Coming this April - Monsterland!
Giants in Cornwall, ogres in Japan, ghosts in Mexico, vampires in the Balkans, dragons in Bavaria... In my new book, I delve into stories about monsters from all over the world, meeting people who celebrate these stories today and travelling to the places where some of the most macabre and magical stories are rooted, to find out why humans have told stories about monsters across the ages, how these stories have changed and how they have endured.
‘An exquisite, carefully assembled tapestry… I loved every page!’ Benedict Allen
‘A magical yet deeply human journey that will haunt you long after the final page’ Jo Marchant (author of The Human Cosmos)
‘a tour de force. It combines scholarly folklore academia with nature writing at its best’ Richard Hamilton (author of The Last Storytellers)
The Fairy Tellers
In The Fairy Tellers, the history of fairy tales is told through seven key tellers of tales, from a Neapolitan soldier-of-fortune to a Russian dissident and a bankrupt noblewoman in Louis XV's France.
'A riveting journey into the stories behind stories' The Financial Times
'My favourite kind of non-fiction - skilled writing that takes imaginary worlds and makes them almost tangible.' Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of The Devil's Atlas
'A treasure trove of a book.' Zoe Gilbert, author of Folk
Epic Continent
Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
"an original and thoroughly absorbing book by a travel writer of immense ability." The New European
"Jubber gets under the skin of our complicated continent and his timing is dead right." Kapka Kassabova, author of Border
Read my article about travelling in Iceland for The Guardian here.
Read a review of Epic Continent in the New European here or the Spectator here.
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The Timbuktu School for Nomads
Featured in the NEW YORK TIMES BEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE YEAR.
Watch videos from my journey here, an interview with CNN here, or with National Geographic here, watch the book trailer here, or read an article about travelling in the Sahara here.
"Nick Jubber's new book takes us on an unforgettable journey through time and space, plenty of it, and gives voice to voiceless communities that inhabit one of the most problematic corners of the globe." Amir Taheri, author of Holy Terror
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