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Author talk with Richard Madden

Sit down for a fascinating talk with award-winning travel Richard Madden, author of Great British Journeys.

  • Booking essential
  • Free event (admission applies)

Richard Madden is an award-winning travel writer and the writer, co-writer or ghostwriter of nine books including the newly-released Great British Journeys: A Bucket List of Unforgettable Trips.

Sit down with him in the intimate setting of the Brownlow Room as he discusses his life and work, answers your questions and signs copies of Great British Journeys.

Richard was The Telegraph’s Adventure Travel Editor for 10 years, is a Fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Literary Fund, and has adventured across the world including crossing the Hindu Kush and the Andes on horseback, crewing a Whitbread Round the World boat, habituating wild chimpanzees in Uganda, covering the Yukon Quest dog-sledding endurance race, cycling across America by bicycle, rafting the Franklin River in Tasmania, cross-country paragliding in Brazil, trekking the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea and skydiving with the Red Devils.

This event is part of Belton's Literary Festival.

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This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.

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Call 0344 249 1895

Meeting point

This event will take place in the Brownlow Room at Belton Estate, above the Stables Café. Please meet at the doorway by the cutlery station in the café.

Accessibility

There is a lift to the first floor where the Brownlow Room is located. Accessible parking is available and a shuttle is provided which can take you from here to the venue. A changing places facility and accessible toilets are also available on site.

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