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John on horseback in the Andes
John and the donkey, Dapple, after Ayash

John Harrison

travel and fiction writer, lecturer and broadcaster

Current projects

From June to September 2002 John walked, rode, and drove a donkey along the Inca-built Camino Real, the Royal Road, through the centre of Peru.

The journey is the subject of his next book, A Walk to the Sun, a journey along the Inca Cloud Road.

Here John had just left the remote hamlet of Ayash (it means City of the Dead) and is persuading Dapple the donkey up the hill to the evening's campsite, at nearly 14,000 feet.

John is also working on a novel about the the conquest of Peru, completing a second collection of short stories, and finishing a year as Writer in Residence at Trinity College Carmarthen, Wales, with a project called The Wild Wood.

more about A Walk to the Sun


Current book

John's current book, Where the Earth Ends
was a Sunday Times Book of the Week. It charts journeys through Argentina and Chile, with an unplanned detour to Antarctica on a Russian research vessel.

more about Where the Earth Ends

pintado petrel, Southern Ocean

Taking a breather during a walk on Anrgentina's Perito Moreno glacier

Illustrated talks and readings

John has worked extensively as an expert guide and lecturer on expedition and luxury cruise ships, and delivers informative entertainment: learn while you laugh!

John is also available to give readings from his published and unpublished works.

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Workshops and tutoring for adults and in schools

John also tutors creative and travel writing workshops and courses from junior school to post-graduate level and many varied adult groups.

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pair of black-browed albatross, Falkland Islands


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