If you're ready for some armchair travel, here is a list to take you all over the world.

I have created a list, published today but a long time in the making, of books on my blog categorized by country. For the most part, I've picked books with a strong sense of place.

Read the article that introduces the list, and explore the list for yourself. I would be delighted to hear from you, especially suggestions for books from countries not on the list.

https://talking-about-books.com/2023/05/10/travelling-the-world-through-books/

Talking About Books interviewed Nick Hunt about his travel writing and how he chooses his unusual journeys, the impact of human activity on the planet, gonzo ornithology, and how his fiction and travel writing influence each other.

@nickhunt

Read the full interview. https://talking-about-books.com/2023/02/22/following-unusual-paths-interview-with-nick-hunt/

The Hyderabad Literary Festival is happening, 27-29 January! It's an in-person event, so if you are in Hyderabad, do go. A weekend of books and fun activities, both for adults and kids.

The festival is free and open to all. For more details, go to https://www.hydlitfest.org/

#literaryfestival

What better way to celebrate Christmas than by giving books? The Icelandic tradition of "Christmas Book Flood" has it right.

Have a lovely Christmas and may 2023 bring health, peace, happiness, lots of good books (and chocolate)!

#bookstadon #iceland

https://www.npr.org/2012/12/25/167537939/literary-iceland-revels-in-its-annual-christmas-book-flood

Autumn meets winter.

#auturmn #winter #geneva

This week's book review and the last for 2022: Guyanese writer Edgar Mittelholzer's My Bones and My Flute, a ghost story set in British Guiana in the 1930s.

The book is also a social commentary on the Guianan society at the time. Enjoyed it.

https://talking-about-books.com/2022/12/17/my-bones-and-my-flute-a-ghost-story-in-the-old-fashioned-manner-edgar-mittelholzer/

The list of best books read in 2022 is up! With a long list of contributors, the list is long and varied.

Check it out! You might find something you want to read or give as a Christmas present. There really is something for everyone.

https://talking-about-books.com/2022/12/10/the-best-books-of-2022/

Image: Africa Studio

#bestbooks #books #bookstadon #books2022