My Next Read … 📖 ‘Into The Wild The Making Of An Explorer’ By @lucyshepherd.bsky.social … and I cannot wait to get stuck in!! 📗 Make sure you catch up with her TV series on @channel4tv.bsky.social too! It’s brilliant!! 🙌📺 Copies @stanfordstravel.bsky.social 📚

New Books !! 🤗📚📖 ‘The Wilder Way’ By #EvaZuBeck and ‘Along The Borders’ By @traveltrampuk.bsky.social Get yours at the lovely @stanfordstravel.bsky.social 🙌

Our Non-Fiction Book of the Month is The Wilder Way by the incredible YouTube adventurer and National Geographic host, Eva Zu Beck From a high-flying career to solo horse treks in Mongolia and overlanding across the US with her dog Vilk, Eva’s memoir is a raw and disarmingly beautiful book.

‘People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.’ - David Attenborough A very Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough 🙌🎉 You are one in a million!! You will never cease to inspire 💚🌏 #SirDavidAttenborough 🙏

May the Forest be with you💚🌳 Today and every day 📗📖 🌱🌿🌴🌲🌳💚🌲🌳🌴🌿🌱 #4thofmay

Whatever you’re into there’s a book for you 📚 Let’s keep supporting our amazing authors and their books 🙌📖 @meganeaves.com @ashalexcooper.bsky.social @joelucbarnes.bsky.social @lucyshepherd.bsky.social @danzep.bsky.social

Long reads for the long weekend 📖 @stanfordstravel.bsky.social has you covered 📚

‘The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.’ - Werner Herzog Books !! 🌏🥾📖 @stanfordstravel.bsky.social

New in for Spring 🌼 April’s been a fantastic month for nature writing 📖 Here are some of the new in this month paperbacks and hardbacks, we think you’ll enjoy📚 Visit us in-store this weekend for more nature writing recommendations 🌿 #naturewriting #newbook #readingrecommendations

‘There is pleasure in the pathless woods.’ - Lord Byron The sun is out! It’s the weekend, what better time to get outside!! ☀️ But when you’re not, these are perfect! 💚🌱🌿🌳🎋🌲🪵🌊💙📗📖💚

New Book !! 📘 Huge Congratulations to David Orson Newton on the release of his book … 📖 ‘Seconds To Midnight War is coming. But who is the enemy?’ … and it looks an intriguing one! Looking forward to reading! Make sure you get your copy 🕛📘📖 @chiselbury.bsky.social

‘Cherish the natural world, because you’re part of it and you depend on it.’ - David Attenborough It’s #earthday 🌏 Reading ideas for today and every day 📖 💚🌱🌳🌏📗

‘It’s surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth.’ - Sir David Attenborough Ahead of #earthday some essential reading 📖 Let’s take that responsibility. We can all play our part 🙏 🌱🌳💚🌏💙

‘There’s so much more to a book than just the reading.’ - Maurice Sendak 📚📖

‘Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.’ - Jim Rohn It’s the weekend! You’ll need a good book!📚📖 @stanfordstravel.bsky.social will help you out 🙌

Happy Publication Day to Lucy Shepherd on the release of her book … 📖 ‘Into The Wild The Making Of An Explorer’ … and it looks absolutely fantastic!! 🤗💚📗 Make sure you seek it out AND watch her new TV series this Saturday at 7pm on Channel4 📺👍

‘Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.’ - Charles William Eliot You can never have enough books 📚 Toppings Bookshop, Ely 🩵📖

‘I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading. How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book.’ - Jane Austen How true !! 🤗📚📖 #lovebooks #lovereading

Love Books ❤️📚 Love Bookshops 📖 #ToppingsEly #HeffersBookshopCambridge

RESILIENCE thought of the day: "Don't mistake kindness for weakness." (Stuff I've learned over 40 years as an explorer, often immersed and isolated in seemingly hostile conditions.)

Another wonderful evening @stanfordstravel.bsky.social listening to @monisharajesh.bsky.social talking to @danzep.bsky.social about his new book … 📖 ‘Overnight Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark’ What a fascinating book it sounds. Looking forward to reading 🦇

My next three reads ready … 📖 ‘Broken Threads’ By Mishal Husain ‘Tea and Grit’ By Helen Watson ‘Finding My Way’ By Malala Yousafzai Really looking forward to all of these 🤗📚 @stanfordstravel.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

Michael is on the space ribbons over, I’m on the space counter! Over and out - Sally

Just finished this absolute triumph of a book !! 🙌 If you are looking for your next read, make it this one, and join Paul Harris on The Path … 📖 ‘The Warrior Walker How I Found Resilience, Purpose and Meaning on Britain’s Coastline’ ‘Humans can do hard things’ 👊 @waterstones.bsky.social

One key outcome of writing #MindfulSoldier, over and above arming readers with tools to help build #resilience, was to give them permission to talk about difficult things and we are incredibly proud that this seems to be working. Grab your copy today: geni.us/MindfulSoldier

Happy Easter Everyone !! 💛🐣 Happy Reading !! 🤗📖 #lovebooks

The long Easter weekend is here!! 🙌 You’ll need a good book!! 🤗📚📚 These are perfect!! 📖 Head to @stanfordstravel.bsky.social !!

We are thrilled to announce our Non-Fiction Book of the Month for April: A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts out today in paperback! www.stanfords.co.uk/catalog/prod...

‘Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.’ - Ralph Waldo Emerson The long weekend is almost upon us. Make sure you get outside 💚🌱🌿🌳 Some reading for when you are not 📗📖 @stanfordstravel.bsky.social

‘Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.’ - Felix Baumgartner 🙏 Good luck to the crew on NASA’s Artemis II 🚀🇺🇸🇨🇦 Some reading ideas from my youngest son 📖 #TimPeake @cmdr-hadfield.bsky.social

‘One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.’ - Jeanette Walls The evenings are getting lighter which can only mean one thing, more reading time !! 🤗📖📚 Time to stock up on some lovely books !! 💛☀️💚 @stanfordstravel.bsky.social

My next read … 📖 ‘The Warrior Walker How I Found Resilience, Purpose and Meaning on Britain’s Coastline’ By Paul Harris Really looking forward to this! If you don’t follow Paul @warriorwalker on IG, make sure you do 👍 @waterstones.bsky.social 📚

Looking for your next read? 📖 Look no further. I’ve just finished this one and it’s brilliant!! 🙌 ‘Moonlight Express Around The World By Night Train’ By @monisharajesh.bsky.social Head to @stanfordstravel.bsky.social for your copy and jump onboard!! 🚆🚄🚞💺🛤️🌍📚

‘Wear the old coat and buy the new book.’ - Austin Phelps Reading inspiration … 📖 Support our wonderful independent booksellers where you can 🙏📚 @ashalexcooper.bsky.social @tharikhussain.bsky.social @joelucbarnes.bsky.social @jonathanslaght.com @meganeaves.com @adamweymouth.bsky.social

Travel Writing Reading Recommendations! 🧳 If you’re in need of some compelling storytelling this weekend, we have you covered!These new in this year paperbacks and hardbacks are flying off our staff picks shelves 📚 Which one will you pick? #travel #travelwriting #readingrecommendations

I’ve just moved house for this very reason. Where’s your commitment?

Happy Paperback Publication Day to Levison Wood and … ‘The Great Tree Story’ 🥳 If you think you know about trees, think again 💚🌳 An absolutely fascinating read 📖 @stanfordstravel.bsky.social have copies !! 📗

Thank you so much for your support to all three of us Alison. You’re very kind. // Order #mindfulsoldier here: geni.us/MindfulSoldier

Everyone’s journey looks different, but we are all in this world together 🙏 3 recently published books 📚 3 important books 📖 @ashalexcooper.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @hatchards.bsky.social @dauntbooks.bsky.social

It’s International Day of Forests! 🌳💚 Looking for reading suggestions? Look no further 📗📖 #InternationalDayOfForests 🌲

What an absolute privilege it was to be on the judging panel for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Children’s Travel Book of the Year 2026! Huge Congratulations to Teddy Keen 🙌 What an absolute triumph of a book in such an incredibly strong category. Make sure you take a look! 💙🌏📖🏆

WINNER The Lost Book of Undersea Adventure by The Unknown Adventurer, Teddy Keen wins the Children's Travel Book of The Year award at the 2026 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2026 www.stanfords.co.uk/the-lost-boo....

WINNER A Splintering by Dur e Aziz Amna wins the Fiction With a Sense of Place award at the 2026 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2026 www.stanfords.co.uk/a-splinterin....

WINNER A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts wins the Stanfords Travel Book of The Year Award at the 2026 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2026 www.stanfords.co.uk/a-training-s....

In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched a brutal plan to harvest Africa’s resources using elephants. He commissioned an Irish adventurer to ship four tamed Asian elephants from India to East Africa to establish a training school.

Books !! 📗💚 @stanfordstravel.bsky.social

It’s Awards Week! 🏆 We are buzzing to reveal the winners of the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2026. From indie presses to global bestsellers, we’re celebrating the finest travel writing of the year. Who are you rooting for?

Good morning, I’m here until 4pm -Sally!

If you have never visited @blackwelloxford.bsky.social, you are in for a treat. They are also stocking #mindfulsoldier (signed), but if you miss out at Blackwell, our friends at Coles Books, @waterstones.bsky.social and @hatchards.bsky.social, all have a limited number available, so don't delay!

My Next Read … 📖 ‘Moonlight Express Around The World By Night Train’ By @monisharajesh.bsky.social I have read two of Monisha’s previous books, which were brilliant, so know I am in for a treat!! Time to jump on board! 🚂🌙 Copies at the lovely @stanfordstravel.bsky.social 📚🌏