The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands
£23.70£28.50 (-17%)
Photography & Illustrated Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2019
Maps can transport us, they are filled with wonder, the possibility of real adventure and travels of the mind. This is an atlas of the journeys that writers make, encompassing not only the maps that actually appear in their books, but also the many maps that have inspired them and the sketches that they use in writing. For some, making a map is absolutely central to the craft of shaping and telling their tale. A writer’s map might mean also the geographies they describe, the worlds inside books that rise from the page, mapped or unmapped, and the realms that authors inhabit as they write. Philip Pullman recounts a map he drew for an early novel; Robert Macfarlane reflects on his cartophilia, set off by Robert Louis Stevenson and his map of Treasure Island; Joanne Harris tells of her fascination with Norse maps of the universe; Reif Larsen writes about our dependence on GPS and the impulse to map our experience; Daniel Reeve describes drawing maps and charts for The Hobbit trilogy of films; Miraphora Mina recalls creating ‘The Marauder’s Map’ for the Harry Potter films; David Mitchell leads us to the Mappa Mundi by way of Cloud Atlas and his own sketch maps. And there’s much more besides.
Amidst a cornucopia of images, there are maps of the world as envisaged in medieval times, as well as maps of adventure, sci-fi and fantasy, maps from nursery stories, literary classics, collectible comics – a vast range of genres.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1st edition (4 Oct. 2018) |
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| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 256 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 9780500519509 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0500519509 |
| Dimensions | 21 x 30 cm |
by Karen Brown
Fabulous book my grandson always has his nose stuck in it he’s 12 very heavy book full of all sorts great value for money
by CTT
Bought as a gift but looks a lovely book, amazing pictures and detail.
by Martin C.
Monster of a book…. in character (and also in weight!) Beautifully produced. Some sparkling images. All good, especially at Amazon’s reduced price.
by María P.
Very nice book. I can read and know more about the literary maps, and it is more interesting!
by The stainless steel rat
This is a beautiful book. I’ve always loved maps and imaginary ones are so much better than the OS map 112 covering Scunthorpe. Like a lot of people I was hooked as a child with the 100 acre wood and middle earth, both of which are in this volume along with many others I have not seen. I have to say I think the Fantasy Genre is a bit underrepresented given the fact that every house brick sized epic of the past 30 years has had it’s map at the beginning but overall it is a lovely book for dipping in and out of when the moment presents. Just don’t use any of them for navigational purposes.
by M. D. S. Hamilton
Fascinating book that weaves real and historic maps with imaginary ones and is filled with comments from authors and how real maps from the Mappa Mundi onwards gave them inspiration for their imaginary maps and stories. I enjoyed reading this and see the many images of real and imaginary maps.
by Sean
This really is an impressive book and such content for the price. Bought this for my daughter for her degree in English and creative writing. Full of wonderful illustrated maps from the simple sketch, to the elaborate with fine detail. Truly a world of maps to fuel the imagination.
by Evan Carlinsmith
The Writer’s Map, An Atlas if Imaginary Lands is a wonderful treasure of inspiration for any illustrator or writer. This book explores the method of using imaginary maps to create the world of fiction that the author’s characters exist in. It’s full of fascinating creative processes and techniques to creating either imaginary maps and creative cartography or as method for writing a creating stories.