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In Conversation with Sophy Roberts | Leading Ladies webinars with Steppes Travel

Justin Wateridge, Managing Director of Steppes Travel, spoke with Sophy Roberts, British author and journalist on a recent webinar. Focusing on travel stories in remote parts of the world, Sophy has a specialists interest in literature and history, and regularly contributes to the FT Weekend. We always love speaking with Sophy and this time was no different. We hope you enjoy too. 00:00 Introduction 01:15 What drives your curiosity? What inspires you? 04:00 Connection with space 05:20 How do you decide which assignments to take? 07:30 Make use of puzzlement 09:40 How did ‘The Lost Pianos of Siberia’ come about? 16:45 A Training School For Elephants 18:30 How did your new book come about? 26:20 Grounding Truth: A Thought in the Place it Belongs 27:30 A conduit for other people’s stories 29:50 A Training School For Elephants – A contrasting journey 32:30 Talking about the human/wildlife conflict 34:50 Do you have any upcoming projects? 36:20 What do you try to get across in your writing courses? 38:30 Working with Michael Turek 40:50 Advice for travel writing 42:40 What do you read? 43:45 How do you decide who comes on your podcast? 47:45 Where next? 50:50 How do you feel about the future? 53:00 What gives you hope? #seetheworldbetter #webinar #travelwriter #travelwriting #leadingladies