Events
November 2010: Aldebrugh Poetry Festival, November 5-7
another double-hander: Hugh will be talking about poetry and travel writing with Harry Clifton, and also giving a workshop at the Poetry Festival. See the programme.
July 2010: a double-hander at the Dartington Hall Way with Words Festival, nr Totnes, July 14-15
Hugh will give two lectures on subsequent days to mark both his recent books: one on Tequila Oil; the next on Machu Picchu which not surprisingly is one of his favourite 50 Wonders of the World. see brochure
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July 2010: Online discusion with other travel writers about its art and craft at The Times Online, to tie in with The Dolman Best Travel Book Award. But subscribers only: cheques should be made payable to R Murdoch Esq.
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June 2010 : Tŷ Newydd June 7-12, Monday to Saturday
Join Hugh for a travel writing course, with the wonderful Christopher Somerville and Bidisha, in a spectacularly beautiful part of Wales. This follows previous courses Hugh has taught for Arvon.
TRAVEL WRITING COURSE
‘Any journey undertaken – even a brief rail journey to a favourite place – can be a window into the world. Discover how not just to explore new places, but to revisit familiar places with new questions. This course will show you how to gather and exploit the source material to describe the landscape, characters and memories of a place through natural, observant writing that sparkles with authenticity.’
‘Tŷ Newydd is the National Writers’ Centre for Wales and since 1990 has attracted writers from all over the world both as tutors and course participants.
One of the loveliest and most historic houses around the Snowdonia National Park, Tŷ Newydd is set in exquisite, wooded surroundings, looking out over Cardigan Bay, between the shapely hills of Eifionydd and the sea, and with the mountains of Wales ranged round the horizon.’
Residential: £525 (single); £450 (shared) More information and how to book
March 2010: Wednesday 03 Mar, 11.15am – 12.15pm
‘Hugh Thomson has gone looking for lost cities in the Inca heartlands, journeyed through the most inaccessible parts of the Himalayas, and climbed Mt Kilimanjaro. His latest book, Tequila Oil, is about his attempt to buy a car on the Texan border and then take it thousands of miles to sell on the black market in Central America. His adventures do not always go according to plan but he does know how to write about travel. Come and find out how.’
See event information and book tickets £6
February 2010: Travel Bookshop London, Thursday February 25th, 7.00pm
To launch the paperback of Tequila Oil, Hugh will give a reading and punters can enjoy a glass of wine
‘The Travel Bookshop offers the literary traveller a complete reading experience of every country in the world. In addition to stocking an enormous range of the latest guidebooks, they offer travelogues, literature, history and biography, all arranged country by country. The shop was also the inspiration for the bookshop in the 1999 Richard Curtis and Hugh Grant movie, Notting Hill. ’
The Travel Bookshop, 13-15 Blenheim Crescent, Notting Hill. Tickets a mere snip at £3.
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Hugh has previously lectured several times for the Royal Geographical Society in London (of which he is a Fellow), and for their associated Regional Theatres around the country. He was a Special Lecturer at Bristol University and has also given lectures at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford; has also lectured for The Explorers Club in New York and for the YPO (Young Presidents Organisation) in Barcelona and Cusco. He has taught courses on Creative Writing for The Arvon Foundation.
He has appeared on BBC Radio 4′s The Today Programme, Midweek, A Good Read, Excess Baggage, Off The Page and many other broadcast programmes, including National Public Radio in the USA and the BBC World Service.
He has been asked to speak at many Literary Festivals including Hay, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Bath and Oxford. He would welcome invitations to speak at Cartagena, Jaipur or anywhere hot, particularly in winter……