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Travel Writing World

Jeremy Bassetti

With an emphasis on non-fiction travel books, books on place, nature writing, and travel literature, host Jeremy Bassetti talks with the world’s most celebrated writers about their work and...

Episodes

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Announcing CREATIVE JOURNEYS

Hello everyone, this is a short housekeeping update episode. I wanted to point your attention to a new podcast project I've started. It's ca...

1:30Jul 8, 2024

Ryan Murdock’s “A Sunny Place for Shady People”

Ryan Murdock joins me in today’s episode. We talk about his new book A Sunny Place for Shady People: How Malta Became One of the Most Curiou...

1:06:18Apr 26, 2024

Michael Kerr on 2024 Travel Books

Michael Kerr joins me on the podcast to chat about the transformation of travel media from storytelling to a more utilitarian approach drive...

29:04Jan 24, 2024

Doreen Cunningham – Soundings: Journeying to Alaska in the Company of Whales

Doreen Cunningham joins me on the podcast to talk about her book Soundings: Journeying to Alaska in the Company of Whales (Scribner 2022). P...

32:50Dec 13, 2023

Thomas Bird – Harmony Express: Travels by Train Through China

Thomas Bird joins me on the podcast to talk about his book Harmony Express: Travels by Train Through China (Earnshaw Books 2023). We talk ab...

39:56Nov 22, 2023

Thomas Swick – Falling Into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer

Thomas Swick joins me on the podcast to talk about his book Falling Into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer (...

31:33Nov 16, 2023

Jeremy Bassetti Speaks with Ryan Murdock about “The Hill of the Skull”

Toady I’m bringing you a conversation I had with Ryan Murdock for his Personal Landscapes Podcast. He was kind enough to not only chat with...

53:57Oct 12, 2023

“The Hill of the Skull” Book Launch on Kickstarter

A quick update to announce my new photobook memoir The Hill of the Skull launches today on Kickstarter. The campaign runs from September 25...

2:14Sep 25, 2023

Tom Parfitt – High Caucasus

Tom Parfitt joins me on the podcast to talk about his book High Caucasus (Headline 2023). Tom and I have a sober conversation about the 2004...

27:49Jul 20, 2023

Jeff Biggers – In Sardinia

Jeff Biggers joins me on the podcast today, and we’re talking about his new book In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy, which is as mu...

35:50Jun 21, 2023

Tim Hannigan – The Granite Kingdom

Tim Hannigan is back on the Travel Writing World podcast, this time to talk about his new book The Granite Kingdom: A Cornish Journey, which...

34:04May 11, 2023

Leon McCarron – Wounded Tigris

Leon McCarron joins me today, and we’re talking about his new book Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation (avail...

35:18Apr 6, 2023

Announcing “The Hill of the Skull”

Hello, everyone. This is episode 101 of the Travel Writing World podcast, and it will be a short one. In the introduction to episode 99, my...

3:43Feb 20, 2023

J.F. Penn – Pilgrimage and Perspective

J.F. Penn joins me today, and we’re talking about her new book Pilgrimage. Joanna is an author of many fiction and non-fiction books, and th...

30:41Jan 23, 2023

Pico Iyer – The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise

Pico Iyer joins me on the podcast again. And this time we’re discussing his new book The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise. As the subt...

32:26Jan 11, 2023

Sara Wheeler and Bill Colegrave

As you’ll remember from the announcement in episode 94, we’re publishing four of Bill Colegrave’s interviews here on Travel Writing World. T...

28:25Nov 2, 2022

Michelle Jana Chan and Bill Colegrave

As you’ll remember from the announcement in episode 94, we’re publishing four of Bill Colegrave’s interviews here on Travel Writing World. T...

28:26Oct 17, 2022

Alexander Frater and Bill Colegrave

As you’ll remember from the announcement in episode 94, we’re publishing four of Bill Colegrave’s interviews here on Travel Writing World. T...

24:27Oct 3, 2022

Tony Wheeler and Bill Colegrave

As discussed in the previous episode, we’re publishing a few of Bill Colegrave’s interviews here on Travel Writing World. Today is the first...

33:09Sep 19, 2022

Bill Colegrave and “Scraps of Wool”

Bill Colegrave joins me today to talk about his book Scraps of Wool: A Journey Through the Golden Age of Travel Literature, which is a colle...

32:56Sep 5, 2022