booksandquills | ✨An Ode to Book Maps | Exploring Fantasy Worldbuilding. @booksandquills | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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✨ Thanks to my boyfriend Ger for creating the beautiful animated book maps! ✨
0:00 An Ode to Book Maps
1:19 Intro
1:55 World Anvil
4:20 My first experiences with maps and worldbuilding (Dutch books)
8:55 English language books with maps
18:33 TBR
// Video notes
◦ Yes, I did mispronounce Matriarchal
◦ There are in fact lots of translations of Koning van Katoren, even an English one (no longer in print) from the 70s! More info here: bit.ly/KoningvanKatorenVertaling
◦ I can't believe I said 'Hunger Game' instead of 'Hunger Games'. It was impossible to save in the edit. 😉
Books mentioned:
// Dutch
- Kinderen van moeder aarde
- Kruistocht in spijkerbroek
- Koning van Katoren
- Niemand houdt mij tegen
// English
- Sabriel (The Old Kingdom series)
- The Fifth Season (Broken Earth trilogy)
- The Extinction Games
- Wranglestone
- Raybearer
- A Winter's Promise
- The Hunger Games
- The Priory of the Orange Tree
- Six of Crows
- Crooked Kingdom
📖 Follow what I'm reading on the Storygraph app.thestorygraph.com/profile/booksandquills
📚 Buy my Book Club Journal! booksandquills.co.uk/book-club-journal
I created this beautiful journal for anyone who is in a book club or wants to track their reading.
Featuring:
- luxurious finish, including thick paper and bookmark ribbon
- 50 book journal templates to fill in
- 200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
- chapters with tips and advice for running your book club
- reading log
- book wish list
- books lent/borrowed page
Instagram | instagram.com/booksandquills
Blog (travel, food & London) | booksandquills.co.uk
Twitter | twitter.com/booksandquills
Freelance website & portfolio | sannevliegenthart.co.uk
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Nine years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 12 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
🌙 Some of my favourite videos I’ve made 🌙
Let me pick your next book club read
youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jVGYGDCsA
London Room Tour
youtube.com/watch?v=pdaTtDE7TG4
My favourite books of 2019
youtube.com/watch?v=EgaNtuQgNbg
To all the books I’ll never read
youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8
Sustainable clothing Q&A
youtube.com/watch?v=BbdtbSjguuI
10 Things I’ve learned from freelancing
youtube.com/watch?v=xd5DQ0YZpmE
When should you abandon a book?
youtube.com/watch?v=LyqL1oP7NlI
Favourite classics retellings
youtube.com/watch?v=K9XH6ToE2LM
How to get into publishing and my career story
youtube.com/watch?v=nhVB9QNPYOM
📖 Book Reviewing Policy 📖
I can currently only accept a small number of books for review and I don't accept self-published books. I enjoy reading classics, dystopian/apocalyptic novels, historical fiction, sci-fi and a variety of graphic novels, YA and contemporary literary fiction. Any questions? Please get in touch via email at booksandquills@gmail.com
🌙 Frequently asked questions 🌙
◦ Were is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.
◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in North London.
◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and YouTuber/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.
◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my YouTube channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.
Build your own worlds with World Anvil: bit.ly/WorldAnvilWebsite and use code 'Booksandquills' for 30% off any 12-month memberships.
This video contains a paid advertisement for World Anvil. Thanks for supporting the creation of my videos!
// World Anvil resources to get started:
All guides and community resources: bit.ly/WorldAnvilResources
Summer Camp Challenge with World Building Prompts bit.ly/WorldAnvilSummerChallenge
Guild Membership info: bit.ly/WorldAnvilMembership
✨ Thanks to my boyfriend Ger for creating the beautiful animated book maps! ✨
0:00 An Ode to Book Maps
1:19 Intro
1:55 World Anvil
4:20 My first experiences with maps and worldbuilding (Dutch books)
8:55 English language books with maps
18:33 TBR
// Video notes
◦ Yes, I did mispronounce Matriarchal
◦ There are in fact lots of translations of Koning van Katoren, even an English one (no longer in print) from the 70s! More info here: bit.ly/KoningvanKatorenVertaling
◦ I can't believe I said 'Hunger Game' instead of 'Hunger Games'. It was impossible to save in the edit. 😉
Books mentioned:
// Dutch
- Kinderen van moeder aarde
- Kruistocht in spijkerbroek
- Koning van Katoren
- Niemand houdt mij tegen
// English
- Sabriel (The Old Kingdom series)
- The Fifth Season (Broken Earth trilogy)
- The Extinction Games
- Wranglestone
- Raybearer
- A Winter's Promise
- The Hunger Games
- The Priory of the Orange Tree
- Six of Crows
- Crooked Kingdom
📖 Follow what I'm reading on the Storygraph app.thestorygraph.com/profile/booksandquills
📚 Buy my Book Club Journal! booksandquills.co.uk/book-club-journal
I created this beautiful journal for anyone who is in a book club or wants to track their reading.
Featuring:
- luxurious finish, including thick paper and bookmark ribbon
- 50 book journal templates to fill in
- 200 book recommendations in 20 themed reading lists
- chapters with tips and advice for running your book club
- reading log
- book wish list
- books lent/borrowed page
Instagram | instagram.com/booksandquills
Blog (travel, food & London) | booksandquills.co.uk
Twitter | twitter.com/booksandquills
Freelance website & portfolio | sannevliegenthart.co.uk
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Nine years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 12 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
🌙 Some of my favourite videos I’ve made 🌙
Let me pick your next book club read
youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jVGYGDCsA
London Room Tour
youtube.com/watch?v=pdaTtDE7TG4
My favourite books of 2019
youtube.com/watch?v=EgaNtuQgNbg
To all the books I’ll never read
youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8
Sustainable clothing Q&A
youtube.com/watch?v=BbdtbSjguuI
10 Things I’ve learned from freelancing
youtube.com/watch?v=xd5DQ0YZpmE
When should you abandon a book?
youtube.com/watch?v=LyqL1oP7NlI
Favourite classics retellings
youtube.com/watch?v=K9XH6ToE2LM
How to get into publishing and my career story
youtube.com/watch?v=nhVB9QNPYOM
📖 Book Reviewing Policy 📖
I can currently only accept a small number of books for review and I don't accept self-published books. I enjoy reading classics, dystopian/apocalyptic novels, historical fiction, sci-fi and a variety of graphic novels, YA and contemporary literary fiction. Any questions? Please get in touch via email at booksandquills@gmail.com
🌙 Frequently asked questions 🌙
◦ Were is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.
◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in North London.
◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and YouTuber/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.
◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my YouTube channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.
