The Story
Itās a crisp, wintry Thursday when Anna is hit by a car. In the wake of this chance encounter ā possibly lightly concussed, possibly thinking clearly for the first time in a long time ā she quits her miserable job and agrees to take on a role at the Time Travel Agency, a nondescript experiential arcade beneath a creative writing school.
Across town, Teddy has been lying flat on his back staring at the ceiling for the past three weeks. Since his wife left him for his brother he just canāt seem to get up. Itās another in a long line of instances of his selfish older brother taking everything he loves. When he spies an advert promising journeys into your past, he figures it might be time to reckon with their difficult relationship once and for all.
For some reason, Jade is journalling. A friend gifted her a ācreative mentorshipā and now once a week sheās expected to open her mind and fill pages in a small room above the Time Travel Agency. Sheās not particularly convinced, but thereās something that just keeps bringing her back.
Over the course of one winter, three lives converge around this very unusual travel agency. It offers them a chance to revisit the choices that have shaped their lives and those of the ones they love, but how can you move forward if you won't leave behind the past? Time Travel for Beginners reminds us that the gift of life is that we canāt go back ā that the only way out is through. Itās magical and human and hopeful.
Description
Itās a crisp, wintry Thursday when Anna is hit by a car. In the wake of this chance encounter ā possibly lightly concussed, possibly thinking clearly for the first time in a long time ā she quits her miserable job and agrees to take on a role at the Time Travel Agency, a nondescript experiential arcade beneath a creative writing school.
Across town, Teddy has been lying flat on his back staring at the ceiling for the past three weeks. Since his wife left him for his brother he just canāt seem to get up. Itās another in a long line of instances of his selfish older brother taking everything he loves. When he spies an advert promising journeys into your past, he figures it might be time to reckon with their difficult relationship once and for all.
For some reason, Jade is journalling. A friend gifted her a ācreative mentorshipā and now once a week sheās expected to open her mind and fill pages in a small room above the Time Travel Agency. Sheās not particularly convinced, but thereās something that just keeps bringing her back.
Over the course of one winter, three lives converge around this very unusual travel agency. It offers them a chance to revisit the choices that have shaped their lives and those of the ones they love, but how can you move forward if you won't leave behind the past? Time Travel for Beginners reminds us that the gift of life is that we canāt go back ā that the only way out is through. Itās magical and human and hopeful.

