Books by Shafik Meghji
Shafik Meghji is an award-winning travel writer, journalist, and author of Crossed Off the Map: Travels in Bolivia, which was shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2023. Based in London, he has co-authored more than 45 guidebooks and writes for BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller and Wanderlust, among others.
Crossed Off the Map: Travels in Bolivia
by Shafik Meghji
☆ Shortlisted for the 2023 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Travel Book of the Year
In Crossed off the Map, award-winning journalist and travel writer Shafik Meghji journeys from the Andes to the Amazon as he explores Bolivia's past and present, blending travel writing, history, and reportage to tell the story of the country's last 500 years. Published by the small independent press, Latin American Bureau, Crossed off the Map has an opportunity to reach a wider audience following its shortlisting at the Stanfords awards. Listen to an interesting interview with the author on the popular podcast Travel Writing World.
Interviews with Shafik Meghji
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A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War
by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad -
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The Britannias: An Archipelago’s Tale
by Alice Albinia -
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The Gathering Place: A Winter Pilgrimage Through Changing Times
by Mary Colwell -
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The Granite Kingdom: A Cornish Journey
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Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilisation
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High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted Hinterland
by Tom Parfitt
The Best Travel Writing of 2024, recommended by Shafik Meghji
The Best Travel Writing of 2024, recommended by Shafik Meghji
Every spring, the judges of the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards draw up a shortlist for the title of the ‘travel book of the year.’ The 2024 shortlist highlights six fascinating recent travelogues that wrestle with political and environmental issues, and explore the contrast between the outsider and the insider gaze.
Interviews where books by Shafik Meghji were recommended
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In The Shadow of the Mountain
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High: A Journey Across the Himalaya, Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and China
by Erika Fatland, translated by Kari Dickson -
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Crossed Off the Map: Travels in Bolivia
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The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East
by Rebecca Lowe -
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The Po: An Elegy for Italy's Longest River
by Tobias Jones
The Best Travel Books of 2023: The Stanford Travel Writing Awards, recommended by Cal Flyn
The Best Travel Books of 2023: The Stanford Travel Writing Awards, recommended by Cal Flyn
Every year, Stanfords, the best travel bookshop in the world (in our view), sponsors the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, with travel writers and journalists judging the best travel book in a number of categories. Here Cal Flyn, our deputy editor, takes us through the eight books shortlisted for the 2023 ‘Travel Book of the Year’ award, taking us from Bolivia to Singapore via Europe, the Middle East and the top of Mt. Everest.
