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travel memoir

A travel memoir is a blend of personal reflection and travel writing as it combines what the journey meant not only descriptions of where the traveller went. It focuses on storytelling with anecdotes, insights, encounters and has emotional resonance, unlike a guidebook or a blog with tips. Great examples being books by Nicolas Bouvier, Lesley Blanch, Bruce Chatwin, or François-Henri Désérable

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A Ravaged World Travels Across Iran François-Henri Désérable 4Translation

October 2, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on A Ravaged World Travels Across Iran François-Henri Désérable 4Translation
A Ravaged World: Travels Across Iran details the adventures of François-Henri Désérable as he journeys from Tehran to the border with Balochistan at the height of Iranian Government repression quashing nationwide protests against the death […]
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The Hippie Trail A History Sharif Gemie, Brian Ireland Review

March 30, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on The Hippie Trail A History Sharif Gemie, Brian Ireland Review
The Hippie Trail: A History by Sharif Gemie and Brian Ireland is a rollicking and riveting read, chock-full of vivid anecdotes and insights. It is perfect for armchair travellers dreaming of happier times. How gentrified […]
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So It Goes Travels in the Aran Isles Nicolas Bouvier Review

August 5, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on So It Goes Travels in the Aran Isles Nicolas Bouvier Review
BookBlast review of Travels in the Aran Isles, Xian and Beyond by Nicolas Bouvier to accompany the BookBlast Podcast about the late Swiss author and his traveller’s tales. From The Scorpion-Fish by Nicolas Bouvier: “You […]
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C. J. Schüler Author & Critic Interview

February 27, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on C. J. Schüler Author & Critic Interview
BookBlast interview with C. J. Schüler, author & critic Chris Schüler, where were you born, and where did you grow up? I was born in Kingsbury, northwest London. Before the arrival of an Indian community […]
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Journey into the Mind’s Eye Lesley Blanch, NYRB Classics News Archive

June 16, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Journey into the Mind’s Eye Lesley Blanch, NYRB Classics News Archive
BookBlast Estates News: Journey into the Mind’s Eye by Lesley Blanch reissued by New York Review of Books Classics Lesley Blanch: “My book is not altogether autobiography, nor altogether travel or history either. You will […]
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Travels in a Dervish Cloak Isambard Wilkinson Review

October 2, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Travels in a Dervish Cloak Isambard Wilkinson Review
BookBlast reviews the memoir by Isambard Wilkinson, Travels in a Dervish Cloak (Eland Books). “The next morning, standing in the doorway to see me off on my way to the north of Punjab, to the […]
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The Directors of Eland Books Interview

October 1, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on The Directors of Eland Books Interview
BookBlast interview with Rose & Barnaby, Eland Books Rose & Barnaby, tell us a bit about yourselves. Were your parents great readers? ROSE: No, but there were books around. I was quite a lonely child, […]
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Lesley Blanch & the 1950s Woman Waterstones London News Archive

June 19, 2017 Guest Contributor Comments Off on Lesley Blanch & the 1950s Woman Waterstones London News Archive
Georgia de Chamberet & Elisa Segrave celebrate the 1950s Woman Wednesday 5th July, 6.30 pm Waterstones, Gower Street, London W1 @gowerst_books @quartetbooks Join us for a glass of wine to toast the publication of Far […]

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