The Writer’s Map

An Atlas of Imaginary Lands
The maps they love, the maps they use, the maps that set them dreaming: this is a spellbinding compendium of writers’ thoughts on the wild landscapes of their imagination.

Maps have the power to transport us, filled as they are with wonder and possibility. Here a team of internationally acclaimed writers and illustrators share their personal insights, encompassing not only the maps that appear in their books, but also the maps that have inspired them and the sketches they create in writing.

Philip Pullman recounts a map he drew for an early novel; Robert Macfarlane reflects on his cartophilia, set off by Treasure Island; Joanne Harris tells of her fascination with Norse maps of the universe; Daniel Reeve describes working on The Hobbit films; Miraphora Mina recalls creating The Marauders Map for Harry Potter. And theres much more besides.

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