EXPLORERS in their sailing ships and dugout canoes carefully followed the journals of those who had gone before. When their explorations went badly, they switched genres -- to Scripture. Modern ...

Doha, Qatar: Qatar National Library (QNL) organised a symposium exploring the often-overlooked contributions of women to the genre of travel literature. Bringing together leading researchers and ...

Inspired by both a love for reading and travel, a Boca Raton travel professional has created Novel Travels, a specially curated series of literary travel itineraries with the ability to create custom ...

Flying from Los Angeles to New York on Sunday, I sat next to a kid not too far from my son’s age who had eight drinks in the course of a five-hour flight. I wasn’t trying to keep count, but after a ...

Patagonia has fascinated travelers and writers ever since the first European travel account by Antonio Pigafetta. The most Southern region of the American continent has been associated with the end of ...

An old African proverb says, “Until the lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.” Travel literature has long been a white-dominated arena in which people of ...

South African journalist Lerato Mogoatlhe set off for three months in west Africa. She ended up drifting across the continent for five years. In 2019 she wrote a book about her travels, called ...

Explores the world of travel writing in Chinese literature and culture. Widely different forms of real and imaginary travel have inspired a broad spectrum of travel literature in China. We will read ...