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The Stanfords Travel Writers Festival at Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show offers compelling, inspirational and entertaining talks from explorers, adventurers, historians, novelists, TV personalities and many more of the very best travel authors. Join them to be transported to far-flung corners of the world.

Browse the 2020 schedule below for a taster of what to expect: a fantastic line up of wonderful authors who shared their fascinating travel journeys, secrets and inspiration behind their hugely popular books! 

HEADLINE SPEAKERS

Ainsley Harriott - Ainsley Harriott: Tales from a Caribbean Kitchen 
Jung Chang - Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister 
Dom Joly - A Short Walk Across the Lebanon 
In Conversation with Michael Portillo 

Stanfords is the UK's leading specialist retailer of maps, travel books and other travel accessories, having been established in 1853 by Edward Stanford. Our flagship store in Covent Garden, London, first opened its doors in January 1901 and can justly claim to offer the world's largest stock of maps and travel books under one roof.
 

We have been an essential first port of call for adventure and armchair travellers alike for more than a century. Our roll-call of customers past and present includes such famous names as Amy Johnson, David Livingstone, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Florence Nightingale, Ranulph Fiennes, Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, and even Sherlock Holmes.Discover the full History of Stanfords.
 

For more news about Stanfords go to Twitter @StanfordsTravel, or Facebook /StanfordsTravelShop, or visit the website - www.stanfords.co.uk.

Visit their retail stores at:

7 Mercer Walk, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9FA (020 7836 1321) 

29 Corn Street, Bristol, BS1 1HT (0117 929 9966)