Shafik Meghji
@shafikmeghji.bsky.social
Journalist, travel writer, author
📖 Small Earthquakes (🏆BGTW Travel Narrative Book of the Year 2025), Crossed Off the Map
✍🏽 BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller, Wanderlust, Geographical
🌎 Latin America / Ex-porteño
https://linktr.ee/ShafikMeghji
📖 Small Earthquakes (🏆BGTW Travel Narrative Book of the Year 2025), Crossed Off the Map
✍🏽 BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller, Wanderlust, Geographical
🌎 Latin America / Ex-porteño
https://linktr.ee/ShafikMeghji
Snapshots from a brief visit to the gorgeous Bajío city of Querétaro, Mexico.
December 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Snapshots from a brief visit to the gorgeous Bajío city of Querétaro, Mexico.
Thrilled to be shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes 🎉
Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽
Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽
December 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thrilled to be shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes 🎉
Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽
Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽
Need another present?
Published by @latinamericabureau.bsky.social,
my first book #CrossedOffTheMap journeys from the Andes to the Amazon to explore Bolivia’s unexpected global impact 🌎
It’s widely available too, including from @stanfordstravel.bsky.social: www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...
Published by @latinamericabureau.bsky.social,
my first book #CrossedOffTheMap journeys from the Andes to the Amazon to explore Bolivia’s unexpected global impact 🌎
It’s widely available too, including from @stanfordstravel.bsky.social: www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Need another present?
Published by @latinamericabureau.bsky.social,
my first book #CrossedOffTheMap journeys from the Andes to the Amazon to explore Bolivia’s unexpected global impact 🌎
It’s widely available too, including from @stanfordstravel.bsky.social: www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...
Published by @latinamericabureau.bsky.social,
my first book #CrossedOffTheMap journeys from the Andes to the Amazon to explore Bolivia’s unexpected global impact 🌎
It’s widely available too, including from @stanfordstravel.bsky.social: www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...
Looking for a Christmas gift for a keen traveller, South America enthusiast or anyone interested in lost British histories?
#SmallEarthquakes is available for half price in the @hurstpublishers.bsky.social sale until midnight tomorrow (9 December) 🎁
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/small-e...
#SmallEarthquakes is available for half price in the @hurstpublishers.bsky.social sale until midnight tomorrow (9 December) 🎁
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/small-e...
December 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Looking for a Christmas gift for a keen traveller, South America enthusiast or anyone interested in lost British histories?
#SmallEarthquakes is available for half price in the @hurstpublishers.bsky.social sale until midnight tomorrow (9 December) 🎁
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/small-e...
#SmallEarthquakes is available for half price in the @hurstpublishers.bsky.social sale until midnight tomorrow (9 December) 🎁
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/small-e...
A snapshot of Real del Monte, the heart of Mexico’s ‘Little Cornwall’. The story dates back to the arrival of a band of Cornish miners in the 1820s to rejuvenate the area’s flagging mines.
In the process, they introduced football to Mexico & the Cornish pasty, for which the town is now famous.
In the process, they introduced football to Mexico & the Cornish pasty, for which the town is now famous.
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A snapshot of Real del Monte, the heart of Mexico’s ‘Little Cornwall’. The story dates back to the arrival of a band of Cornish miners in the 1820s to rejuvenate the area’s flagging mines.
In the process, they introduced football to Mexico & the Cornish pasty, for which the town is now famous.
In the process, they introduced football to Mexico & the Cornish pasty, for which the town is now famous.
‘[An] ideal Christmas gift for anyone interested in remarkable tales of footballers & pirates, nitrate kings & wool barons, polar explorers & cowboys, missionaries & radical MPs.’
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes in the @travwriters.bsky.social ‘Book Friday’ gift guide 📚
bgtw.org/travel-book-...
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes in the @travwriters.bsky.social ‘Book Friday’ gift guide 📚
bgtw.org/travel-book-...
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
‘[An] ideal Christmas gift for anyone interested in remarkable tales of footballers & pirates, nitrate kings & wool barons, polar explorers & cowboys, missionaries & radical MPs.’
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes in the @travwriters.bsky.social ‘Book Friday’ gift guide 📚
bgtw.org/travel-book-...
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes in the @travwriters.bsky.social ‘Book Friday’ gift guide 📚
bgtw.org/travel-book-...
Great to see #CrossedOffTheMap featured in the recommended books section of the new edition of Lonely Planet Bolivia 🇧🇴
📖 @latinamericabureau.bsky.social
www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...
📖 @latinamericabureau.bsky.social
www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Great to see #CrossedOffTheMap featured in the recommended books section of the new edition of Lonely Planet Bolivia 🇧🇴
📖 @latinamericabureau.bsky.social
www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...
📖 @latinamericabureau.bsky.social
www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...
A ‘stolen friend’ from Easter Island, ghost towns in the Atacama, the ‘Jewel of the Pacific’ and the southernmost city on Earth…
In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A ‘stolen friend’ from Easter Island, ghost towns in the Atacama, the ‘Jewel of the Pacific’ and the southernmost city on Earth…
In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
🚨 Last chance to pick up a ticket for Bradt’s Latin America Travel Festival at the @rgsibg.bsky.social tomorrow.
There’s a host of great speakers, including @nori-jemil-travel.bsky.social & @simoncalder.bsky.social.
I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes & appearing on the train travel panel.
There’s a host of great speakers, including @nori-jemil-travel.bsky.social & @simoncalder.bsky.social.
I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes & appearing on the train travel panel.
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🚨 Last chance to pick up a ticket for Bradt’s Latin America Travel Festival at the @rgsibg.bsky.social tomorrow.
There’s a host of great speakers, including @nori-jemil-travel.bsky.social & @simoncalder.bsky.social.
I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes & appearing on the train travel panel.
There’s a host of great speakers, including @nori-jemil-travel.bsky.social & @simoncalder.bsky.social.
I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes & appearing on the train travel panel.
Thrilled to win Travel Narrative Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes at last night’s @travwriters.bsky.social awards 🎉
An honour to be up against the brilliant Ash Bhardwaj and Simon Parker 🙌🏽
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
bgtw.org/awards/membe...
An honour to be up against the brilliant Ash Bhardwaj and Simon Parker 🙌🏽
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
bgtw.org/awards/membe...
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thrilled to win Travel Narrative Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes at last night’s @travwriters.bsky.social awards 🎉
An honour to be up against the brilliant Ash Bhardwaj and Simon Parker 🙌🏽
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
bgtw.org/awards/membe...
An honour to be up against the brilliant Ash Bhardwaj and Simon Parker 🙌🏽
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
bgtw.org/awards/membe...
Swapping sports reporting for travel writing, dreaming of Patagonia & the upside of getting caught in a blizzard on the world’s biggest salt flat…
Ahead of the Latin America Travel Festival on 8 Nov — where I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes — I spoke to Bradt about 20 years of travel.
Ahead of the Latin America Travel Festival on 8 Nov — where I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes — I spoke to Bradt about 20 years of travel.
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Swapping sports reporting for travel writing, dreaming of Patagonia & the upside of getting caught in a blizzard on the world’s biggest salt flat…
Ahead of the Latin America Travel Festival on 8 Nov — where I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes — I spoke to Bradt about 20 years of travel.
Ahead of the Latin America Travel Festival on 8 Nov — where I’ll be discussing #SmallEarthquakes — I spoke to Bradt about 20 years of travel.
I’m taking this as a positive review of #SmallEarthquakes from Samson…
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I’m taking this as a positive review of #SmallEarthquakes from Samson…
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
I had a blast writing about Argentina’s Tren del Fin del Mundo - the world’s southernmost railway - for Lonely Planet’s new Epic Train Trips of the World 🚂
It also features great pieces by @olismithtravel.bsky.social, @monisharajesh.bsky.social, @chaujeanlin.bsky.social & @megaheid.bsky.social.
It also features great pieces by @olismithtravel.bsky.social, @monisharajesh.bsky.social, @chaujeanlin.bsky.social & @megaheid.bsky.social.
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I had a blast writing about Argentina’s Tren del Fin del Mundo - the world’s southernmost railway - for Lonely Planet’s new Epic Train Trips of the World 🚂
It also features great pieces by @olismithtravel.bsky.social, @monisharajesh.bsky.social, @chaujeanlin.bsky.social & @megaheid.bsky.social.
It also features great pieces by @olismithtravel.bsky.social, @monisharajesh.bsky.social, @chaujeanlin.bsky.social & @megaheid.bsky.social.
Chuffed to have won the blog category at last night’s AITO Travel Writer of the Year awards for my @runnymedetrust.bsky.social feature on exploring London’s South Asian heritage 🎉
➡️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/mapping...
➡️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/mapping...
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Chuffed to have won the blog category at last night’s AITO Travel Writer of the Year awards for my @runnymedetrust.bsky.social feature on exploring London’s South Asian heritage 🎉
➡️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/mapping...
➡️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/mapping...
In the new issue of @geographical.co.uk, I review @peteralanross.bsky.social’s fascinating new book, Upon A White Horse
A poetic and meditative exploration of the UK and Ireland’s ancient monuments and sites, it’s the magazine’s book of the month.
📖 @headlinebooks.bsky.social
A poetic and meditative exploration of the UK and Ireland’s ancient monuments and sites, it’s the magazine’s book of the month.
📖 @headlinebooks.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In the new issue of @geographical.co.uk, I review @peteralanross.bsky.social’s fascinating new book, Upon A White Horse
A poetic and meditative exploration of the UK and Ireland’s ancient monuments and sites, it’s the magazine’s book of the month.
📖 @headlinebooks.bsky.social
A poetic and meditative exploration of the UK and Ireland’s ancient monuments and sites, it’s the magazine’s book of the month.
📖 @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes included on @thebookseller.com’s Agents’ Hotlists for the Frankfurt Book Fair.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/features/fra...
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/features/fra...
October 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes included on @thebookseller.com’s Agents’ Hotlists for the Frankfurt Book Fair.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/features/fra...
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/features/fra...
🚨 Delighted to say #SmallEarthquakes is published today in the USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand.
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 For a special 30% discount, use the code ADISTA5: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 For a special 30% discount, use the code ADISTA5: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🚨 Delighted to say #SmallEarthquakes is published today in the USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand.
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 For a special 30% discount, use the code ADISTA5: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 For a special 30% discount, use the code ADISTA5: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
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.
October 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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.
📖 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 🌎
October 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📖 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 🌎
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 🎉
Congratulations to my fellow finalists, the brilliant @annahrichards.bsky.social and @shebsthewanderer.bsky.social 🎉
October 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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 🎉
Congratulations to my fellow finalists, the brilliant @annahrichards.bsky.social and @shebsthewanderer.bsky.social 🎉
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...
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
bgtw.org/awards/membe...
October 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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...
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
bgtw.org/awards/membe...
‘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...
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes reviewed so positively in The Prisma.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
theprisma.co.uk/2025/09/29/h...
October 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
‘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...
Great to see #SmallEarthquakes reviewed so positively in The Prisma.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
theprisma.co.uk/2025/09/29/h...
Last chance for sign up for the @natgeotraveluk.bsky.social travel writing masterclasses tonight 🎙️
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-master...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-master...
September 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Last chance for sign up for the @natgeotraveluk.bsky.social travel writing masterclasses tonight 🎙️
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-master...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-master...
In the new issue of @geographical.co.uk, I reviewed two brilliant books:
Moonlight Express by @monisharajesh.bsky.social, a sharp, perceptive and evocative exploration of night trains.
Cádiz by Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart, an engaging history of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited city.
Moonlight Express by @monisharajesh.bsky.social, a sharp, perceptive and evocative exploration of night trains.
Cádiz by Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart, an engaging history of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited city.
September 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In the new issue of @geographical.co.uk, I reviewed two brilliant books:
Moonlight Express by @monisharajesh.bsky.social, a sharp, perceptive and evocative exploration of night trains.
Cádiz by Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart, an engaging history of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited city.
Moonlight Express by @monisharajesh.bsky.social, a sharp, perceptive and evocative exploration of night trains.
Cádiz by Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart, an engaging history of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited city.
Happy publication day to @megaheid.bsky.social for the brilliantly titled An Inconvenience of Penguins 🎉
A killer opening chapter - looking forward to reading the rest 🐧
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
A killer opening chapter - looking forward to reading the rest 🐧
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
September 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy publication day to @megaheid.bsky.social for the brilliantly titled An Inconvenience of Penguins 🎉
A killer opening chapter - looking forward to reading the rest 🐧
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...
A killer opening chapter - looking forward to reading the rest 🐧
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...