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Alone on a remote mountaintop one dark night, a woman hears a mysterious voice.Propelled by the memory and after years of dreaming about it, Jini Reddy dares to delve into the 'wanderlands' of Britain, heading off in search of the magical in the landscape.A London journalist with multicultural roots and a perennial outsider, she determinedly sets off on this unorthodox path. Serendipity and her inner compass guide her around the country in pursuit of the Other and a connection to Britain's captivating natural world. Where might this lead? And if you know what it is to be Othered yourself, how might this colour your experiences? And what if, in invoking the spirit of the land, 'it' decides to make its presence felt?Whether following a 'cult' map to a hidden well that refuses to reveal itself, attempting to persuade a labyrinth to spill its secrets, embarking on a coast-to-coast pilgrimage or searching for a mystical land temple, Jini depicts a whimsical, natural Britain.
About the Author
Jini Reddy is a freelance author and writer. Wanderland, her new book published by Bloomsbury Books, is out now, in the UK. It has just been longlisted for the Wainwright Prize, 2020. The prize celebrates the best in nature writing. Her first, Wild Times was published in 2016. It won the book prize at the British Guild of Travel Writers Awards 2017 and was a finalist at the Travel Media Awards 2017. She has also contributed to Winter, a best-selling anthology edited by Melissa Harrison and published by Elliott and Thompson. She has been a been a journalist for many years, specialising in travel and features. Her byline has appeared in The Guardian, The Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Times, Sunday Times Style, the Financial Times, the Independent, TIME magazine, National Geographic Traveller, Geographical, Psychologies, Resurgence and the Ecologist and countless other publications, both print and online. Recently Reddy was named one of National Geographic's Women of Impact. Reddy was born in Wimbledon, London and grew up in Montreal, Quebec to Indian parents who were raised in apartheid-era South Africa. She received her B.A in Geography from Canada's oldest university, McGill, in Montreal and my M.A. in English Literature at Avignon University in France. She also has a diploma in French Languages and Literature from Aix Marseille University and I studied Journalism at the London College of Communications. She started her career in book publishing, at Penguin Books. Following stints in Hong Kong, Provence and Tbilisi, she now lives in South West London.
