Kate Wills on solo travel and baring her soul in print

The Sunday Salon with Alice-Azania Jarvis

If you’re feeling a little cooped up after a year in lockdown, then this is the episode for you. Kate Wills is a travel writer and columnist and the author of A Trip of One's Own: Hope, heartbreak and why travelling solo could change your life. I absolutely gobbled up this book - not just because Kate has such a warm, easygoing writing style but also because of what’s in it: a totally addictive combination of memoir, advice and history. The book starts just as Kate has called time on her marriage, and decides to embark on a prolonged period of solo adventure. While doing so, she seeks inspiration - and comfort - from the solo voyages of women who’ve come before her. We learn about them, but also about Kate herself as she rebuilds a new life, navigating a new relationship, reflecting on old ones (including her difficult past with her mother) and assuming a new role and identity (you’ll see what I mean when you hear the interview). Oh and if you’ve ever wanted to travel alone but haven’t been sure where to start, she has plenty of tips on that too. She was so brilliant to talk to - and I hope you enjoy hearing her as much as I did.

Buy the book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-trip-of-ones-own/kate-wills/9781788704304

Edited by Chelsey Moore