By john burbidge
More Than Halfway To Somewhere
Collected Gems of a World Traveler
By john burbidge
More Than Halfway To Somewhere
More than just captivating and polished travel writing, this collection of insightful and nuanced tales reveals one who dares to risk, trusts the unknown, and celebrates the world’s diverse cultures and the unique individuals who comprise them.
meet the Author
John Burbidge
Articulating life’s experiences has been John Burbidge’s passion from his youngest days. The winner of school prizes for fiction and poetry, he developed a love of words that led him to become communications director for an international NGO and the author of a number of non-fiction works.
Celebrating the human spirit in individuals, communities and cultures across the world.
Other Books by John Burbidge
The Boatman
The gripping memoir of a foreign volunteer who goes to India to help others and discovers an entire part of himself he never knew existed.
Dare Me!
The acclaimed biography of an author whose audacious life and provocative writing pushed the boundaries of acceptability in 20th century Australia.
Please Forward:
The Life of Liza Tod
An extraordinary woman whose peripatetic life went from being a memsahib in British India to a celebrated fundraiser for an international NGO.
MILES TRAVELED
Countries visited
titles
Stories are often seen as the province of great authors and film writers. But life is really the great author.
The question is the articulation.
“Stories are often seen as the province of great authors and film writers. But life is really the great author.
The question is the articulation.”
– Brian Robins
Stories from Afar
Enjoy a few minutes of intrigue from Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India as John reads from The Boatman.
John reads a suspenseful excerpt from the chapter Pura Vida in More Than Halfway To Somewhere.
Stories from Afar
Enjoy a few minutes of intrigue from Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India as John reads from The Boatman.
John reads a suspenseful excerpt from the chapter Pura Vida in More Than Halfway To Somewhere.
My Writing Blog
Musings from a Writer’s Life
My Writing Blog
Musings from a
Writer’s Life
Who Would Have Thought?
Australian author Tim Winton said he had three writing desks so he could move from one project to another, depending on how each was going, be it a novel, short story or children’s book. I found myself doing something similar when working on my memoir (The Boatman)...
Confession: I’m a Westwallah!
During six years in India I grew accustomed to hearing the word ‘wallah’, whether it be a chai wallah, rickshaw wallah, or one of dozens of other trades, specialties or locations that wallah denotes. It was one of those Indian words that had seamlessly slipped into English and everyone understood it.
When I embarked on writing and publishing some years ago and was searching for a suitable name for my business, Wordswallah immediately came to mind. I was delighted when my graphic designer created a logo that not only captured the word beautifully but linked it stylistically to its Indian origins.
Who Would Have Thought?
Australian author Tim Winton said he had three writing desks so he could move from one project to another, depending on how each was going, be it a novel, short story or children’s book. I found myself doing something similar when working on my memoir (The Boatman)...
Confession: I’m a Westwallah!
During six years in India I grew accustomed to hearing the word ‘wallah’, whether it be a chai wallah, rickshaw wallah, or one of dozens of other trades, specialties or locations that wallah denotes. It was one of those Indian words that had seamlessly slipped into English and everyone understood it.
When I embarked on writing and publishing some years ago and was searching for a suitable name for my business, Wordswallah immediately came to mind. I was delighted when my graphic designer created a logo that not only captured the word beautifully but linked it stylistically to its Indian origins.