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Eland houses an unrivalled collection of books about the world and its societies. The titles explore the magic of our cultures, their humour, their common humanity and their inspiring differences. For the price of a good bottle of wine our travel books offer inspiration for passionate exploration – in the company of authors who really know, and who know how to tell it. Eland (1982-2022): Celebrating our differences for 40 years

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Our most recent titles: Muscat and Oman: The End of an Era by Ian Skeet and The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men by Robert Byron. Life at Full Tilt: The Selected Writings of Dervla Murphy, edited by Ethel Crowley, with a foreword from Colin Thubron was published at the end of last year.

Upcycling Travel Writing at Eland Publishing in AramcoWorld. Thank you to Matthew Teller for this superb glimpse behind the scenes at Eland Publishing in AramcoWorld’s Words from Matthew Teller, photographs from Andrew Shaylor. “We don’t define anything,” says Rogerson from his chair amid the stacks of books. Travel writing, he says, is “a highly adaptable form” that looks outward. “Our readers relish the spirit of place and like to understand other communities.” … And while embracing ever-new horizons, growth is not, at this point, a goal. “The very act of remaining independent is a virtue every morning,” Rogerson says,“We don’t want to grow. We want to carry on.” To read more click here

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Dervla Murphy: 1931–2022
Celebrating and remembering the life-force that was Dervla Murphy, who died at home at the age of 90. Thank you for your friendship, your principled wisdom, your questing conversation and your unflinching books. 22nd May 2022 To hear tributes to Dervla Murphy, winner of the Edward Stanford Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2021, from Michael Palin, Colin Thubron, Hilary Bradt, Lois Pryce and the Eland team click here Read Ethel Crowley in The Irish Times on the anniversary of Dervla’s death here

Travel Writing World is an award-winning podcast with wide-ranging interviews with Jeremy Bassetti featuring a number of Eland authors, to listen to his conversations click here

Al Hakawati (the Storyteller) The HandsUp Foundation is a charity raising funds & awareness for aid to Syria.  Anthony Sattin joins Petroc Trelawny and Brigid Keenan in reading from an Eland classic. To listen click here

The Slightly Foxed podcast Listen to our publisher Barnaby Rogerson on the art of travel writing here and Justin Marozzi on his bookshelf in Tripoli and Gerald Hanley’s Warriors here

To listen to Barnaby Rogerson talking about the Eland list listen here to Anthropology-lite on Ryan Murdock’s Personal Landscape’s podcast

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