Read Adventurously this Summer with Kira Salak’s Extreme-Travel Memoirs

Dear Readers,

We are thrilled to announce the release of our beautifully repackaged editions of PEN Award winning journalist Kira Salak’s inspiring travel memoirs, Four Corners: A Journey into Papua New Guinea and The Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles to Timbuktu. In Four Corners, Kira Salak was the first woman ever to traverse Papua New Guinea alone, encountering a slew of interesting characters from cannibals to guerrilla leaders, all while facing incessant harassment from men who simply cannot fathom why a woman would travel without a male companion. In The Cruelest Journey, Kira Salak became the first person in the world to single-handedly kayak the six-hundred miles up the Niger River to Timbuktu—“the golden city of the Middle Ages” and fabled “doorway to the end of the world.” Written with electrifying detail that brings these previously impenetrable landscapes to life, Salak’s memoirs combine the lyricism of a seasoned prose writer with the audacious spirit of a daredevil, perfect for travel aficionados and novices alike.

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About the Author

Kira Salak is a decorated journalist, having previously won the PEN Award in Journalism, National Geographic Emerging Explorer Award, the Lowell Thomas Gold Award (several times), the AWP Prague Fellowship Award in Nonfiction, and the Writer’s at Work/Utah Arts Council Fellowship Award in Nonfiction. She is also a prolific writer, having previously published three books, The Cruelest Journey, The White Mary (her first novel), and Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea (a New York Times Notable Travel Book). Her work has been published in both the Best American Travel Writing and Best American Fiction anthologies. She often writes articles for National Geographic, The Washington Post, and The New York Times Magazine. She is the first woman to kayak 600 miles on the Niger River, and the first woman to travel through Papua New Guinea alone. She lives with her husband and daughter, but is currently traveling alone to an undisclosed location for her next work of nonfiction.

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Events for Andri Snær Magnason, Author of 'The Casket of Time'

Restless Books is excited to announce the schedule for author Andri Snær Magnason’s 2019 tour for The Casket of Time. Winner of both The Icelandic Literary Prize for Children and Young People’s Books and The Icelandic Booksellers Prize for Best Teenage Book of the Year, The Casket of Time has already been published in over 10 languages. This fantastical tale of time travel and environmental calamity is guaranteed to entrance and delight young readers. Other works by Reykjavik-based author Andri Snær Magnason have already won a Philip K. Dick Special Citation, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire in France, “Novel of The Year” in Iceland, and an Icelandic Literary Award. We’re excited to see what lies ahead for Andri this year, and we hope you can join us at one of the following events!

Apr 9, 2019, 2:30 PM: Salisbury University (Salisbury, MD)

Apr 16, 2019, 7pm: House of Speakeasy (New York, NY)

Apr 19, 2019, 3 PM: University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

May 3, 2019, 4 PM: Global Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

May 4, 2019, 2 PM: Wild Rumpus (Minneapolis, MN)

May 5, 2019, 3 PM: Taste of Iceland event with Rain Taxi (Minneapolis, MN)

May 7, 2019, 7 PM: Scandinavia House with Bjarke Ingels (New York, NY)

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer, born in Reykjavik on the 14th of July 1973. Andri has written novels, poetry, plays, short stories, essays and films. He studied Icelandic literature at the University of Iceland. His novel LoveStar got a Philip K. Dick Special Citation, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire in France, and “Novel of the year” in Iceland. The Story of the Blue Planet was the first children’s book to receive the Icelandic Literary Award and has been published or performed in 35 countries. The Story of the Blue Planet received the Janusz Korczak Honorary Award in Poland 2000. Andri has collaborated with various artists. He has been active in the fight for preserving the nature of Iceland. His book Dreamland: A Self Help Manual for a Frightened Nation takes on these issues and has sold more than 20,000 copies in Iceland. He co directed Dreamland, a feature-length documentary film based on the book. Footage from and an interview with Andri can be seen in the Oscar Award winning documentary Inside Job by Charles Ferguson. His most recent book, The Casket of Time, has now been published in about 10 languages and was nominated as the best fantasy book in Finland 2016, along with books by Ursula K. le Guin and David Mitchell. Andri Snær lives in Reykjavík with his wife Margrét, four children, and a dog.