Julian Evans (writer)

Julian Evans (born 1955[1]) is an Australian writer and presenter.

In 1990 he left his office job to become a writer, and experienced life on the islands of the Pacific Ocean. 1992 he published Transit of Venus: Travels in the Pacific, which met with enthusiastic critical acclaim.[2] This launched him on a career as a writer of books, travel articles, essays, and radio and television documentaries on literary subjects. He is also a translator, and a reviewer for a number of newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Times Literary Supplement and Prospect.[3] His most recent full-length book was Semi-Invisible Man: the Life of Norman Lewis (2008), which was reviewed favourably;[4] Evans was an appropriate biographer for the great travel writer, as Norman Lewis had once described Evans's first book, Transit of Venus, as "far and away the best book about the Pacific of our times."[5]

Works

References

  1. Julian Evans in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  2. "Transit of Venus testimonials". julianevans.com.
  3. "Essays, Reviews". julianevans.com.
  4. Wheeler, Sara (14 June 2008). "Matinee Idol of the Travel Book". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. "Transit of Venus". Eland Books. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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