Julian Evans (writer)

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Julian Evans is an Australian writer and presenter.

In 1990 he left his office job to become a writer and spent six months travelling among the islands of the south Pacific Ocean. In 1992 he published Transit of Venus: Travels in the Pacific. [1] 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 . [2] His most recent full-length book was Semi-Invisible Man: the Life of Norman Lewis (2008), which was reviewed favourably; [3] Evans wrote about writer and adventurer Norman Lewis after he described Evans's first book, Transit of Venus, as "far and away the best book about the Pacific of our times." [4]

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References

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