Thursday 6 December

5pm

Tremough Campus Exchange Lecture Theatre

Philip Marsden, non-fiction author, travel writer, novelist

Philip’s work crosses the boundaries between travel writing, history and fiction. The Crossing Place: A Journey Among the Armenians, won the Somerset Maugham Award, while his account of a journey to the heart of Russia, The Spirit Wrestlers, was Thomas Cook Travel Book of the Year. The Bronski House, set in Poland, has been described as having “the sweep and passion of an epic novel at the same time as retaining the hard-edged realism of a brilliant contemporary travel book”. Philip’s most recent book, The Levelling Sea tells the story of Falmouth in the age of sail. The Telegraph wrote: “Convincing in its detail and exciting in its sweep, this portrait of a port and its people sails deep into the reader’s imagination.”

Philip’s website: http://philipmarsden.co.uk/