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Hello X friends! As you might have noticed already, we are quietly leaving X and moving to a different platform.
We have recently joined @bluesky ,come and say hello 👋🏻
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🥇 The winners were Jethro Lennox of HarperCollins and Valeria Tenorio-Monterrosas of Esri.
🎉 They got 180 points, 45 points ahead of the next best. They made it to 20 of 23 points.
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My first bookshop talk for my new project is on 4 June for @StanfordsTravel - tickets on sale from their website. If you're in town and Covent Garden, come and hear a great set of stories and characters. #TheHiroshimaMen
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@StanfordsTravel book of the month! 📕
What does the sea make you think of? Crashing waves, crumbling sandcastles . . . maybe a squawking seagull or two? Well how about . . .Ghost ships! Mega sharks! The Bermuda triangle! Zombie starfish! stanfords.co.uk/weird-sea-zo…
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📚14 days to go!
Counting down to #ThePerimeterBook release on May 15th with one favourite image a day.
Step 1 of 11,000 km — beneath St Paul’s dome.
Shot in 2015, on my knees with a 14mm lens.
Pre-order & events 👉 is.gd/P2BW67
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Almost gone! Just a handful of tickets left for the #ThePerimeterBook launch at @StanfordsTravel on 21st May. Don’t miss out! 🎟️👉eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-perim…
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📍 Ready to explore London like never before?
Get ready for the @imiamaps Amazing Race Around London, a thrilling geo-mapping adventure from Avenza Maps, @HarperCollinsUK and @StanfordsTravel during #IMIALondon2025.
Navigate, compete, and connect — all powered by digital maps.
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We had the privilege of interviewing @QuintinLake for #TalkingWalking listen to him here talkingwalking.net/quintin-l…
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A decade ago, I stood beneath the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral and took the very first step of an 11,000 km walk around the edge of Britain. Today, I’m thrilled to announce #ThePerimeterBook Tour dates! All events are now open for booking here: linktr.ee/quintinlake
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Looking forward to my talk at @StanfordsTravel and discussing amongst other things my research trip across Japan for my new book. Do come along! @WeHaveWaysPod eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hiros…
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NEW
We asked judge Tom Parfitt to talk us through the six-book shortlist for the title of Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year
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Cc. @parfitt_tom, @stanfordstravel, @noosarowiwa, @herdyshepherd1, @clarammond, @tchesshyre, @phoebersmith, @jeffyoungwriter
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There’s a handful of signed copies at @StanfordsTravel now. Get one before they run out before Thursday stanfords.co.uk/the-great-tr…
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OUT THIS WEEK!
The new, fully updated edition of @Itwitius's classic book on world #geopolitics, #PrisonersOfGeography. Read this to understand what's happening in our fast-changing world.
Pre-order your copy @StanfordsTravel here:
bit.ly/4llLctx
#politics #Geography
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Looking forward to:
Wed 26 March, 7pm, Chorleywood Library @CWBookshop, chatting to Charlie Edmonds
Tue 15 April, 7pm, Stanfords Bokshop, Covent Garden @StanfordsTravel, being humorously grilled by my sister Julia Somerville
Fri 24 October, 2pm, Dorchester Literary Festival
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Don't forget to get your ticket to join @LucyAAsh at @StanfordsTravel in Covent Garden on the 3rd of April to discuss her book The Baton and The Cross: Russia's Church From Pagans to Putin.
Tickets here: bit.ly/3CJ59Jj
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Noo Saro-Wiwa (@noosarowiwa) Wins Edward Stanford Travel (@StanfordsTravel) Book of the Year 2025 for “Black Ghosts”
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Celebrations, @noosarowiwa’s Black Ghosts (@canongatebooks) wins the @stanfordstravel award. Had the privilege and wonder of interviewing her about the book for @TC_Africa.
Have a read x2!
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Sadly, no win for Solstice last night at the @StanfordsTravel Writing Awards 2025, but we were so delighted to be on the Children's Travel Book of the Year shortlist with such brilliant titles! 🌅 🗺️
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Mega congrats to @noosarowiwa!
WINNER Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award at the 2025 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Presented Viking goes to
‘Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China’ by @noosarowiwa published by @canongatebooks
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A great joy last night to present @Elif_Safak with the @StanfordsTravel Prize for the Best Fiction Book with a Sense of Place - for her wonderful There Are Rivers In The Sky. A great night supported by @VikingCruises
