Travel Books and WritersA Personal Selection

Bill BrysonHas written about travels in:

Europe

Great Britain

USA: particularly along the Appalachian Trail

Australia

Africa

Colin ThubronImmerses himself in his journeys and tends to learn the local language and spend a lot of time with the local people

Has written about travels in:

Russia

Asia

Along the Silk Road

Bruce ChatwinGreat stylist and semi-fictionalised his encounters.

Has written about travels in:

Patagonia

Asia

Australia: The Songlines

Pete McCarthySadly died in 2004

Has written about travels in:

Ireland

Irish communities around the world, including Montserrat

Michael PalinTraveller and comedian / film maker etc. who has popularised the long distance journey. He goes so you don’t have to…

Recently created a new series on the New Europe.

Has written about travels in:

Virtually everywhere….

Robert MacFarlaneAcademic and writer, who also produces pieces for newspapers and radio.

Has written about travels in:

Mountain landscapes of the world, particularly the Alps

The Himalayas

“The Wild Places” of the British Isles

Extract here: http://books.guardian.co.uk/firstbook2003/story/0,,1084173,00.html

Other authors…

• Tim Robinson: Irish meditations• Roger Deakin: ‘Waterlog’ & ‘Wildwood’• Ted Simon: Motorbike around the world…• Paul Theroux: several classic books• Tim Moore: funny, quirky travels in Europe• Tim Parks: life and travel in Italy• Patrick Leigh Fermor: travels through a vanished

world..• Jonathan Raban: sailing and autobiography…