#TripLit – Travel with Intent

Botswana Time by Will Randall

“I speak of Africa and golden joys – Henry IV, Part 2, Act 5, Scene 3.” So quotes one of the characters early on in this book. A perfect quote […]

-Russia

Mrs Harris Goes to Moscow by Paul Gallico

Written in 1974, this fun and charming book captures perfectly the tourist’s experience of Moscow of the 1970s. The ebullient Mrs Harris journeys to Moscow on an errand of love, […]

Books to inspire

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

“The dying actress … wavered a moment in the boat’s stern, then extended a slender hand to grip the mahogany railing … All around her, shards of sunlight broke on […]

-France

Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo

There’s no point beating about the bush, I might as well say it now, I loved this book. The author, Jean-Claude Izzo, was born in Marseille of immigrant parents (Spanish […]

-London

Londoners by Craig Taylor

Here London is a patchwork quilt laid out before in this tremendous book. The 80 voices of this book are the different colours, patterns and textures of the quilt. Sympathise with the terrified […]

-Kenya

An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick

If you are interested in conservation or animals, if you love Africa, or if you just enjoy a good love story, then read this book. “Africa has never been more […]

-Paris

Flowers for Mrs Harris by Paul Gallico

This charming book was written in 1958 by Paul Gallico, and American writer better known for The Snow Goose and The Poseidon Adventure. It spurned a further 3 books about […]

-Kenya

African Violet and other stories – the Caine Prize for African Writing 2012

-published by New Internationalist, 2012. A collection of 15 short […]