Michelle Jana Chan

The Wandering Book Collector

Join engaging discussions with acclaimed authors as they share insights on their literary journeys, touching on themes of identity, memory, and the sense of belonging.

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Jessi Jezewska Stevens on Geneva, Gettysburg, Krakow, Tuscany, Siberia, Indiana; on writing for two days and editing for a year; on honeymoons; on precise descriptions and hope; on landing in JFK; and on dwelling in the past — with TWBC

S3 E12 • 44 mins • Jun 27, 2024

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Jun 27, 2024

Jessi Jezewska Stevens on Geneva, Gettysburg, Krakow, Tuscany, Siberia, Indiana; on writing for two days and editing for a year; on honeymoons; on precise descriptions and hope; on landing in JFK; and on dwelling in the past — with TWBC

S3 E12 • 44 mins

Apr 24, 2024

Hilary Bradt on getting lost; on the Galapagos and Inca Trail in the 1970s; on aerograms v social media; on hitch-hiking at 82; on her guidebooks to Burma, Iraq, Iran and N Korea; on public footpaths and bluebells; and on feeling homesick — with TWBC

S3 E11 • 36 mins

Mar 28, 2024

Ginanne Brownell on hearing clarinets and trombones by a Nairobi city dump; on a fairytale morphing; on big skies; on searching for a cemetery by Lake Michigan; on her next book: a global surrogacy journey — with TWBC

S3 E10 • 29 mins

Jan 18, 2024

Nastassja Martin on her near-death encounter with a Kamchatka bear; on the boundaries between humankind and nature; on linear v spiral storytelling; on being in between worlds; on dreams, and on waking from them — with TWBC

S3 E9 • 50 mins

Nov 17, 2023

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ on life in Lagos and Norwich; on how family pressure shapes you; on hope as something active; on walking to get out of one’s head; on random news items; and on writing a story, leaving out all the politics — with TWBC

S3 E8 • 43 mins

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