News and Events — Jini Reddy

Press and Events

Radio& TV:

BBC World Service - Compass: Under the Canopy
BBC Radio 3 Words and Music (Women Walking)
BBC Radio 3 The Verb (The Walk)
BBC Springwatch’s ‘Out to Lunch’ show with Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin 29.5.20

Awards:

Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year! 4.2.21
Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, 2020
Shortlisted for Outdoor Book of the Year, Great Outdoors Awards, 2020

Exhibitions:

I was commissioned by The South Bank Centre to write five texts on the theme of ‘Winter Light’ as part of their free outdoor Winter Light Exhbition. The exhibition ran from Dec 20- March ‘21.

I contributed words to the Global Garden, at the Royal Botanic Gardens Travel the World at Kew exhibition, which ran from July till October of 2020

‘Best’ Lists:

Leading US magazing Outside, includes Wanderland among its 8 Best Adventure Travel Books of 2020, as chosen by authors.
National Geographic includes Wanderland among its 12 Best Travel Books of 2020
Wanderland is included in The Eastern Eye’s Best Books of 2020
Wanderlust magazine includes Wanderland in its Best Travel Books of 2020
The Financial Times includes Wanderland in its list of best mid-year books for 2020

Newspapers:

Wanderland an ‘Essential Read’ in Sunday Times (Travel section) 8.11.20
Mita Mistry reviews Wanderland for the Eastern Eye, 9.20
Wanderland reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement 4.8.20
Wanderland feature in Daily Telegraph 29.7.20 (longer version online.)
Mail on Sunday reviews Wanderland 7.6. 20
My Guardian Books feature - on diversity and nature and travel writing. 5.20
Wanderland in the Sunday Express ‘S’ magazine, 17.5.20
The Herald Scotland reviews Wanderland 16.5.20
Scotland’s Sunday Post interview, published 17.5.20
An edited extract of the book is in the ipaper this week. It ran in the print edition on 12.5.20
Wanderland gets a mention in Telegraph Travel Books page, 9.5.20
Jude Rogers reviews Wanderland in The Observer 26.4. 20
I was interviewed for the Eastern Eye, 30.4.20
Full-page feature for the book in the Metro! 20 April ‘20
Wanderland in the Independent, 2.4.20 part of a round-up of authors
A mention in an i-paper piece on the Wainwright Prize and the ‘golden age’ of nature writing
Book mentioned in Telegraph Weekend feature on the boom in British nature writing

Magazines (print and digital:)

Wanderland features in India’s Scroll.in, in a round-up of ‘Fifteen books with which to travel through nature, when a journey out is impossible’.
National Geographic’s Six New Books Inspired by the Natural World
My book blog for The Bookseller, Oct ‘20
Self-penned ‘Notes from an author’ feature in National Geographic Traveller, Sept ‘20
Wanderland features in Best non-fiction reads for August, Geographical magazine
Best summer books Waitrose Weekend
Bookanista review
Wanderland included in
Conde Nast Traveller: 15 Travel Books by Writers of Colour
‘Jini in Wanderland’, interview in Outdoor Swimmer, July ‘20.
Resurgence & The Ecologist magazine reviews Wanderland, July/Aug ‘20
The Lady features a review by Stephanie Cross
Wanderlust magazine features Wanderland in its book pages
Pebble magazine – Wanderland feature and interview
BBC Wildlife review
A review in Brown Girl Magazine
Wanderland reviewed in Countryfile magazine
Book feature in Resurgence and Ecologist
Feature in Psychologies magazine,
Time and Leisure magazine, Apr’ 20.
’Jini in Wanderland’ piece
Rewilding Reads in Simple Things magazine features Wanderland April 20
Interview in Kindred Spirit magazine
Book in Darling Magazine

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