Breaking Down the Travel Writing Genre
Sophy Roberts is a writer based in West Dorset. An alumni of the Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing, she is also a graduate of Oxford University and the Columbia School of Journalism. Sophy is a regular contributor on travel conservation issues to The Financial Times, among other titles. Sophy’s writing focuses on remote places, from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad, to Tajikistan and Russia. Her critically acclaimed first book, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, was published in 2020.

This seminar is open to all, no booking necessary.

Refreshments will be served from 17:00, the seminar will begin at 17:30.
Date: 9 February 2022, 17:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Hilary 2022)
Venue: The Mawby Room
Speaker: Sophy Roberts
Organising department: Department for Continuing Education
Organiser: Dr Clare Morgan (Department of Continuing Education, Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: events@kellogg.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Kellogg Centre for Creative Writing
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Penny Rudling