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John Hare is a writer, adventurer, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and founder of the Wild Camel Protection Foundation.Ìý John’s latest book tells the story of his search for the wild, nearly extinct, Bactrian camel and his travel to some uncharted parts of the vast and mysterious Chinese Gobi Desert.
TRAVEL POETRY
Sandi Toksvig is joined by travel writer Christopher Somerville who has compiled an anthology of his poetry entitled Greenwood Dark- A Traveller’s Poems and novelist, biographer and literary editor A.N. Wilson who recently edited a collection of English ‘poetry of place’ called England.
They discuss the power of poetry as a way of describing, mapping and evoking people, places and journeys and celebrate the poem as a means to reflect on and explore the travelling life.
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
Photo:ÌýWild Bactrian camel and calf (Courtesy of theÌý ©)
This week’s guests:Ìý
is a desert adventurer and conservationist; his search for the wild Bactrian camels has seen him trek in some of the most remote and inhospitable parts of the Gobi desert. John managed to obtain permission to enter an area of China, which had been prohibited, to foreigners for over fifty years. During his travel became involved with the protection of the wild Bactrian Camel, the only wild camels in the Mongolian and Chinese quarters of the Gobi desert. In 2004 John Hare was awarded the Ness Award by the Royal Geographical Society for raising awareness about wild Bactrian camels
John’s latest book is called Mysteries of the Gobi Desert: Searching for wild camels and lost cities in the heart of Asia.
Mysteries of the Gobi - Searching for Wild Camels and Lost Cities in the Heart of Asia
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
ISBN-10: 1845115120
ISBN-13: 978-1845115128
is a writer and award winning poet. Christopher has written widely on travel. He enjoys going to wild undiscovered places. His second poetry book Greenwood Dark is an anthology of poems which he wrote over the past ten years, reflecting on his own travels. Christopher read one of his poems entitled On first looking into the Ordnance Survey’s Gazetteer of Great Britain.
Greenwood Dark – A Traveller’s Poems
Publisher: Haus Publishing Limited
ISBN-10: 1905791577
ISBN-13: 978-1905791576
is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an award winning biographer and a celebrated novelist. His new book is a of poetry of place entitled England which seeks the ‘essence’ of the country. He is interested in the idea of poetry as travelogue and as a reflection of travels and travelling, particularly as a medium to record changing or lost landscapes and places.
England
Publisher: Eland Publishing Ltd
ISBN-10: 1906011214
ISBN-13: 978-1906011215
"" poem by American poet Robert Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963), published in 1916 in his collection Mountain Interval
Poems of place to make a start with:
(26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A.E. Housman; English classical scholar and poet, best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad
(3 March 1878 – 9 April 1917) Anglo-Welsh poet and journalist, Thomas only turned to poetry in his later life after encouragement from the poet Robert FrostÌý
(30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) English author and poetThe ´óÏó´«Ã½ cannot be held responsible for
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