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Michael Kerr (@kerraway.bluesky.social)

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Reader, writer, runner. No longer flying for work. Son of Portstewart, Co Derry, citizen of the world. Editor of https://t.co/aZ9Uuv1sjP

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'The Endless Country', says @AChristieMiller in the @Lit_Review, is 'an insightful, moving and beautifully crafted portrait of a nation...' literaryreview.co.uk/off-with-his-f…

And one for me: open.spotify.com/episode/1UzoTS… I talk to Anna-Joy Rickard about The Endless Country, my book on the history of Turkey, for the latest episode of the Great British Foreign Affairs Podcast



Overtourism: Chris Haslam (@dromomaniac), in The Sunday Times, considers what governments & travel trade should be doing (tinyurl.com/mu528jcx); Paige McClanahan, in her new book, asks what tourists can do (see @zoesqwilliams’s piece for The Guardian —tinyurl.com/48xmsz4p).

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Hugely enjoyed ‘Airplane Mode’, a collection of essays on travel and tourism by Shahnaz Habib — @mixedmsgs (@septemberbooks). Fresh, thought-provoking and funny. Read an extract on the publisher’s site: septemberpublishing.org/product/airpla….

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My Battle of Hastings: A Chinese-born writer’s quest to understand the Vikings, Normans and life on the English coast by Xiaolu Guo theguardian.com/news/article/2…


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We are thrilled to announce our 2024 Conservation Writing Shortlist for The Wainwright Prize. ✏️🌱 Congratulations to @helenczerski, @JohnVaillant, @CSLyons, @toritsui, @some_yeo and @olifranklin #WainwrightPrize #ConservationWriting #WainwrightPrize24

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We are delighted to announce our 2024 Nature Writing Shortlist for The Wainwright Prize.✏️🍃 Congratulations to @Katricianh, @jessicajlee, @Al_Humphreys, @beckorio, Michael Malay, Olivia Laing and @afroliage! #WainwrightPrize #NatureWriting #WainwrightPrize24

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Lost count of the emails I’ve had lately from entrepreneurs (?) in China. I set up my website as a vehicle for virtual travel, but they see it as a different kind of portal altogether…

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Thoroughly recommend ‘Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country’. See deskboundtraveller.com/whats-nearly-n….

a new Louise Erdrich novel is on the way! We're lucky enough to publish her enchanting, evocative 'Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country' - non-fic, it weaves together memoir, history, mythology and nature: dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/books-and…



Reminded, by events over the past week, of a passage in a book I reviewed in 2018: 'Beneath Another Sky' by the historian Norman Davies. See also theguardian.com/us-news/2017/n…

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Anne Enright on Edna O’Brien: She never left Ireland, yet couldn’t live here either It has to be firmly said how much she was admired, feted and adored, how clear was the light she shone for the writers who followed her irishtimes.com/culture/books/…


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The word of the summer is "tourism-phobia". Record visitor numbers are provoking protests across Spain. But tourism is the lifeblood of many places. Can discontent be quelled without doing serious economic harm? by me @FT ft.com/content/de15a5…


Excellent @NewYorker piece on Norman Maclean by Kathryn Schulz -- though she's very dismissive of Rebecca McCarthy's fine new biography: newyorker.com/magazine/2024/….


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Tomorrow evening, I'm chatting about 'The Fun in Life & Travel' with @benaitken85 - it starts at 7pm at @StanfordsTravel and there's just a couple of tickets left. stanfords.co.uk/event-the-fun-…

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Publishers! We are open for submissions to the 2024 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award @YoungWriterYear We want to read ALL the best books published this year from writers between 18-35 resident in UK and Ireland Details here: youngwriteraward.com/award/


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We are delighted to announce our 2024 #NatureWriting Longlist for The Wainwright Prize. Congratulations to all our wonderful longlisted authors! ✏️🍃 #WainwrightPrize

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A win that might have got a tiny bit overshadowed by another victory last night...

📚🌟WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 OVERALL WINNER 🌟📚 Sarn Helen - Tom Bullough (@GrantaBooks) Huge congratulations to Tom and Granta! #WBOTY24

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#Kapkakassabova joined me on #PersonalLandscapes #podcast to talk about 'Anima: A Wild Pastoral', the interdependence of humans and animals, and what it’s like to live as a shepherd in a vertical world. Listen on iTunes, Spotify etc @vintagebooks @JonathanCape

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It's July & my @thebookseller Book of the Month is this entertaining & bracingly topical travelogue through an enormously diverse country we routinely over-simplify @SimonWIParker @septemberbooks

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Fascinating 'Start the Week' today on @BBCRadio4 on weaving magic in words, clay and paper. Contributors included Kathleen Jamie, talking about her new book, 'Cairn' (@SortofBooks), a miniature marvel of poetry and prose. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…


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