While our horizons may have drawn in, travel writers have continued to reach out, rediscovering and reinterpreting the world for a new age. 

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The Sherborne Travel Writing Festival was the first travel literature festival to be held in the UK in recent years.

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At its heart was the idea – and the timely theme – of reaching for the horizon.

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Venture on foot, by bicycle, astride an elephant - or even on board the Rolling Stones’ private jet - from Mughal India to modern Istanbul, and from the Bronze Age Aegean to the Battle of Hastings, with the UK’s leading travel writers, historians and broadcasters.

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Curator Rory MacLean is already assembling next year's stellar lineup of footloose speakers. Booking opens January 2025.

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Booking Opens January 2025

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