Latest posts tagged with #SmallEarthquakes on Bluesky
A pleasure to chat to the brilliant @phoebesmith.bsky.social about the inspiration behind #SmallEarthquakes and the pleasures of travelling in South America for the latest episode of the Wander Woman podcast 🎙️
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Delighted to hear #SmallEarthquakes was @halfmanhalfbook.bsky.social’s book of the month for February 👇🏽
Thanks for the heads up Mary - and thanks Paul, delighted you enjoyed #SmallEarthquakes.
A screenshot of Swoop Patagonia’s list of the best travel books on Patagonia, featuring Small Earthquakes.
Chuffed to see #SmallEarthquakes in fine company in Swoop Patagonia’s round-up of the best travel books about #Patagonia. A big thanks to
@paulclammer.bsky.social 🙌🏽
www.swoop-patagonia.com/blog/the-36-...
The front cover of the Rough Guide to Chile
A review of Small Earthquakes in the guidebook
I had a blast co-authoring the Rough Guide to Chile during the 2010s, and much of the inspiration for #SmallEarthquakes came from the places I visited and people I met along the way.
So it’s lovely to see it recommended in the new edition, updated by the brilliant @heatherjasper.bsky.social 🎉
A finalist graphic for the awards
A copy of Small Earthquakes
Delighted to hear #SmallEarthquakes has been shortlisted for Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards 2026 🎉
Congratulations to fellow finalists @monisharajesh.bsky.social, @ashbhardwaj.bsky.social and @carolynboyd.bsky.social 🥂
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🚨 This month members of the British Airways Club can win a copy of #SmallEarthquakes 👇🏽
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The front cover of the Insight Guide to South America
The recommendation for Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America
Chuffed to see #SmallEarthquakes recommended in the new Insight Guide to South America 🌎
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
A shuttered Harrods store in Buenos Aires, a high-altitude train cemetery in Bolivia, rusting whaling stations in the South Atlantic & ghost towns in the Atacama Desert.
For Cull & Co’s new Behind the Book series, I wrote about the origins of #SmallEarthquakes.
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Shafik Meghji speaking about his book Small Earthquakes at Destinations
Shafik signing copies of his books
A table with books, including Small Earthquakes
Some action shots from my #SmallEarthquakes talk and book signing yesterday at #Destinations London as part of the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Travel Writers Festival.
Thanks to everyone who came along and the wonderful @annmorgan.bsky.social for the thoughtful and perceptive questions.
A flyer for the forthcoming Destinations show in London
Delighted to be appearing at the Destinations show in London as part of the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Travel Writers Festival. I’ll be talking to the wonderful @annmorgan.bsky.social about #SmallEarthquakes on 29 Jan.
Use the code SPKSTANFORDS for a free ticket: www.destinationsshow.com/london
Last chance to pick up a ticket for my talk about #SmallEarthquakes for the Anglo-Chilean Society in London this evening 👇🏽
The Beagle Channel from Isla Navarino
Ahu Tahai on Rapa Nui
A statue of Luis Pardo beside the prow of the Yelcho in Punta Arenas
Ahead of my talk about #SmallEarthquakes at the Anglo-Chilean Society on 22 Jan, I thought I’d share some photos illustrating Britain & Chile’s shared history:
The Beagle Channel, Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island & a statue of Luis Pardo, who rescued Ernest Shackleton’s stranded crew, in Punta Arenas.
I missed it in the hectic run-up to Christmas, but wonderful to see #SmallEarthquakes included in Wanderlust’s ‘best travel books of 2025’ list.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
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The new issue of @geographical.co.uk has an extract from #SmallEarthquakes on the Atacama.
It is a story of how one of the driest & least hospitable deserts on the planet helped to power a global agricultural revolution, spark conflicts & redraw borders.
geographical.co.uk/news/the-des...
I had a blast chatting to the wonderful @dhrutishah.bsky.social about exploring in the British connections to South America in #SmallEarthquakes 👇🏽
Looking forward to discussing #SmallEarthquakes and Britain and Chile’s shared history - from Tierra del Fuego to the Atacama Desert - at an Anglo-Chilean Society event in London on 22 Jan.
🎟️ Ticket info 👇🏽
www.anglochileansociety.org/future-events
‘A thrilling, illuminating perspective on a continent that is closer than we think.’
Many thanks to @unseenhistories.com for including #SmallEarthquakes in its history books of the year list.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Thank you, wonderful to see #SmallEarthquakes on the list!
The cover of the new issue of Geographical magazine
An edited extract from Small Earthquakes on the Atacama
Another image of the extract from Small Earthquakes on the Atacama
The new issue of @geographical.co.uk has an extract from #SmallEarthquakes on the Atacama Desert.
It is a story of how one of the driest & least hospitable places on the planet helped to power a global agricultural revolution, spark conflicts & redraw borders.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
A pile of the shortlisted books, including Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America.
Thrilled to be shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes 🎉
Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽
The front cover of Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America
A graphic with info on Hurst’s 50% off sale
Looking for a Christmas gift for a keen traveller, South America enthusiast or anyone interested in lost British histories?
#SmallEarthquakes is available for half price in the @hurstpublishers.bsky.social sale until midnight tomorrow (9 December) 🎁
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/small-e...
🚨 For a 50% discount on #SmallEarthquakes, head to the @hurstpublishers.bsky.social website 👇🏽
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A graphic of the British Guild of Travel Writers’ ‘Book Friday’ gift guide.
The front cover of the book Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America.
‘[An] ideal Christmas gift for anyone interested in remarkable tales of footballers & pirates, nitrate kings & wool barons, polar explorers & cowboys, missionaries & radical MPs.’
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes in the @travwriters.bsky.social ‘Book Friday’ gift guide 📚
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Looking forward to returning to the @globetrottersclub.bsky.social in London on 20 December to talk about the journeys & stories behind #SmallEarthquakes, from Buenos Aires to Easter Island, Patagonia to the Atacama.
🕒 2.45pm start, followed by a book signing.
🎟️ globetrotters.co.uk/blog/events/...
The front cover of National Geographic Traveller magazine
Shafik’s article on his new book Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America in the magazine
A ‘stolen friend’ from Easter Island, ghost towns in the Atacama, the ‘Jewel of the Pacific’ and the southernmost city on Earth…
In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
An image of a toucan on a graphic for the festival.
The schedule for the event.
🚨 Last chance to pick up a ticket for Bradt’s Latin America Travel Festival at the @rgsibg.bsky.social tomorrow.
There’s a host of great speakers, including @nori-jemil-travel.bsky.social & @simoncalder.bsky.social.
I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes & appearing on the train travel panel.
Shafik Meghji on stage collecting the Travel Narrative Book of the Year award.
A Travel Narrative Book of the Year graphic.
Thrilled to win Travel Narrative Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes at last night’s @travwriters.bsky.social awards 🎉
An honour to be up against the brilliant Ash Bhardwaj and Simon Parker 🙌🏽
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
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‘This book is a seamless blend of travel writing, history, and modern reporting, making it both educational and a joy… a thrilling and vital read.’
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes reviewed in @easterneye.bsky.social.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
www.easterneye.biz/small-earthq...
The opening of an article about the Latin America Travel Festival on 8 November in London.
Swapping sports reporting for travel writing, dreaming of Patagonia & the upside of getting caught in a blizzard on the world’s biggest salt flat…
Ahead of the Latin America Travel Festival on 8 Nov — where I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes — I spoke to Bradt about 20 years of travel.
