Nick Jubber
Nick Jubber has travelled across Europe, Asia and Africa in search of the stories behind stories, whether following the tracks of a medieval physician to the Ethiopian highlands, travelling in the footsteps of a Persian poet or exploring Europe’s epic stories and fairy tales. In his latest book, Monsterland, he delves into a dozen tales of creepy beings from all over the world. He has won the Stanford/Dolman Travel Book Award and has written for the BBC, Telegraph, Guardian and Irish Times, amongst other publications.
Monsterland is a journey around the world, across a dozen countries and four continents, exploring how monsters mirror humanity’s fears and desires, how they reflect our history, and how they bring communities together. From tales of giants amongst the granite hills of Cornwall, to eerie stories about the djinn in the mountains of Morocco and a dragon parade in Bavaria, from Shinto shrines in Kyoto to Mexican homes during Day of the Dead, Monsterland delves into the dark side of the human imagination – and finds the light that it spreads around the world.