Laura Coffey (@laura__coffey) 's Twitter Profile
Laura Coffey

@laura__coffey

Author - Enchanted Islands | rep @jess_emolloy | Travel writer - Guardian, BBC, Times, Independent etc | Scaling tech startups | Board Advisor

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Laura Coffey (@laura__coffey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Extraordinary evening with @EmilyRCWilson whose exquisite translation of The Odyssey inspired me to write Enchanted Islands, my new book. Thank you Emily! Your translation set me on a journey... Daunt Books #booklovers #homer #bookish #books #nonfiction

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💎 What’s it like to stay at the real White Lotus hotel? 💎 Dream assignment😎 independent.co.uk/travel/europe/… #TravelGoals #WritersLife #Wanderlust #AmWriting #TravelInspiration #BookLovers #TravelWriter #AuthorOnTheGo #Storyteller #BookWritingJourney #AdventureAwaits #BookishTravels

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I'm talking on Fri 27/09 at Cambridge Festival. 🌊🏝️ explore real Mediterranean islands that inspired The Odyssey, dive into the fascinating connection between mythology and geography 🐉 sea monsters ⚡ gods & fragile masculinity 📖 #TheOdyssey #Mythology #Storytelling #Travel

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Snowy mountains! Loved writing for The Guardian thank you Jane Dunford Guardian Travel theguardian.com/travel/2024/no… #TravelInspo #WanderlustWednesday #BucketListDestinations #AdventureAwaits #ExploreTheWorld #HiddenGems #Globetrotter #NatureLover #DiscoverEarth #JetSetGo

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Delight to have my 1st piece in The Times and The Sunday Times & thanks to Liz Edwards Cathy Adams 🫶 beautiful, luxurious Slovenia & it needs tourism more than ever after catastrophic floods a couple of years ago. thetimes.com/travel/destina… #TravelInspo #AdventureAwaits

Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop (@blackwelloxford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tomorrow evening at 6pm, we'll be joined by local author Laura Coffey for a talk on her book 'Enchanted Islands' The book has been described by Stephen Fry as "Magical and Captivating" Free to attend, register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/laura-coffey…

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Excited to be in Oxford this evening talking about real-life imaginary islands, Greek myth & flawed heros - we're almost sold out but there's a few tickets left! 6pm & it's free! #Oxford #OxfordBooks #BookEvent #AuthorTalk #LiteraryOxford #OxfordReaders #BookLovers #OxfordEvents

Suroor Alikhan (@suroor_alikhan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The list of #bestbooks read in 2024 is up! Lots of good books: #fiction #travel #history #naturewriting and more. A big thank you to the contributors! talking-about-books.com/2024/11/30/the…

Laura Coffey (@laura__coffey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Absolutely delighted that Enchanted Islands has been selected on yet another Best Books of 2024 list! And in such good company! Thank you Suroor Alikhan #BestBooks2024 #BookCommunity #ReadingGoals2024 #TBR #Bookish #BookAddict #2024ReadingList #BookBuzz2024 #WinterReads

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"A beautifully written and moving book, full of light and darkness - & humour" sun-kissed travels, Greek mythology, a journey through love, grief, and finding home #Mythology #BooksToRead #BookLovers #AmReading #TravelBooks #Memoir #WomensVoices 🙏 🫶 tinyurl.com/yc8bpzay

"A beautifully written and moving book, full of light and darkness - & humour"  sun-kissed travels, Greek mythology, a journey through love, grief, and finding home #Mythology #BooksToRead #BookLovers  #AmReading #TravelBooks #Memoir #WomensVoices 🙏 🫶 tinyurl.com/yc8bpzay
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Thank you for this beautiful review of Enchanted Islands! Suroor Alikhan "This is a book I would buy for friends —it is definitely one that I will return to"#BookLovers #ReadingList #TravelMemoir #BookRecommendation #AmReading #TravelBooks #Memoir #bookish #LitLovers

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On taking my father on one last adventure before he died. Christmas can feel hard amid the merriment. sending ❤️ it’s tough for you too marieclaire.co.uk/life/grief-at-… #Bookish #Memoir #ChristmasStories #AmReading #ReadersOfTwitter #BookLovers #Bookworm #BookNerd Thanks Marie Claire

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Writing about my friends, ❤️‍🩹the Dead Dads Club❤️‍🩹 - this piece is for everyone feeling sad this Christmas 👉 marieclaire.co.uk/life/real-chri… #Bookish #Memoir #storytelling #AmReading #ReadersOfTwitter #BookLovers #Bookworm #BookNerd #GriefSupport #BooksConnectUs #EmotionalHealth #wellness

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✨ Nice to see my Enchanted Islands is in such good company William Dalrymple 😊 thank you as always Alison Lear for everything you do to help travel books find their readers! ✨

Bath Literature Festival (@bathlitfest) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Enchanted Islands by Laura Coffey is a beautifully written tale that weaves together memoir and mythology and invites us to consider the meaning of home. Myth, Memoir and the Meaning of Home Wednesday 21 May, 1pm The Mission Theatre bathfestivals.org.uk/the-bath-festi… #BathLitFest25

Enchanted Islands by Laura Coffey is a beautifully written tale that weaves together memoir and mythology and invites us to consider the meaning of home. 

Myth, Memoir and the Meaning of Home
Wednesday 21 May, 1pm
The Mission Theatre
bathfestivals.org.uk/the-bath-festi…

#BathLitFest25
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Laura Coffey Laura Coffey went on a quest to find the real-life islands that inspired the wanderings of Homer’s epic hero, Odysseus geographical.co.uk/culture/mappin…