The 2017 recipient of the Edward Stanford Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing, and our good friend Sir Michael Palin has been gracing our televisions again with his three-part Channel 5 series Michael Palin in Nigeria. If that has inspired you to read/ re-read his back catalogue, Orion have just re-released his bestselling travel books with revamped paperback covers.
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Happy 90th Birthday Dervla Murphy
The award winning travel writer Dervla Murphy turns 90 on Sunday 28th November. Stanfords wishes her a very happy birthday.
Dervla Murphy has won worldwide praise for her writing and has been described as a ‘travel legend’ and ‘the First Lady of Irish cycling’. In March she joined Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Jan Morris, Colin Thubron and Paul Theroux and became a recipient of the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing.
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