#travelwriting — Public Fediverse posts

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒆-𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚: 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒕. 2 -

What is the real story behind the creator of Anne of Green Gables?

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/spectre-grey-dark-montgomery-pt-2/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #bookphilosophy #literarypodcast #bookpodcast #criticalreading #literarycriticism #readingcommunity #bookdiscussion #travelwriting #travelogues #literature #podcast #books #lmmontgomery #darkmontgomery #biography #thomashardy #thedarklingthrush #addiction #mentalhealth

Aubrey, Texas: Small Town, Big Happenings.
There is a distinct current humming underneath - we have it all, pull up a chair.
Downtown Aubrey presents itself as a quiet crossroads, but step closer and the pieces merge into something much larger. A growing hub flanked by upscale wineries, a125-acre exotic zoo reserve, worldclass bass tournaments, the high-octane roar of raceways, UNT's Mean Green Football
by day - the Theater by night.
#NorthTexas #AubreyTX #PartsUnknown #TravelWriting #Memoir

That Ubud yoga café promised transformation, delivered Instagram spirituality.

Every table had a MacBook or mala. Someone live-streaming about abundance.

Have you traveled somewhere seeking spirituality and found something unexpected?

Read full story

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/balis-beauty-and-the-spiritual-mirage-086b47574fb2

#spiritualtourism #bali
#yogaculture #wellnesstourism #mindfultravel
#travelwriting #spirituality #yogalife

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - "𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 – 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒕. 1" -

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦? Today we find the divide between L.M. Montgomery’s sunlit public fiction and her claustrophobic domestic reality.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/ghost-in-the-garden-dark-montgomery-pt-1/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #bookphilosophy #readingcommunity #travelwriting #travelogues #literature #biography #feminism

Today I'm writing an article about the historic coffeehouse tour I took in London last year. That was fun, will make a great story.

I don’t know why, but I've had a lot of trouble placing articles about the various walking tours I went on in Europe last year. They used to reliably become published stories. Tastes of editors are changing, I guess.

#travel #TravelWriter #TravelWriting #london #coffee

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - "𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 – 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒕. 1" -

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/ghost-in-the-garden-dark-montgomery-pt-1/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #bookphilosophy #literarypodcast #bookpodcast #criticalreading #literarycriticism #readingcommunity #bookdiscussion #travelwriting #travelogues #literature #biography #feminism #pseudonyms #thebluecastle

New at my Patreon... For many years, I've kept a record of the number of words and images published in my travel articles each year. Here's an overview of what it all means:

https://www.patreon.com/timrichards/posts/travel-writing-168820881

#TravelWriting #TravelWriter #writer #writing

I just bought staggeringly expensive business class flights to reach my next big Interrail trip across Europe next year. I'll be travelling south this time, from Helsinki to Sarajevo, ending in Belgrade.

So naturally the first set of flights is listed in the airline's app as:

MEL → HEL

From Mel to Hell! I like it. Though I suspect Helsinki is much cooler than Hell.

#travel #TravelWriter #TravelWriting

Just received my updated membership card for the Australian Society of Travel Writers. It's made of wood, I like the organic vibe.

#TravelWriter #TravelWriting #writing #writer

The online version of my Traveller article about the bliss of hanging out in a hotel room is now available: https://www.theage.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/sometimes-the-best-part-of-travel-is-shutting-yourself-into-a-hotel-room-20260820-p60q3j.html

#writing #TravelWriting #travel

📖 #vendrediLecture (n°63)

Amusant petit compagnon de voyage pour qui traverse l'Allemagne.

Jerome K. JEROME, Diary of a Pilgrimage.

#Mastolivre #bookstodon #livres
#Books #19thCentury #travelwriting #jeromeKJerome

Some of my best postcard openers over the years: "Did you know Dunedin has a Cadbury factory you can smell from the street," and "We visited during the day so at least we didn't have any vampires to contend with" (that one was Bran Castle). Full guide to writing postcards people actually want to keep, with 30 years of my own examples: https://travel.sidewalksafari.com/how-to-write-a-good-postcard/

#TravelWriting #Creativity #TravelTips

What connects cycling on a Danish peninsula to an ascent of Mont Ventoux, and how does travelling by bike shape our understanding of where we ride?

I'll be pondering these questions in my latest post, which will go out to subscribers tomorrow. Sign up here if you’d like to get it too:

https://www.mattpedals.bike

#biketooter #writing #travelwriting #blogging #cycling

Today in Traveller in The Age & SMH - I write about the simple joy of spending time in a hotel room, writing.

Pick up a print copy today, and I'll share the link here when it goes online.

#travel #TravelWriter #TravelWriting #writing

Train, Street and Bus

https://ghostswecarrystoriestokeep.com/2026/08/20/train-street-and-bus/

While I was away on holiday in the tropical north, I wasn't promoting my Patreon posts. But I was still writing them!

- A post about Cairns' coolest arcade;
- A post about Cairns' swimming lagoon;
- A post about the Kuranda Scenic Railway;
- A post about a historic clock tower in Townsville.

If you'd like to read them (and a thousand more travel-related posts in the archive), you can sign up as a patron at https://www.patreon.com/timrichards.

Would love to see you among my patrons!

#travel #TravelWriting #TravelWriter #train #trains

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔

How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent?

Today we look at literary simulations, from the bedroom of Victor Hugo to the Orlando welter of parks and rides.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/building-fantasies/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #bookphilosophy #bookpodcast #literarycriticism #travelwriting #travelogues #books #umbertoeco #jeanbaudrillard #walterbenjamin #marktwain #lmmontgomery #simulations

“He has never made his points better than in that half-humorous, half-tragical recital”
—Henry James, on ACROSS THE PLAINS – Stevenson’s memoir of his American journey

Read more in “Expanding Horizons: to California with Robert Louis Stevenson”

3/3

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2012/05/expanding-horizons-to-california-with-robert-louis-stevenson/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #travelwriting #RobertLouisStevenson #emigration #HenryJames #railway #railwayhistory

‘Newspaper like in style, & not worthy of RLS’: Robert Louis Stevenson’s THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT

“Class identity emerges as precariously external, superficial… the emphasis on the body gives the narrative a subversively egalitarian edge”

2/3

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2012/11/newspaper-like-in-style-and-not-worthy-of-r-l-s-robert-louis-stevensons-the-amateur-emigrant/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #travelwriting #RobertLouisStevenson #emigration

#OTD, 7 Aug, 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson boarded the SS Devonia to make the ten-day passage from Greenock to New York to pursue his thwarted relationship with Fanny Osbourne. In THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT he gives a vivid, sharp, & engaging account of his (impoverished) travels to & in America – read the first 5 chapters free 👇️

1/3

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #travelwriting #RobertLouisStevenson #emigration

My translation of the Traveling Tree has received nothing but rave reviews so you all really ought to go pick up a copy—and tell your friends!

Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/02/24/books/traveling-tree-michio-hoshino/

The Literary Review
https://literaryreview.co.uk/into-the-wild-3

Asian Review of Books
https://asianreviewofbooks.com/the-travelling-tree-by-michio-hoshino/

#japanlit #travelwriting #literature

My translation of the Traveling Tree has received nothing but rave reviews so you all really ought to go pick up a copy—and tell your friends!

www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026...

literaryreview.co.uk/into-the-wil...

asianreviewofbooks.com/the-travelli...

#japanlit #travelwriting #literature

‘The Traveling Tree’: Essays f...

Geography of Heaven by Rory MacLean – soul-searching journeys into the afterlife
By Kathryn Bromwich

From an ashram in India to an ayahuasca ceremony in Peru, a travel writer searches for meaning after the death of his wife

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/04/geography-of-heaven-by-rory-maclean-soul-searching-journeys-into-the-afterlife

#Autobiographyandmemoir #Books #Culture #Travelwriting #Societybooks #TheGuardian #KathrynBromwich