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Reading Travel Books by Women
Welcome to this site! Many of the travel books featured in book reviews in the mainstream media tend to be by men, although that is slowly changing. On this site, I will be highlighting travel books written by women (and… Continue reading
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Life Lessons From the Amazon—A Guide to Life From One Epic Jungle Adventure: Pip Stewart
Published by Sommersdale, 2021, 335 pages Pip Stewart and two of her friends spent nearly three months in the wilderness in Guyana, hiking through the rainforest to the source of the Essequibo River and then kayaking the 1,014 kilometres of… Continue reading
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The Land Where Lemons Grow—The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit: Helena Attlee
Published by Penguin, 2014, 230 pages “During journeys that have taken me from the bergamot groves of Calabria, on the southern tip of the Italian peninsula, to lemon houses set against the snowy backdrop of the Alps, I found that… Continue reading
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Interviews with Writers
I have just published an interview with Rosemary J. Brown about her book, Moving Mountains, where she tells us about her inspiration for the book. You can find the interviews with some of the authors on this blog listed on… Continue reading
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The Border—A Journey around Russia: Erika Fatland
Translated from Norwegian by Kari DicksonPublished by Maclehose Press, 2017, 611 pages The full subtitle of this book is “A journey around Russia: through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway and… Continue reading
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Sola—One Woman’s Journey Alone Across South America: Amy Field
Published by WanderWomyn Publishing, 2018, 340 pages Amy Field seems to have it all: a degree from a prestigious liberal arts college and a good job in downtown Los Angeles. But something is missing. She isn’t happy: she often has… Continue reading
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Loitering with Intent—Diary of a Happy Traveller: Ritu Menon
Published by Speaking Tiger Books, 2016, 248 pages Ritu Menon does not like to travel alone for pleasure, as she announces in the first line of this book. She likes to explore places with her friends. Loitering with Intent is an… Continue reading
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Moving Mountains—Intrepid Women Climbers and the Peaks Named in Their Honour: Rosemary J. Brown
Published by The History Press, 2026, 282 pages If you are asked to name mountaineers who have climbed some of the tallest peaks in the world, do you think mainly of climbers who are men? If you do, you are… Continue reading
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Imagine Wanting Only This: Kristen Radtke
Published by Pantheon Graphic Library, 2017, 288 pages This is not a conventional travel book: it’s a graphic book that combines memoir and travel. Kristen Radtke is very close to her uncle, Dan, whom she adores. But he has a… Continue reading
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Bicycling with Butterflies—My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration: Sara Dykman
Published by Timber Press, 2021, 280 pages “Beyond my footsteps, mahogany-colored clumps dripped from branches of scattered trees. They shimmered in the sparse light, nearly indistinguishable from the tree trunks and pine needles. … Millions of monarch butterflies… Millions—clinging to… Continue reading
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My Family and Other Enemies—Life and Travels in Croatia’s Hinterland: Mary Novakovich
Published by Bradt, 2022, 268 pages “The beauty in small things seemed to speak Lika to me, a beauty that somehow held its own in this vast, sometimes overwhelming landscape. Orchards groaning with fruit, homemade cheeses hanging in muslin, ramshackle… Continue reading
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