You are invited to explore the history and future of travel writing. Thomas M. Wilson will be your
guide on this short journey through an exciting literary genre.
In this workshop we will try to answer the question,
‘What is travel writing’? In answering that
question we will move from early accounts of religious pilgrimage to tales of exploration after the
discovery of the New World in the fifteenth century, to the Grand Tour of European aristocrats, to
the greats of twentieth century travel writing.
We will consider the importance of the personal opinions of the travel writer. Towards the end of
the morning there will be time to complete a short piece of travel writing of your own.