TRAVEL LITERATURE

ENGAGE, CHALLENGE & INSPIRE

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Sunshine Hotel

Michael Maine

He arrives by accident but stays because it feels like fate.
In the middle of nowhere, Sunshine Hotel rises from the desert like a mirage, alive with music, heat, and the promise of becoming someone new. For Tifa, it’s everything he’s been searching for – instant belonging, intoxicating romance, and a life that finally seems to choose him back. There’s Cass, who paints himself to pieces. Bronwyn, who knows more than she lets on. And Siggy, who makes the world feel like it’s just beginning.
But nothing at Sunshine Hotel lasts the way it should. Time slips, seasons warp, and beneath the endless summer hums something darker. While some are drawn to the light, Tifa is pulled deeper into a place that doesn’t heal what’s broken, it feeds on it.
When winter comes, it comes hard – and the past comes with it. Now, with the hotel on the brink and hidden truths clawing their way to the surface, Tifa must decide: escape the place that saved him or burn with it.
Coming Autumn 2026.
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In Search of Mount Kailash

Alex McKay

Winner of the 2025 Kekoo Naoroji Book Award for Himalayan Literature
Secluded in a remote corner of the Himalayas, Tibet's 'Mount Kailash' is the world's most widely revered mountain - and after a decade of travelling, Alex McKay hitch-hiked to Kailash in 1986 and quickly became obsessed with it. Soon after, he became an academic and published the definitive history of the sacred site and its Indian off-shoots.
In Search of Mount Kailash recounts Alex's early Himalayan travels and how he came to understand the Kailash phenomena. Along the way he meets with extraordinary scholars and devout monks, colourful spiritual masters and hospitable Maharajas, humble pilgrims and wandering shepherds - and ultimately finds an unexpected home away from home near the source of the Ganges.

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An Eastern Tailwind

Jack Few

While pedalling 3,000 miles across India, Jack Few experiences an intoxicating relationship with the country that unfolds from the open road. A burning desire to expand his connection with both humanity and travel itself leads him into unchartered territory, where the powerful interplay between beauty and chaos becomes an evocative story told straight from the heart of the country's people, spirit and rugged interior.

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Casting Caution to the Wind

Various Authors

Casting Caution to the Wind shares first-hand accounts of ten nomads traveling worldwide to revive the boldness and curiosity often lost in adulthood. Some tell tales of wayward adventures by bike, road trains or thumb. Others delve deep into life-affirming experiences and explore themes of migration, belonging, and purpose. This limited edition paperback blends heart-thumping adventure with humane musings, capturing the carefree moments that exist between home and an unknown destination on the road.

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On Vélo

Michael Maine

On Vélo chronicles Maine’s hapless bicycle trip across the English Channel with his friend Maggie, a romantic optimist “born 30 years too late”. The two concoct an ill-prepared cross-country journey into the heart of rural France in a quest for freedom and adventure, dragging their bunch of motley international friends along for the ride. Maine’s observations on humanity while smoking his way through the countryside, and the group's Beat-generation lifestyle, makes On Vélo a captivating portrayal of longing and timeless friendship in the formative years between youth and adulthood.

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Short Bus Simple

Sasha and Brent Smith

In 2017, an adventurous Australian couple had their f*ck it moment. They moved to Canada, bought a disused '98 short bus on Craigslist, and with minimal experience and funds, converted it into a mobile home. This beautiful coffee-table book is divided into two parts: the first offers a step-by-step guide on van conversions, and the second explores the couple's travel adventures across the USA and Canada, including deep dives on some of the best hiking trails, breweries, and wineries.

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