003, the cliffside bookstore has become a favorite among travelers, who adore it for its spectacular location as well as its thoughtful selection of English-language books.

Now visitors can share a bit of the Atlantis experience with friends back home with the launch of Paravion Press, a boutique publishing company run out of the back of the shop. They print postcard-size folios of short stories, with an extra page “for your correspondence,” so you can add a message of your own. Each book is sold with an envelope for shipping.

Since it’s a small press, the books are produced in limited edition on high quality fine art paper and each one is finished by hand. Many have original ink illustrations, commissioned from artists around the world.

To date, they have published eleven titles, including The Voice of the City by O. Henry and How the First Letter Was Written by Rudyard Kipling.

If Santorini isn’t in the cards this year, you can order Paravion books through their online shop.

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