the stopping places
Damian at Port Eliot Festival
Damian Le Bas will be reading from his debut travelogue, The Stopping Places, at this year’s Port Eliot Festival. Catch him at the Walled Garden Venue on Saturday 27th...
Damian Wins Two at the Society of Authors Awards
Damian Le Bas has won both a Somerset Maugham Award and a Travelling Scholarship at the Society of Authors awards. The Somerset Maugham Award was for his debut travelogue, The...
Another longlisting for Damian Le Bas
The Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas has been longlisted for The Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing. Here is the longlist, announced on World Environment Day: Underland by...
‘Read this’ The Telegraph
“Le Bas can trace his Romany heritage back six generations, and this deeply affecting memoir of Gypsy life crackles with energy. He travels from Kent and Cornwall, up to...
Damian in Aberdeen
Damian Le Bas will be speaking at Aberdeen University on 26th May. Join him from 5PM for a reading from his travelogue, The Stopping Places, a signing, and a...
Damian Shortlisted for the Somerset Maugham Award
Damian Le Bas‘s The Stopping Places has been shortlisted for the Society of Authors’ Somerset Maugham Awards. Congratulations to Damian. See the full shortlist here. The winner will be announced at...
Damian in Penrith
Damian Le Bas will be speaking at Penrith Library on 21st May. Join him from 7PM for a reading and refreshments. Find out more and buy tickets here. Damian’s debut...
Damian in Bentworth
Damian Le Bas will be speaking at Bentworth Literary Festival in Hampshire on 18th May. Join him and other writers at 2PM at the Jubilee Hall, Bentworth. Find out...
Damian is a Sunday Times Pick of the Paperbacks
Damian Le Bas‘s The Stopping Places was featured in the “Pick of the Paperbacks” column of the Sunday Times. Pick up a copy of the latest issue to see it alongside books...
Damian in Bournemouth
Damian Le Bas will be speaking at The Crooked Bookshop in Bournemouth next week. See him reading from his travelogue, The Stopping Places, on Wednesday 8th May. The Stopping...
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