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The Library Collection from
Sparrow & Farthing

Sparrow & Farthing

The Travelling Reader has teamed up with British company, Sparrow & Farthing to enhance your bookish experience with fantastic scents and reading sentiments.

Candles and wax melts are now available as subscriptions and one-time purchases.

One-time purchases

Choose your fragrance and candle sentiment from the options below.

The Travelling Reader subscribers do not pay for postage for up to 2 one-time purchase candles and these will be included in your next monthly Travelling Reader box.

Non-subscribers to The Travelling Reader do pay postage. UK customers orders will be dispatched next day and international customer orders will be dispatched on the 20th of the month.

Step one: choose your sentiment

Go Away – I'm reading

Book & Candle Sniffer

My First Love Was a Book

Reading is my Superpower

Getting Lost in a Book

Coming soon:

The Best Bibliophile

Snuggle Up and Read

Books are my Thing

Buried Under Books

Step two: choose your fragrance

Coconut & Lemongrass

Peaches & Cream

Peppermint & Eucalyptus

Black Plum & Rhubarb

Strawberries & Cream

Coming soon:

Lavender & Neroli

Honey & Clementines

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I AM a Travelling Reader customer

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Candle Subscriptions

Stylish hand-poured candles with a Sparrow & Farthing distinctive signature embed on the top. Candles weigh 100g and have a burn time of around 18 hours, a gorgeous scent, and some of the best reading slogans – a perfect accompaniment to your new monthly book.

Subscribe and receive monthly candles and choose how often to pay below.

If you ARE NOT a Travelling Reader subscriber

Candle subscription

Postage will be applied.

Monthly £9.99

3 monthly £28.47 saving 5%

6 monthly £53.95

saving 10%

If you ARE a Travelling Reader subscriber

Monthly £8.99

Candle subscription

No postage applied. Included with your monthly Travelling Reader.

3 monthly £25.62 saving 5%

6 monthly £48.55

saving 10%

Current month candle

Fragrance: Strawberries & Cream

Candle sentiment: Go Away, I'm Reading

Subscribers to The Travelling Reader do not pay postage and the candle subscription is added to your regular book box and sent out as usual on the 20th of each month.

Non-subscribers to The Travelling Reader do pay postage. These candle subscriptions are also sent out on the 20th of each month.

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Candle care instructions and data sheets can be found here.

Wax melt Subscriptions

Contemporary hand-poured wax melts with reading sentiments, just the best for filling a

book-lover's home with gorgeous fragrances. 3 melts per pack for fragrance which lasts more than 36 hours.

Subscribe and receive monthly wax melts and choose how often to pay below.

Wax melt subscription

Postage will be applied.

Monthly £4.99

3 monthly £14.22 saving 5% off monthly price

6 monthly £26.95

saving 10% off monthly price

If you ARE NOT a Travelling Reader subscriber

If you ARE a Travelling Reader subscriber

Wax melt subscription

No postage applied. Included with your monthly Travelling Reader.

Monthly £3.99

3 monthly £11.35 saving 5% off monthly price

6 monthly £21.55

saving 10% off monthly price

Current month wax melts

Fragrance: Strawberries & Cream

Sentiment: Go Away, I'm Reading

Subscribers to The Travelling Reader do not pay postage and the wax melt subscription is added to your regular book box and sent out as usual on the 20th of each month.

Non-subscribers to The Travelling Reader do pay postage. These wax melt subscriptions are also sent out on the 20th of each month.