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Category Archive: Book review

Books for a solo trip: a personal reading list

A solo trip means taking the time to expand, contemplate and gain a new perspective. And there’s no […]

September 10, 2019 Best travel books, Book review, Books about cities, Books about life-changing journeys, Books for a solo trip, Classic Travel Books, Travel book, Travel books, Travel Inspiration, Travel writers, Travel writing, Travelogue

‘The Train’ zine: an exploration on railways and printed matter

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Wayfarer Books’ second printed zine is here: ‘The Train’ zine explores books and other printed matter about railways. […]

August 11, 2019 Best travel books, Book review, Books about journeys, Books about trains, Classic Travel Books, Zines

‘I Wish the World was Even’ – An interview with Matteo Di Giovanni

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One day, Matteo Di Giovanni started driving from Milan to North Cape. Having recently gone through a car […]

July 17, 2019 Art book, Artphilein Editions, Best travel books, Book review, Books about journeys, Books about life-changing journeys, Books about road trips, Explorers, I wish the world was even, Matteo Di Giovanni, Photobooks, Travel books, Travel Inspiration, Wayfarer Books

A ‘Magic around the world’ reading list

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Magic takes many forms around the world: fairy and ghost tales, complex rituals and cosmogonies have served to […]

May 23, 2019 Art book, Bego Antón, Book review, Books about magic, Classic Travel Books, Photobook about Iceland, Photobooks, Photobooks about magic, Travel book, Travel Inspiration, Travel writers, Travel writing, Wayfarer Books

‘The Flood of 1903’ – a book about the power of rivers

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Rather than a classic travel book, ‘The Flood of 1903’ is more a story of natural disasters and […]

April 18, 2019 Book review, Books about rivers, Classic Travel Books, Photobooks, Rivers, Travel book, Travel Inspiration, Wayfarer Books

‘Kuçedra’ – photographing the last wild river in Europe

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In Albanian mythology, the Kuçedra is a dragon-like creature who brings great misfortune to the land and people: […]

April 9, 2019 Art book, Book review, Books about rivers, Eastern Europe, Kuçedra photobook, Nick St. Oegger, Photobooks, Rivers, Travel book, Travel Inspiration, Vjosa river photobook

Books about rivers – A reading list

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Long before highways were constructed and cars used, rivers were one of the most efficient way of travelling […]

April 3, 2019 Book review, Books about rivers, Classic Travel Books, Photobooks, Rivers, Travel book, Travel Book about river, Travel Book about rivers

‘The Earth is Only a Little Dust under our Feet’ – A guide to magical Iceland

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When Bego Antón enrolled in the Icelandic Elf School, a woman told her she would write a book […]

March 26, 2019 Art book, Bego Antón, Book review, Books about Iceland, Books about magic, Iceland, Photobook about Iceland, Photobooks, Photobooks about magic, The Earth is only a little dust under our feet, Travel book, Travel Inspiration

‘Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese’

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‘Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese’ is an ambitious Japanese encyclopaedia published between 1897 and 1898. These […]

March 19, 2019 Art book, Book review, Books about Japan, Books about Japanese culture, Books about Japanese visual culture, Classic Travel Books, Japan, Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, Japanese visual culture, Travel book, Travel Inspiration, Wayfarer Books

‘Yama no Shashin’ by Linda Fregni Nagler: pictures of the mountain

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To understand ‘Yama no Shashin’ by Linda Fregni Nagler, one must travel back in time to 1853. This […]

March 10, 2019 Art book, Book review, Books about Japan, Books about Japanese culture, Books about Japanese visual culture, Books about Mountains, Explorers, Humboldt Books, Japan, Japanese visual culture, Photobooks, Travel Inspiration, Wayfarer Books

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