Travis Elborough

I will be interviewing a few people at this year’s Laugharne Festival, more details here:

https://www.thelaugharneweekend.com

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David Kynaston

‘Travis Elborough writes about a wide range of subjects with originality, learning and charm. Atlas of the Unexpected (White Lion), one of his several books this year, is also seductively beautiful: an inspiring, dream-inducing guide to almost four dozen “haphazard discoveries, chance places and unimaginable destinations”, few of which are in Britain. ‘

Online here:

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2018/11/best-books-2018

More information here:

https://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2018/10/26/where-to-find-the-november-issue-of-kentishtowner/

Read online here:

https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2018/09/27/atlas-of-the-unexpected-travis-elborough-book-review/

https://www.waterstones.com/book/bus-fare/joe-kerr/travis-elborough/9780749579289

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‘Our October event will delight armchair travellers and intrepid explorers alike! As part of our celebrations for ‘Books Are My Bag’ week, we are delighted to welcome writer Travis Elboroughto Steyning, for a fascinating illustrated talk on the joy of maps, and the extraordinary and bizarre destinations to which they can lead us.

Travis will share some of the obscure and unlikely discoveries included in his two beautiful books Atlas of the Unexpected(White Lion Books, 2018) and Atlas of Improbable Places(Aurum books, 2016), spinning tales of human ingenuity and nature’s own masterpieces, and will muse on the power of unknown places, maps, and atlases to enchant and inspire us.’

Full info here:

https://www.steyningbookshop.co.uk/event/the-joy-of-maps-with-travis-elborough/

Full details here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-vinyl-countdown-tickets-48201555149

All the episodes of my BBC Radio 4 series  The Rise and Fall of the Antique, are now available to listen or download on iPlayer here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bf4ln4/broadcasts/2018/08

‘Travis Elborough charts the rise and fall of the antique, examining how, ultimately, the present always dictates which bits of yesteryear we deem worthy of collecting.’

Full details about each of the episodes here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bf4ln4/broadcasts/upcoming

‘In an era where the liberties we often take for granted are under threat, Letters To Change the World is a collection of inspiring letters offering reminders from history that standing up for and voicing our personal and political beliefs is not merely a crucial right but a duty if we want to change the world.

Edited by Travis Elborough, the collection includes George Orwell’s warning on totalitarianism, Martin Luther King’s ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’, Albert Camus on the reasons to fight a war, Bertrand Russell on peace, Emmeline Pankhurst rallying her suffragettes, Nelson Mandela’s letter to his children from prison and Time’s Up on the abuse of power.’
Read more at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116503/letters-to-change-the-world/#7dH9RvD3aRF1jHrj.99

Full details here:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116503/letters-to-change-the-world/