TRAVEL WRITING White Lion
The Inspired Traveller Sarah Baxter, Susie Hodge, Amy Grimes (illus) 3rd April, hb, £20, 9781836002765 Draws from the bestselling Inspired Traveller’s Guides series, with 10 newly commissioned entries. An all-encompassing tour of the planet’s most culturally important places.
White Star
Japan Rossella Menegazzo 10th March, pb, £17.99, 9788854420823 Explores Japan through its unique culture, myths, worship sites and local insights. Each title in the Travel Coolture series features rich content and photos plus ideas to immerse the reader in a country’s identity.
Unesco: World Heritage Journeys Elena Luraghi 14th April, hb, £29.99, 9788854421349 Explores 40 Unesco World Heritage Sites, accompanied by photos, travel tips and insights for a memorable visit.
Wild Things SERIES
Wild Swimming pb, eb, £18.99, 9781910636 New guides in the series. Snorkelling Britain Emma Taylor 1st May, 473 Wild Swimming Britain Daniel Start 1st June,619
SERIES
Wild Swimming Walks 1st April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781910636 Back to nature with these exciting new guides. Yorkshire Sarah Banks 541 Bristol & Bath Georgie Duckworth 558 West Wales Nia Lloyd Knott 657
Magical France Rob Wildwood 1st March, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781910636503 Discover a France you never knew existed, from fairy hills and healing wells to Cathar castles and secret shrines.
Rock Idols Sophie Pierce, Alex Murdin 1st April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781910636534
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Dartmoor’s tors have fascinated visitors for centuries. This guide sheds new light on these ancient granite stacks, weaving together original drawings with folklore, nature, history and practical information.
SERIES
Wild Guides pb, £18.99, 9781910636 A little bit more than pointers to good sunbathing spots these are guides that brim with exciting suggestions for adventure. Morocco Lola Culsan, John Weller, Danny Weller 1st March, 510 Isle of Man Andy North 1st May, 589 West Ireland Candida Frith- Macdonald, Daniel Start 1st May, 602
Wild Sauna Emma O'Kelly 1st May, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781910636596 Discover the UK’s best-kept wellness secret: wild saunas, from repurposed horseboxes on windswept beaches to bespoke cabins nestled in ancient forests.
Paddle Boarding London & South East England Lisa Drewe 1st June, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781910636633 One hundred places to sup, canoe and kayak in 13 counties from Sussex and Hampshire through to Cambridgeshire.
WW Norton
Adventures in the Louvre Elaine Sciolino 16th May, hb, eb, £22.99, 9781324021407 Former New York Times Paris bureau chief explores the world- famous art gallery to offer an intimate journey of discovery and revelation.
Y Lolfa
The Welsh One Hundred Challenge Dafydd Andrews 11th April, pb, £7.99, 9781800996557 Pocket guide to the highest peaks in Wales, with a log to ill in as they are conquered. Includes maps, photos, walking routes, rough timings for ascent, heights, parking info and more.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction August Books
Travel writing
Cold Kitchen Caroline Eden 8th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781526658999 A year of culinary travels and a reflection on journeys through recipes and ingredients provide a poetic memoir for food lovers and adventurers alike.
Bloomsbury Continuum
On This Holy Island Oliver Smith 27th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399409049 Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of “pilgrimage” in modern Britain by retracing sacred travel made across time.
Bradt Travel Guides
Free Ride Noraly Schoenmaker 5th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781835982730 The first travelogue from YouTube’s Itchy Boots recounts the long-distance motorcycle ride that changed her life.
Birlinn
Upland Ian Crofton 1st May, hb, eb, £20, 9781780279138 Drawing on a lifetime of walking and climbing, Crofton presents a beautifully written and thought-provoking reflection on the hills and mountains of Britain.
Wild History James Crawford 3rd April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781780279268 Acclaimed author and presenter introduces many forgotten places all over Scotland, from the ruins of prehistoric forts to ancient burial sites.
Travels With a Stick Richard Frazer 6th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781780279299 Travelogue paints a vivid picture of the journey along the camino in northern Spain in a personal account of the way pilgrim journeys can be a source of transformation.
Bloomsbury
Seriously British Fred Siriex 5th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526679192 An ode to the beauty, uniqueness and heritage of Britain.
Taking the Risk Hilary Bradt 7th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781804692783 Bradt’s engaging, insightful, amusing and sometimes alarming memoir about serendip- itous adventures in travel and publishing.
Lifelines Calon
Seascape 13th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781837600304 Discover the power of our relationship with Y Môr (the sea) along the Wales Coast Path.
Canongate Books
Between Britain Alistair Moffat 13th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838854416 Walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet leads to a meditation on a comp-licated and storied relationship through history.
Overnight Dan Richards 27th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781838857509 An exploration of night— the nocturnal world, insomnia, the creative potential of the dark hours and the work that happens at night to keep the modern world moving.
Chiselbury
Along the Roads to Hell Michael Admiraal 1st February, hb, eb, £22, 9781916556690 The story of an intergenerational road trip—a father, born in the 1920s, and a baby- boomber son—to eight
Julian Hoffman 15th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781783968640 Beautifully written tale of a courageous leap into a new life and finding home in the ancient mountains and lakes of northern Greece.
gestalten
The Book of Temples Marianne Julia Strauss 1st April, hb, £45, 9783967041361 Explores revered sites, from ancient temples to gothic marvels, in a series of thought-provoking essays. Discover how sacred spaces shape spiritual and architectural landscapes across continents.
Life on the Road Maria Zehentner, Leander Nardin 1st February, hb, £40, 9783967041712 Takes in the wonders of planet Earth by road in an epic, life-changing journey across continents, cultures and climates.
Sailing the Seas Vol 2 Dayyan Armstrong 1st February, hb, £40, 9783967041729 A thrilling tour of the world’s most exciting sailing destinations.
Gritstone
The Borders Andrew Bibby
concentration camps in present-day Europe.
Eland
Welcome to Paradise Mahi Binebine 6th February, pb, £14.99, 9781780602356 Tense, dramatic and blackly compassionate, Welcome to Paradise is a striking tale of human desperation and of the media-fuelled fantasies of Western life that hold a fatal allure.
Elliott & Thompson
1st March, pb, £15, 9781913625139 How human interaction with the land has shaped the Scottish Border land- scapes and how, partic- ularly as a consequence of climate change, these landscapes are being radically altered.
Honno
One Woman Walks Europe Ursula Martin 13th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781916821088 Bestselling author of One Woman Walks Wales travels from Ukraine to the UK. A life-changing walk for Martin and for every reader who takes this journey with her.
HQ
Nepal Diaries Ed Jackson 31st July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008735326 Must-read journey through the heights of the Himalayas that explores the depths of human resilience in the face of overwhelming adversity, courage and the bonds of teamwork.
Hutchinson Heinemann
Lone Wolf Adam Weymouth 12th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781529151947 An epic walk across the Alps in the footsteps of a wolf, throwing unique light on Europe’s mountainous hinterlands at a moment of political and environ- mental change.
Naxos AudioBooks
Among the Believers VS Naipaul 1st February, audiobook, £36, 9781781985434 Explores the life and cultures inside the nations of Islam. Read by Raj Ghatak.
Beyond Belief VS Naipaul 1st March, audiobook, £36, 9781781985441 Fourteen years later, Naipaul returns to the non-Arab Islamic countries he reported on in Among the Believers. Read by Raj Ghatak.
Oxford University Press
History of a Six Weeks’ Tour Anna Mercer (ed), Cian Duffy (ed), Percy Bysshe Shelley,
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