October 10, 2018 · 9:06 am

Event: The Joy of Maps, 11 October, 7.30 pm at The Gluck Studio, The Steyning Bookshop, 106 High Street, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RD

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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/

 

 

 

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October 8, 2018 · 8:23 am

Event: The Vinyl Countdown, 9 October, 7.30 pm, Morley Festival, Gildersome, LS27 7AB

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Full details here:

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

 

 

 

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Picture: #BookshopDay @StokeyBookshop

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October 7, 2018 · 1:25 pm
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Picture: Architecture on Sea with Charles Holland on Deal Pier

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September 30, 2018 · 3:32 pm
September 30, 2018 · 12:57 pm

Picture: At Cliffs, Margate, with Garth Cartwight

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Photography by Dan Thompson @artistsmaker

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September 25, 2018 · 9:08 am

Listen: From Our Own Correspondent, Radio 4, 23 September 2018

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Hear now on BBC i-player:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06lsvk1/p06lsxts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Out in October: French edition of Atlas of the Unexpected

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September 11, 2018 · 9:21 am
September 9, 2018 · 11:53 am

Review: Letters to Change The World, by P D Smith in The Guardian

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‘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

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September 6, 2018 · 10:52 am

Event: Architecture-on-Sea: An Evening of Buildings, Stories and the Seaside, 29 September, 5.30pm, Deal Pier Café, Beach St, Deal, CT14 6HY

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‘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:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/architecture-on-sea-an-evening-of-buildings-stories-and-the-seaside-tickets-49863958442

 

 

 

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August 27, 2018 · 12:54 pm

Out Now: Atlas of the Unexpected

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‘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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