RUNNER-UP OF BRADT GUIDES NEW TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2023! I’m delighted to be runner-up of Bradt Guides New Travel Writer of the Year 2023, part of the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. On the evening of 16 March I headed to Stanfords Travel in London, my favourite bookshop in the world, for …
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A SOLO WOMAN TRAVELLER? PLUS IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME!! WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A SOLO TRAVELLER? I’m delighted to be collaborating with HelpYouFind.Me on the Go Solo, Go Far, Go Safe campaign. Recently, HelpYouFind.Me asked me what it means to be a solo woman traveller. As many of you …
FEBRUARY 2023 NEWSLETTER It’s been a while since I last wrote about what has been happening with my writing career. Despite my Extreme Holidays Podcast going from strength to strength, other aspects of my writing career stalled during 2022.
MY INTERVIEW ON BBC WORLD SERVICE’S ‘OUTLOOK’ In 2003, I was a Christmas visitor to Bam in southeastern Iran. On Boxing Day a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the city. The quake destroyed 90% of the town and eventually led to the tragic deaths of over 26,000 Iranians. I was staying at a local guesthouse which was levelled to …
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