Kate Wickers
Journalist, Travel Writer, Author
OUT NOW! My debut travel memoir, Shape of a Boy, is published by Aurum in the UK, North America, Australia & New Zealand. Available in hardback and paperback at all good booksellers:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shape-Boy-Family-lessons-places/dp/0711267189
Listed by National Geographic Traveller and Wanderlust Magazine in 'The Best Travel Books of 2022' & by The Independent in 'Nine of the Best Books to Inspire Your Next Adventure'
Featured in National Geographic Traveller;
The Times; Wanderlust Magazine;
The Daily Mail; The Globe & Mail; Italia!;
The Scotsman; The Jewish Chronicle;
Porthole Cruise & Travel; Lodestars Anthology; The Australian; The Independent;
Aspire Magazine; Family Traveller;
& Woman's Own...
Praise for Shape of a Boy....
'Anyone who has travelled with children will find this book uplifting, life-affirming and laugh-out-loud funny.'
Helen Fielding, author of Bridget Jones's Diary
'Highly entertaining, often hilarious...inspiring to all parents.'
Bel Mooney, The Daily Mail
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'Travel writing at its finest - transports you to another place. Thoughtful and moving, this is a reminder of the bonding effect travel can have on a family.'
The Scotsman
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'Well written, well-paced, well amusing. Made me lustful for wandering - even with the kids!'
Ben Aitken, author of The Gran Tour
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A whip-smart and hilariously honest how-to (and how-not-to do) parenthood on holiday. My husband should take note.
Celia Walden, author of Payday.
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'Hilarious' 'It'll give all the family itchy feet' 'Put off by having kids in tow...her overseas escapades with her three sons will make you think again.'
The Sunday Post
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'Hilarious and wonderfully fluent, Shape of a Boy makes you see each corner of the world afresh. I read it in one long, lounging read, which took me away from Covid to a vibrant world of orangutans and elephants, and a family growing together.'
Andrew Clover, author of Dad Rules
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'One page made me laugh, the next made me cry. It's incredible how Kate makes you feel like you're on this journey together...'
Katie Bowman, Editor of Family Traveller
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'All the travel I have been missing between these covers.'
Sue Moorcroft, author of A Home in the Sun
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'Funny, inspiring, tender, and a little bit bonkers, global travel with three small boys, what could possibly go wrong?'
Gil McNeil, author of The Only Boy for Me
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'Starting a family might slow down some travellers, but for the Wickers, kids have only made the adventures more fun. Every new destination provides a new lesson - and new laughs.'
Porthole Cruise & Travel Magazine