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Pictures: Independent Label Fair, King’s Cross
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Book: Forthcoming Atlas of Vanishing Places published on 3 September 2019
Atlas of Vanishing Places press release
For press enquiries please contact:
Mel Odusanya at White Lion Publishing email: melody.odusanya@quarto.com tel 0207 284 9362
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Pictures: Soho Village Fete 2019
Soho Fete pictures click here via Flickr
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Picture: Malcolm Garrett + Spizz, Buzzcocks Pop-Up Exhibition, Noho Showroom, 67 Great Titchfield Street, Fitzrovia
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Read: Piece from Kinfolk Issue 11, Spring 2014, about our now sadly departed cat Phoebe
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Picture: Phoebe rest in peace, most beloved cat, vigilant writing desk companion and finest mangler of manuscript page proofs
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Picture: Interviewing Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams after the screening of Our Hobby is Depeche Mode at Regent St Cinema
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June 20, 2019 · 10:37 amEvent: A Walk in the Park talk, Monday 24th June, 7pm, Society of Lincoln’s Inn Council Room (at the North end of the Great Hall) Lincoln’s Inn, London, WC2A 3TL
Free but register by Eventbrite here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-walk-in-the-park-a-talk-by-travis-elborough-tickets-62393352196
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Pictures: From the Stoke Newington Literary Festival
Full set here on Flickr :
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Event: Stoke Newington Literary Festival, 7-9th June N16
I will be appearing at the Stoke Newington Festival this weekend, playing some records in the Budvar Tent and talking about stuff elsewhere.
The full programme is up here:
http://www.stokenewingtonliteraryfestival.com/the-programme/
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Picture: Interviewing Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell from Saint Etienne and Anthony Wall and Mary Dickinson from BBC Arena at the Regent St Cinema
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May 30, 2019 · 11:15 amListen: From Our Home Correspondent, BBC Radio 4, 19/05/2019
‘In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country.
Martin Vennard in Saltburn reveals how surfing has improbably helped revive the fortunes of the once-proud Victorian resort on Tees-side; while Travis Elborough taps a surf music beat in Worthing where a 50 year-old musical phenomenon is garnering new fans.’
Listen here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00057q6
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Event: Talking about diaries with Anita Sethi, Thurs, 23rd May, 6.30 pm, West Library, Islington, Bridgeman Road, N1 1BD
Free but to book a place see here
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/travis-elborough-in-conversation-with-anita-sethi-tickets-60248594167
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Picture: Page proofs of Atlas of Vanishing Places
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Event: Robinson Crusoe at 300, 26th April, 7pm, The British Library
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Picture: Korean edition of J G Ballard’s Hello America featuring my piece ‘The Sage of Shepperton’
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April 15, 2019 · 4:04 pmPictures: Laugharne Weekend 2019 on stage with Annie Nightingale et al
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The Laugharne Weekend, 5-7th April
I will be interviewing a few people at this year’s Laugharne Festival, more details here:
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Picture: Interviewing Dave Hill from Slade at the Regent Street cinema
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March 16, 2019 · 10:51 amEvent: A Walk in the Park talk, 21 February, 7.30pm, Upper Norwood Library, 37 Westow Hill, SE19 1TJ
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Event: Walk in Victoria Park, The Hub Building, Victoria Park, Bow, Saturday 16 February, 1pm
Free but to book a place, please email: victoriapark@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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Picture: Interviewing Shawn Lee and Jonny Trunk after the screening of The Library Music Film
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Event: Diaries: Lives and Times with Simon Garfield, Anita Sethi and Virginia Ironside et al, 7pm, 5 February, The British Library, Euston Road, NW1 2DB
‘Explore some of the most intriguing diaries of the last 100 years
Whether by politicians, heads of state, novelists, playwrights and celebrities or ‘ordinary people’, personal diaries can give remarkable insights in to the lives and times of the people who kept them. The British Library Diaries season opens with an exploration of some of the most intriguing journals of the last 100 years. Our panel also share some of their own diary extracts.
Dickon Edwards, Simon Garfield, Virginia Ironside and Anita Sethi join host Travis Elborough, whose many books include Our History of the 20th Century: As Told in Diaries, Journals and Letters. Introduced by curator Joanna Norledge.’
Link here:
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Picture: Interviewing Jack Bond and Arlene Phillips after the screening of the Pet Shop Boys’ film It Couldn’t Happen Here at Regent St Cinema
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Read: Atlas of the Unexpected in New Statesman’s Books of the Year 2018
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
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Listen: Discussing Bus Fare on The Urbanist on Monocle Radio
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Book: Forthcoming Italian edition of the Atlas of the Unexpected
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November 6, 2018 · 9:57 amRead: An extract from Bus Fare appears in the latest November print issue of Kentishtowner
More information here:
https://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2018/10/26/where-to-find-the-november-issue-of-kentishtowner/
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Listen: Joe Kerr and Travis Elborough discuss Bus Fare on the Robert Elms show, BBC Radio London
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Review: Atlas of the Unexpected in the October Issue of Hackney Citizen
Read online here:
https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2018/09/27/atlas-of-the-unexpected-travis-elborough-book-review/
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Book: Bus Fare in shops now, apparently
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Picture: Speaking about the LP on National Album Day at Shake The High Road Festival E11, Luna Lounge, Leytonstone, E11 1HG
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Event: Shake The High Road Festival E11, Saturday 13th Oct 1pm, Luna Lounge, Leytonstone, E11 1HG
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October 12, 2018 · 9:05 amPicture: Morley Festival event in the Meeting Hall in Gildersome
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October 10, 2018 · 6:00 pmEvent: The Joy of Maps, 11 October, 7.30 pm at The Gluck Studio, The Steyning Bookshop, 106 High Street, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RD
‘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/
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Event: The Vinyl Countdown, 9 October, 7.30 pm, Morley Festival, Gildersome, LS27 7AB
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Picture: #BookshopDay @StokeyBookshop
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October 7, 2018 · 1:25 pmPicture: Architecture on Sea with Charles Holland on Deal Pier
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September 30, 2018 · 3:32 pmPicture: At Cliffs, Margate, with Garth Cartwight
Photography by Dan Thompson @artistsmaker
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Listen: From Our Own Correspondent, Radio 4, 23 September 2018
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Out in October: French edition of Atlas of the Unexpected
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September 11, 2018 · 9:21 amReview: Letters to Change The World, by P D Smith in The Guardian
‘At a time of great political uncertainty and indeed when letter writing is almost a forgotten art, the collection demonstrates the vital and enduring importance of speaking truth to power.’
Online here too:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/08/letters-to-change-the-world-review
Event: Architecture-on-Sea: An Evening of Buildings, Stories and the Seaside, 29 September, 5.30pm, Deal Pier Café, Beach St, Deal, CT14 6HY
‘Architecture-on-Sea: An Evening of Buildings, Stories and the Seaside is an architecture-focused event which celebrates the installation of the ninth and last of the CHALKUP21 trail plaques on the Deal Pier Café building at the end of the refurbished Deal Pier.
There will be two speakers – Architect Charles Holland and writer and broadcaster Travis Elborough. The Deal Bookshop will provide a ‘pop-up’ bookshop stocked with books by Travis as well as others referenced in the talks on the architecture of East Kent.’
The event is free but to register and more details see here:
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Out Now: Atlas of the Unexpected
‘Unexpected, haphazard, unimaginable – but ultimately accessible experiences for intrepid humans today – Atlas of the Unexpected is a voyage to places both infamous and unknown; a compendium of places odd and enchanting, ancient and modern, touched by the certainty of chance and the oft-haphazard nature of what passed for discovery in the golden age of exploration.
Whether it’s the savvy invention of Vaseline at an American oil rig, or the serendipitous journey of a stray goat that led to the fortuitous discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls, Atlas of the Unexpected travels to the world’s most astounding and bizarre discoveries unearthed on our planet.’
Atlas of the Unexpected by Travis Elborough with maps by Martin Brown (White Lion Publishing 2018)
For press queries please contact melody.odusanya@quarto.com
More info:
https://www.quartoknows.com/books/9781781317167/Atlas-of-the-Unexpected.html
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Listen: The Rise and Fall of the Antique, BBC Radio 4, all the episodes now available on iPlayer to download
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
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Read: Radio Picks of Week in FT and Daily Telegraph for The Rise and Fall of the Antique
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August 4, 2018 · 12:06 pmListen: The Rise and Fall of the Antique, BBC Radio 4, five part series, first episode airs at 1.45 pm on Monday 6 August 2018
‘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
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Out in September: Letters to Change the World
‘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/
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Picture: On stage at Port Eliot for the Great Diary event with Irving Finkel, Simon Garfield, Caroline Catz, Michael Higgs and Connor McIntyre
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July 30, 2018 · 8:45 am