Mint condition. PB. 200pp. $20 including postage anywhere in Australia.
This anthology of travel essays from 12 of New Zealand's best-known writers documents a wide range of personal experiences, from Joy Cowley's stint in Alaskan villages, where hunting is part of the daily business of survival, to Barbara Else's working tour of London and Manchester.
Travel with Graeme Lay in heady Tahiti, take an African safari in Zimbabwe with Catharina van Bohemen, experience Corsica with Sarah Quigley, and Joy MacKenzie's Paris.
Follow Lloyd Jones as he explores Brooklyn, a world away from the safe environment back home, Michaeanne Forser searching for passion in Mexico, and visit the silica terraces and hot pools of Tessa Duder's Turkey.
Peter Wells goes to Sydney, a city 'ripe for the millennium', CK Stead travels to Croatia, and Chris Orsman explores Antarctica, a continent etched with a brittle history.
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