studies in travel writing

Flashes

•   Philip Parker, The Empire Stops Here - reveals a 'breathtaking & eccentric edifice of scholarship' (Guardian) 27 Jun 2009
• A response to recent British travel pieces on Utah (Mormon Times): 24 Jun 2009
• The Devil's Plantation: a blog that explores the Secret Geometry of Glasgow, Scotland & finds magic in ordinary places
•   Lucy Knisley, French Milk - 'charming and down-to-earth' vacation sketchbook, 'true in small ways' (ComicMix) 5 Jan 2009
• Twenty seven writers 'recall the book that for them best captures somewhere special' in the UK (The Guardian) 13 Jun 2009
• 'World’s largest gathering of travel journalists and photographers to take place in Mexico' (forimmediaterelease.net) 11 Jun 2009
•   Postcolonial critics on celebrity travellers and travel writers through the ages (travelbite.co.uk) 11 Jun 2009
• David Farley: Why I'm a crap travel writer (World Hum) 8 Jun 2009
•   Alan Cheuse, A Trance After Breakfast - 'more than a travel book' (A Traveler's Library) 9 Jun 2009
•   Debbie Lisle, The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing - soul-searching review (The Philosophical Traveller) 6 Jun 2009
• Reportage Press travel writing competition (deadline 30 September) - 'Send us your stories of family travelling'
• Dervla Murphy talks about her approaches to travel writing 5 Jun 2009
• Tim Patterson on travel writing as investigative journalism (Brave New Traveler) 3 Jun 2009
• Gary Shteyngart on 'the things that pull you in several directions' as a travel writer (Interview) (World Hum) 3 Jun 2009
• Robert Reid on the ethics of travel and travel writing (World Hum) 2 Jun 2009
• Just created an alt.travel playlist (collaborative) on Spotify
• Summer Reading - Joshua Hammer reviews recent books by Peter Manseau, Cees Nooteboom, Rory Nugent & others (NY Times) 28 May 2009
• Arttrav.com Travel Writing Competition (for writing about places, monuments or works of art in Italy) (deadline 13 Sep)
• Travel books: congenial guide to some personal favourites (Living Geography) 26 May 2009
• A Traveler’s Library celebrates 100 posts: excellent resource 22 May 2009
• I love the twist in this piece about group travel to Yemen (Guardian) 23 May 2009
• Another Malaysian 'Letter from America' from Hornbill Unleashed 23 May 2009
• More on the Netanyahu-Twain story (NY Times) 20 May 2009
• Win a $1,000 travel voucher with MapVivo!! Sign up for their travel journals competition.
•   Interview with 'anti-tourism' travel writer Daniel Kalder about his new book, Strange Telescopes (National Post) 1 May 2009

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Studies in Travel Writing (journal)
Centre for Travel Writing Studies (Nottingham Trent University)