Travel writing
British Isles Iqbal Ahmed An Open Book and an Empty Cup: London Regained Coldstream Publishers, March, HB, £15, 9781527253216 Born and raised in Kashmir, Ahmed has penned this love letter to London, the city where he has lived and worked for over two decades. His perspective as an immigrant enables him to see London from unusual angles; from cycling around its streets at night, to examining the history of one affluent street, Hampstead’s The Bishops Avenue.
James Attlee Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey And Other Stories, March, PB, £9.99, 9781911508908 Originally published in 2009, this beguiling “charming road movie,
spirited defence of a pluralistic society, and call to celebrate the eclectic vitality of British cities” focuses on Cowley Road in Oxford, and this new edition has a new preface by the author and an afterword by Geoff Dyer.
Leonie Charlton Marram: Memories of Sea and Spider Silk Sandstone, March, HB, £12.99, 9781913207106 Seven years after her mother’s death, the author was still preoc- cupied by her memories of their fraught relationship. In search of closure, she embarks on a trek through the Outer Hebrides in the company of a friend and their Highland Ponies. But when her pony has a seri- ous accident, she begins to realise that finding peace is less important than letting go.
Ruairi McKiernan Hitching for Hope: A Journey Into the Heart
and Soul of Ireland Chelsea Green, March, PB, £14.99, 9781603589574 In 2013, in the wake of one of Ireland’s worst economic recessions and a period of burnout, McKiernan, a renowned Irish social campaigner, set off on a hitchhiking tour of his native land. In this absorbing travelogue, he documents how he discovered a renewed sense of happiness and meaning by asking people across the country about their hopes for Ireland.
Will Ashon Not Far from the Junction Open Pen, May, PB, £5.99, 9781916413696 The author spent a day in May last year hitching around the motorways and A-roads of England, chatting to whoever picked him up about their lives, dreams, aspirations, fears and favourite foods. The resulting transcripts are presented here, and cut through one another
in a collage of voices. Sounds wonderful.
Colin Skeath Only Fools and White Horses Garmoran Publishing, May, PB, £12.99, 9781913510008 “Compelling and often humorous” account of an epic journey that would “redefine the boundaries of canoeing” as the author and his nephew complete the first circumnavigation of the UK mainland by open canoe.
Europe
Helen Moat A Time of Birds Saraband, April, PB, £9.99, 9781912235704 The author beautifully blends travel and nature writing with memoir as she gets on her bike and embarks on an epic cycle ride across Europe to Istanbul, accompanied by her 18-year-old son. Crossing a continent shaped by war and peace,
Moat reflects on her own upbringing during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, while the birds she encounters evoke the spirit of her father.
Jennifer Barclay Wild Abandon: A Journey to the Deserted Places of the Dodecanese Bradt, May, PB, £9.99, 9781784776961 Join the long-time Greece resident author as she walks with her dog and backpack through the deserted spaces of the Dodecanese. She discov- ers beauty in ruins, empti- ness and silence, and inspiration in the stories of people’s lives.
John Von Sothen Paris Match: Falling in (Love) with the French Profile, May, HB, £12.99, 9781788164597 The US writer author falls in love with Anaïs, a French waitress in Brooklyn, and they get married. A couple of
decades in, the two have become quatre, living in their beloved 10th arondissement with teenage kids who chat to their African neighbours in fluent Parisian slang. This engaging memoir shares his experience of “becom- ing everyday French”.
Worldwide
Wade Davis Magdalena: River of Dreams Bodley Head, April, HB, £25, 9781847926104 Davis won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence, about the conquest of Everest. In this “captivating” new book, he tells of his travels on the mighty Magdalena river in Colombia, giving us a “rare kaleidoscopic picture of a nation on the verge of a new period of peace” in the process.
Julian Sayarer Fifty Miles Wide Arcadia, April, PB, £9.99,
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