The author Trevor Carolan discusses his collection of travel writing, Road Trips: Journeys in the Unspoiled World (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2020), with Joseph Planta.

Road Trips: Journeys in the Unspoiled World by Trevor Carolan (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2020). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Road Trips

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Whether you miss travelling or not, one is likely to have not done as much of it as they’d have liked in this year of COVID, one can get nostalgic for it. Even if it’s the kind of travelling that Trevor Carolan does. You can read in his latest book, Road Trips: Journeys in the Unspoiled World, fascinating, fun, evocative, sometimes nostalgic moments he’s had over the years. There are 19 essays in the book, and they are replete with memorable people and insights into different cultures. There are amazing landscapes, whether just around here in British Columbia, or in far flung places like Laos, Cuba, Portugal, India, Indonesia, Morocco, or Nepal. I’ll ask Mr. Carolan who joins me now, about what he brings with him as he travels, the way he travels, and about some of the unforgettable things he’s eaten, seen, and experienced in a lifetime of trekking through the world. The book is published by our friends at Mother Tongue Publishing, and as I tell Trevor, there are some places that I’d like to see for myself after reading the book, as well as places he’s captured so much of in his writing that I have no need to go now. Trevor Carolan started reporting for The Columbian newspaper while in high school in the late 1960s. Since then he’s visited over fifty countries, and he’s written numerous books of non-fiction, poetry, and anthologies. He’s held a number of senior arts appointments, and was even a municipal councillor in North Vancouver. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of the Fraser Valley, and received his PhD in international relations from Bond University, Queensland. He was first on the program in 2015 when he wrote The Literary Storefront: The Glory Years, Vancouver’s Literary Centre 1978-1985. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Trevor Carolan; Mr. Carolan, good morning.

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