Henley Literary Festival
Sara Wheeler: What Makes a Great Travel Book?

Wednesday 3 October 2018
16:30
Town Hall
Henley-on-Thames

Book Tickets HERE

A prize-winning non-fiction writer offers a scintillating world tour round the best travel books. Bring suggestions! Sara's books include the international bestseller Terra Incognita, which tells the story of a seven-month journey in Antarctica. Sara is Trustee of The London Library, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a contributing editor of The Literary Review and chair of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year award. She contributes to a wide range of publications in the UK and US and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio. Sara’s next book, Mud and Stars: Russia, its Golden Age Writers, and Me, comes out in 2019. 

In partnership with Henley Literary Festival

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