The Covenant of Water, Winner of the Viking Fiction with a Sense of Place Award

Last week at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese won the Viking Fiction with a Sense of Place Award.

Such is the nature of our business, it’s no surprise that often the winning authors are travelling or not based in London so are unable to attend the event. Luckily Abraham’s globe trophy was accepted on behalf of him by his publisher, but he did send these words;

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EXPLORER: the Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown by Benedict Allen

– by Benedict Allen

This is the story of an extraordinary quest by a lone explorer, one that ends dramatically, deep in the heart of New Guinea. But it’s also a story about all of us – for we all have dreams and challenges, and we are all explorers of our world.    

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Book of the Month: Explorer

Our Book of the Month for March 2022 is Explorer: The Quest for Adventure by Benedict Allen. 

This enquiry into the explorer mindset is part meditation, part memoir, from one of ‘Britain’s greatest explorers’ (Telegraph) 

What does it mean to be an explorer in the twenty-first century? 

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