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
Frankly Speaking
When asked what draws me to writing, I’m tempted to respond: because I don’t like speaking. While this might seem trite and evasive, it points to one of the greatest struggles of my life. While not obvious to some, I have been a stammerer — albeit a covert one — from...
An earnest trier with a ready smile
Until fifth grade I was a total nonentity as a student. My report cards were good but not exceptional. No one, teachers or fellow students, paid much attention to me. But when I entered Michael Jeans’ 5A class, something radical happened. By the end of that year I...
Frankly Speaking
When asked what draws me to writing, I’m tempted to respond: because I don’t like speaking. While this might seem trite and evasive, it points to one of the greatest struggles of my life. While not obvious to some, I have been a stammerer — albeit a covert one — from...
An earnest trier with a ready smile
Until fifth grade I was a total nonentity as a student. My report cards were good but not exceptional. No one, teachers or fellow students, paid much attention to me. But when I entered Michael Jeans’ 5A class, something radical happened. By the end of that year I...