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Today, we\u2019re absolutely thrilled to be sharing an interview with writer extraordinaire, Jules Brown. Jules is an experienced travel writer and long-time Rough Guide author. His career stretches back over 30 years, and has lasted so long that he tells us that he has now lost count of the number of features he has written for publishers, newspapers, magazines and websites, not to mention the number of guidebooks that he has written! Most recently, he’s celebrating the launch of his newest book – Never Pack an Ice-Axe: Tales From a Travel Writer\u2019s Life – which has a number of tales from Italy to enjoy!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Over to Jules…<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Tell us a bit about your background, where you grew up etc\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I was born in Ghana in West Africa (my father was a teacher there) but grew up in Huddersfield, a small town in Yorkshire in northern England. They are both unheralded places, the sort of places people leave as soon as they have a chance, and in a way \u2013 after 30-odd years of travel \u2013 I’m still looking for a place to call home. All my travel writing reflects this I think \u2013 a search for somewhere to hang my hat.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

You were a keen writer from an early age. What inspired you to write?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I’ve always been a reader and a writer. And Dad travelled a lot for his work, so I grew up around books and the idea that travel could be a career choice. Or I just didn\u2019t want a proper job \u2013 I suspect that\u2019s closer to the truth. I published my first travel feature in the local newspaper in 1986 \u2013 got paid the princely sum of \u00a312.50 \u2013 and followed that up with my first book for Rough Guides. They sent me to Scandinavia, where I lived off shrimp paste and rye crackers for three months. My next book, though, was Sicily and it was suddenly \u2013 hello travel!<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

You have been a Rough Guide writer for a number of years but, more recently, seem to have taken a more personal approach to travel writing. Is this a fair observation? How do you see your writing has changed over the years?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I wrote guidebooks for thirty years and \u2013 expecting no violins here, don\u2019t worry \u2013 after a while, it gets a bit dull, always going back to the same places and checking bus timetables and restaurant opening hours. I started a blog, where I could write more personal stories about my travels and, the more I wrote, the more I realised that I had material for all sorts of books. So now I write travel memoirs, based on my stories and experiences, as well as funny travel books \u2013 like Not Cool: Europe by Train in a Heatwave, which recounts my steamy adventures (steady on, not that kind) backpacking and Interrailing around Europe. I finished off that book with the amazing ride over the Alps from Switzerland to Milan on the Bernina Express.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What are you working on at the moment?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I have just released the second volume of travel memoirs \u2013 Never Pack an Ice-Axe: Tales From a Travel Writer\u2019s Life. That\u2019s got stories in it about my first trip to Sicily and about my quest to find the best pizza in Naples (and, therefore, the world, no arguments).<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I\u2019m also planning a book on my travels in Ghana with my parents, and \u2013 depending on travel restrictions \u2013 will be heading off by train in 2022 on another, doubtless calamitous, adventure.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I am guessing your favourite place in Italy is Sicily? Am I right?!! If not, then where is your favourite place? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sicily was really the first place in Italy I experienced \u2013 I lived there for six months in 1988, researching the first edition of the Rough Guide to Sicily. Naturally, after that I thought that all of Italy was like Sicily, so it\u2019s come as a bit of a shock over the last 30 years to discover how different Sicily is from the rest of the country. It\u2019s that difference that really excites me \u2013 Greek temples, couscous, Norman chapels, Byzantine mosaics, Arabic street-lay-outs, Roman mosaics, Baroque cities, all on the same small island in a sparkling sea.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I love Rome too. Obviously, my mother chose to give me a Roman dictator\u2019s name, so I like to go back often and see how my people are doing.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Where in Italy do you have your sights set on next?<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I\u2019ve seen far more of the south than I have of the north, which means I\u2019ve been to obscure villages in Basilicata and Puglia but have never done the whole Tuscany and Umbria thing, so that\u2019s on my list. The one city that really intrigues me is Trieste, which doesn\u2019t sound it\u2019s in Italy at all, and I really want to visit Verona. And Paestum. And I\u2019ll keep going back to Rome and Sicily for as long as they\u2019ll have me.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What are the most important pieces of advice you tend to share with those travelling to Italy?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Yes, you can park there, on the double yellow lines\/hospital emergency entrance\/runway, don\u2019t worry it about it. Pasta is a starter, chicken doesn\u2019t count as meat, ice cream is for breakfast too. Oh, and don\u2019t argue with the waiter, if he says those two things don\u2019t go together on a pizza you\u2019ll have to just give in. Travel by train if you can, it\u2019s a brilliant and cheap way to get around. Take earplugs. And practice your shouting, sorry ‘talking at an entirely appropriate volume for buying a stamp \/ greeting a friend \/ talking to a policeman’.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Want to hear more from Jules? Then have a read of an extract from his book Takaoradi to the Stars (via Huddersfield) where he discovers the wonderful joys of being alone on Alicudi<\/a>, one of Sicily’s many islands. Or, even better, enjoy a read of one of his books or sign up his mailing list to enjoy a complimentary e-book: https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/c6c245ce944c\/takoradi-travel-club-giveaway<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Don\u2019t Eat the Puffin: Tales From a Travel Writer\u2019s Life<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Never Pack an Ice-Axe: Tales From a Travel Writer\u2019s Life<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Not Cool: Europe by Train in a Heatwave<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, we\u2019re absolutely thrilled to be sharing an interview with writer extraordinaire, Jules Brown. Jules is an experienced travel writer and long-time Rough Guide author. His career stretches back over 30 years, and has lasted so long that he tells us that he has now lost count of the number of features he has written for publishers, newspapers, magazines and websites, not to mention the number of guidebooks that he has written! Most recently, he’s celebrating the launch of his newest book – Never Pack an Ice-Axe: Tales From a Travel Writer\u2019s Life – which has a number of tales from Italy to enjoy! Over to Jules… Tell us a bit about your background, where you grew up etc\u2026 I was born in Ghana in West Africa (my father was a teacher there) but grew up in Huddersfield, a small town in Yorkshire in northern England. They are both unheralded places, the sort of places people leave as soon as they have a chance, and in a way \u2013 after 30-odd years of travel \u2013 I’m still looking for a place to call home. All my travel writing reflects this I think \u2013 a search for somewhere to hang my hat. You were a keen writer from an early age. What inspired you to write? I’ve always been a reader and a writer. And Dad travelled a lot for his work, so I grew up around books and the idea that travel could be a career choice. Or I just didn\u2019t want a proper job \u2013 I suspect that\u2019s closer to the truth. I published my first travel feature in the local newspaper in 1986 \u2013 got paid the princely sum of \u00a312.50 \u2013 and followed that up with my first book for Rough Guides. They sent me to Scandinavia, where I lived off shrimp paste and rye crackers for three months. My next book, though, was Sicily and it was suddenly \u2013 hello travel! You have been a Rough Guide writer for a number of years but, more recently, seem to have taken a more personal approach to travel writing. Is this a fair observation? How do you see your writing has changed over the years? I wrote guidebooks for thirty years and \u2013 expecting no violins here, don\u2019t worry \u2013 after a while, it gets a bit dull, always going back to the same places and checking bus timetables and restaurant opening hours. I started a blog, where I could write more personal stories about my travels and, the more I wrote, the more I realised that I had material for all sorts of books. So now I write travel memoirs, based on my stories and experiences, as well as funny travel books \u2013 like Not Cool: Europe by Train in a Heatwave, which recounts my steamy adventures (steady on, not that kind) backpacking and Interrailing around Europe. I finished off that book with the amazing ride over the Alps from Switzerland to Milan on the Bernina Express. What are you working on at the moment? I have just released the second volume of travel memoirs \u2013 Never Pack an Ice-Axe: Tales From a Travel Writer\u2019s Life. That\u2019s got stories in it about my first trip to Sicily and about my quest to find the best pizza in Naples (and, therefore, the world, no arguments). I\u2019m also planning a book on my travels in Ghana with my parents, and \u2013 depending on travel restrictions \u2013 will be heading off by train in 2022 on another, doubtless calamitous, adventure. I am guessing your favourite place in Italy is Sicily? Am I right?!! If not, then where is your favourite place? Sicily was really the first place in Italy I experienced \u2013 I lived there for six months in 1988, researching the first edition of the Rough Guide to Sicily. Naturally, after that I thought that all of Italy was like Sicily, so it\u2019s come as a bit of a shock over the last 30 years to discover how different Sicily is from the rest of the country. It\u2019s that difference that really excites me \u2013 Greek temples, couscous, Norman chapels, Byzantine mosaics, Arabic street-lay-outs, Roman mosaics, Baroque cities, all on the same small island in a sparkling sea. I love Rome too. Obviously, my mother chose to give me a Roman dictator\u2019s name, so I like to go back often and see how my people are doing. Where in Italy do you have your sights set on next? I\u2019ve seen far more of the south than I have of the north, which means I\u2019ve been to obscure villages in Basilicata and Puglia but have never done the whole Tuscany and Umbria thing, so that\u2019s on my list. The one city that really intrigues me is Trieste, which doesn\u2019t sound it\u2019s in Italy at all, and I really want to visit Verona. And Paestum. And I\u2019ll keep going back to Rome and Sicily for as long as they\u2019ll have me. What are the most important pieces of advice you tend to share with those travelling to Italy? 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