Travel Writing

Travel writing to some means the practical: travel guides to tell us where to eat, sleep, drink, play and explore. To others, the fascinating genre that is travel literature is a favourite way to escape and experience other places. Travel writing is published in books, magazines, anthologies, and increasingly, electronically.

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A Book of Travel Notes by a Travelling Writer

'A Traveller's Notebook' is Grant Eustace's version of travel writing from decades of note taking about the good, the bad, and the timeless aspects of trave

Mar 16, 2012 – Marie-Claude Arnott

Visiting India? Read William Dalrymple's Nine Lives Before Going

A book review of William Dalrymple's Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India reveals a valuable travel and history book for visitors to India.

Sep 1, 2011 – Sally Piper

Move to France, Then Write About It: Ex-Pat Fact and Fiction

Living the dream - moving to France for the good life has been a fashionable trend in recent years. Writing about the experience has become equally popular.

Aug 11, 2011 – Vivien Young

Hvar: An Insider's Guide to Croatia's Premier Island

Detailed information about destinations in Croatia is hard to find. Here are the origins of Hvar's first comprehensive guide book.

Jul 12, 2011 – Paul Bradbury

Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss

In The Geography of Bliss, former NPR correspondent Eric Weiner takes readers on a quest to find the happiest places in the world.

Jan 20, 2011 – Andrea Ruiz

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