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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 13h

A few highlights from a late summer visit to the glorious Bay of Kotor in Montenegro, including the former Venetian Empire port of Perast, the medieval old town of Kotor and the island church of Our Lady of the Rocks.

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks Chris, always a pleasure to be in Galeano’s presence (and Laurence’s, of course. I’d add Lucas Bridges Uttermost Part of the Earth to the list for its depiction of the Indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego at the turn of the 20th century.

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Lucas Bridges - Wikipedia

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 13h

#OnThisDay 12 Oct 1492 🌎

Columbus lands in the Caribbean

Here are three books on how European arrivals altered the indigenous culture

📕 The Open Veins of Latin America, Eduardo Galeano
📙 Patria, Laurence Blair
📘 Small Earthquakes, @shafikmeghji.bsky.social

Any others you'd recommend?

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 1d

📖 Thanks to everyone who came to my talk about #SmallEarthquakes at the Book Elephant last night, expertly chaired by the brilliant @karennedwards.bsky.social. Great questions and a enjoyably wide-ranging discussion about travel writing, South America and lost histories 🌎

Shafik Meghji and Karen Edwards behind a pile of copies of Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America.

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for coming along, Megan - lovely to see you!

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Megan Eaves-Egenes @meganeaves.com · 2d

Full house this evening at the Book Elephant in South London to heart @shafikmeghji.bsky.social discussing his brilliant new book, Small Earthquakes, on lost British histories in South America. A wonderful travel memoir and rich history.

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 3d

📖 Still time to pick up a ticket for my talk about the inspiration behind #SmallEarthquakes with @karennedwards.bsky.social at the Book Elephant in south London tomorrow evening.

🗓️ Fri 10 Oct, 6.30pm

🎟️ Tickets info👇🏽

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shafik-meg...

Shafik Meghji at The Book Elephant in Conversation with Karen Edwards.

Join Us for a wonderful evening with Shafik Meghji author of 'Small Earthquakes'

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 3d

📖 Still time to pick up a ticket for my talk about the inspiration behind #SmallEarthquakes with @karennedwards.bsky.social at the Book Elephant in south London tomorrow evening.

🗓️ Fri 10 Oct, 6.30pm

🎟️ Tickets info👇🏽

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shafik-meg...

Shafik Meghji at The Book Elephant in Conversation with Karen Edwards.

Join Us for a wonderful evening with Shafik Meghji author of 'Small Earthquakes'

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations, Henry - great piece 🙌🏽

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 4d

Rather splendidly, I've also landed in this year's 'Best American Food and Travel Writing'.

Here's the piece that made the cut (another @noemamag.com joint): www.noemamag.com/nice-view-sh...

With thanks again to Bryant Terry and @jayasaxena.com for selecting.

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Jeremy Bassetti @jeremybassetti.com · 4d

I wrote about mountains and materialism during the Festival of the Virgin of Urkupiña in Bolivia, which I've attended a few times. jeremybassetti.com/on-mountains...

The Festival of the Virgin of Urkupiña: Mountains and Materialism in the Bolivian Andes | Jeremy Bassetti

Thousands ascend Quillacollo's Cerro Calvario each August, breaking stones and purchasing miniatures for rituals mixing Catholic and Andean beliefs.

jeremybassetti.com

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks guys!

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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations @shafikmeghji.bsky.social!

Small Earthquakes has been shortlisted for the @travwriters.bsky.social Travel Narrative Book of the Year! ⛰️✈️

➡️ tinyurl.com/yw4nkaza

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 6d

Amnesty UK condemns the horrific attack on the East Sussex Mosque this weekend.

We offer solidarity to Muslim communities who will be shaken by this act of violence.

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 8d

Thrilled to hear #SmallEarthquakes has been shortlisted for Travel Narrative Book of the Year at the @travwriters.bsky.social awards, alongside some brilliant titles 🎉

📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

bgtw.org/awards/membe...

A graphic with the shortlist for the Travel Narrative Book of the Year.

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 7d

For two years too long, people in #Gaza have been going through forced displacement.

No place is safe in Gaza.

#CeasefireNow

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Shebs, congrats to you too - look forward to catching up at the awards night!

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 8d

Also delighted to be up for the @travwriters.bsky.social Celebrating Diversity Through Storytelling award for my @runnymedetrust.bsky.social feature on London’s South Asian history.

Congratulations to my fellow finalists, the brilliant @annahrichards.bsky.social and @shebsthewanderer.bsky.social 🎉

A graphic with the shortlist for the Celebrating Diversity Through Storytelling award.

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 8d

Thrilled to hear #SmallEarthquakes has been shortlisted for Travel Narrative Book of the Year at the @travwriters.bsky.social awards, alongside some brilliant titles 🎉

📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

bgtw.org/awards/membe...

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Sian Meades-Williams @sianysianysiany.bsky.social · 10d

This is such a packed issue - especially good for travel and food writers - free for everyone to read! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/freelance-...

Freelance Writing Jobs: Waitrose, Oxfam, Gardener's World

Plus a host of top-notch prizes.

freelancewritingjobs.substack.com

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 10d

We send our deepest condolences and love to Jewish communities across the country in the wake of this morning’s horrifying attack.

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 11d

‘Through a journalistic lens that focuses on unexpected, startling and sometimes shocking narratives, [Meghji] makes it all fascinating and worth telling.’

Great to see #SmallEarthquakes reviewed so positively in The Prisma.

📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

theprisma.co.uk/2025/09/29/h...

An image of The Prisma’s review of Shafik Meghji’s new book Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America.

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Alison Lear @aslear.bsky.social · 11d

‘A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.’
- Samuel Jackson

Some of the best I have finished this year! Just brilliant!!
Make sure you have them on your reading list 🤗📚📖

@stanfordstravel.bsky.social
@shafikmeghji.bsky.social
@edentravels.bsky.social
@noosarowiwa.bsky.social

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks Alison - a great selection 📚

Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 11d

‘Through a journalistic lens that focuses on unexpected, startling and sometimes shocking narratives, [Meghji] makes it all fascinating and worth telling.’

Great to see #SmallEarthquakes reviewed so positively in The Prisma.

📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

theprisma.co.uk/2025/09/29/h...

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