Gary Smith
Gary Smith received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University, after which he taught at Yale for seven years. He is currently the Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
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It`s just over a week before @paradesendbooks welcome @cwexplore to talk about On Thin Ice: An Explorer’s Memoir of Siberia, Surveillance and Survival.
Charlie will talk about his book and his thrilling Siberian experiences, and there will be a Q&A and a chance to get a signed copy.
🗓Friday 19th June 2026
🕡 7:00pm
📍 Parade`s End Books
🎫 £5 - Available via the link in the Parade`s End Books bio or in-store
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‘In early 2022, Charlie Walker set out to hike 600 miles along the frozen rivers of Siberia. He hoped to cut through the myth of the gulag and the permafrost to understand who its people are and how they reckon with their haunted past, as well as what the future might hold for this remote corner of our world. But on 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine, with devastating consequences. What had begun as an adventure swiftly descended into a paranoid nightmare, as Walker began to suspect he was being monitored by the Russian authorities. Shortly afterwards he was arrested and imprisoned.
On Thin Ice juxtaposes the harsh beauty of a Siberian winter with a thriller-like series of events that exposes the dark heart of Putin’s propaganda machine. It is both the extraordinary record of one man’s walk through the most inhospitable place on earth and a powerful insight into a deeply troubled – and troubling – nation.’
Happy publication day to @cwexplore and his new book On Thin Ice: An Explorer`s Memoir of Siberia, Surveillance and Survival.
`This almost insanely intrepid and dangerous trek in remotest Siberia is astonishing in itself. But it also brings invaluable experience of Russian reactions to the war against Ukraine. Altogether extraordinary` Colin Thubron, author of The Amur River
`I was hooked from the very first, chilling words. On Thin Ice reads more like a Soviet-era spy thriller than travelogue, full of derring-do, panache, but also – importantly – insight` Benedict Allen, author of Explorer
`A remarkable book... Walker is the best of guides: curious, honest, humble... It does what the best travel books should do, providing a unique and captivating insight into an utterly unknown world` Adam Weymouth, author of Lone Wolf
On Thin Ice is out now in all good bookshops and online.
A whistle stop tour of London bookshops ahead of publication day for ON THIN ICE. A few of the very fine bookshops where you can find a coveted signed copy:
@qpbooks
@britishlibraryshop
@foylesforbooks
@piccadillywaterstones
@hatchardspiccadilly
Thank you to the lovely booksellers who hosted us today! 🙏 📚 ☕️
Calling all explorers! We have an exciting event coming up at Waterstones Canterbury with @cwexplore and @joelucbarnes next week as we explore Russian from different angles with their books `On Thin Ice` and `Farewell to Russia`.
🗓Thursday 11th June 2026
🕡 6:30pm
📍 Waterstones Canterbury
🎫 Available via the link in the Elliott and Thompson bio
📖 Farewell to Russia
‘Brilliantly introduces us to faraway countries about which we should know more.’ — Tim Marshall
📖 On Thin Ice
‘This almost insanely intrepid and dangerous trek in remotest Siberia is astonishing in itself. But it also brings invaluable experience of Russian reactions to the war against Ukraine. Altogether extraordinary.’ — Colin Thubron
#FarewelltoRussia #AuthorEvent #CanterburyEvent #OnThinIce
Happy publication day to Ian Moore! Death and Deja Vu, the sixth in his Times bestselling Follet Valley Mysteries series, is available now in hardback, ebook and audio.
Richard Ainsworth moved to rural France to escape, so being voted mayor of the small town of Saint-Sauver comes as a terrible shock. Fortunately bureaucracy has its benefits and he is shipped off to a health spa to recuperate.
The Esprit de l’Air is a world-famous venue on an island fort off the west coast of France, and was chosen specifically by his business partner and bounty hunter of international repute, Valérie d’Orçay. Richard should have been prepared then.
After a dramatic first night where a bizarre and unfriendly group of guests are pitched against each other, Richard’s film-historian mind wanders. Has he seen this all before? And when the first body turns up, he knows he has…
It`s only a week to go before the release of On Thin Ice by Charlie Walker.
Exclusive, dedicated signed copies of On Thin Ice are available to pre-order now with Queen`s Park Bookshop now.
The link is here and in Charlie`s bio: https://www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/on-thin-ice-by-charlie-walker-signed
Great to see @felicityspector appearing on @siliconcurtain to discuss Bread & War and her experiences in Ukraine.
Find the full video here: https://youtu.be/4xvlFnIw_-I
On Thin Ice by Charlie Walker published this June!
ICYMI: We are delighted to announce that @louis.d.hall will be appearing at Daunts Bookshop in Marylebone in conversation with fellow travel writer @cwexplore.
Time: 19.00, Wednesday 27th May
Place: Daunts Bookshop, 84 Marylebone High Street
Price: £12.00 (including a glass of wine or soft drink)
The event will dig into Louis D. Hall’s brilliant debut In Green: a terrific travelling adventure in the style of Patrick Leigh Fermor, telling of Louis’s decision to fulfil a childhood dream inspired by Don Quixote – to make an uncharted journey on horseback. This really is a glorious piece of rich, romantic travel writing that takes the reader along old paths, into ancient villages, sharing rural homes and stables of farmers and shepherds in the Ligurian Alps, Pyrenees, Basque country and Galician coast, which also digs deep into the relationship between animal and human.
Charlie Walker will be interviewing. Charlie`s amazing new travelogue On Thin Ice: An Explorer’s Memoir of Siberia, Surveillance and Survival, will be released early, specially for this talk.
Get your tickets now: https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/louis-d-hall-in-conversation-with-charlie-walker/
✨ Could you be the new member of our team? ✨
We are on the lookout for a Marketing Executive who can support on marketing campaigns, manage our websites and lead on our social media engagement.
If you love fiction and non-fiction and are looking for a role to help you take your marketing to the next level as part of a small and friendly team, this could be the job for you!
More information at the link in our Stories or via The Bookseller jobs board.
#jobsinpublishing
#wearehiring
@septemberpublishing
@farragobooks
We were over the moon to hear that The Escape from Kabul by Karen Bartlett has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2026! @theorwellprize
A gripping story of rescue, survival and female solidarity, The Escape from Kabul is the never-before-told story of the escape of nearly 200 women and their families, thanks to a network of professional friends, female judges and lawyers from around the world, who refused to abandon them to the Taliban.
Many congratulations to all of the other finalists too - what an incredible line up of urgent and powerful titles!
#orwellprize #politicalfiction
We have an amazing line-up of events with Charlie Walker for his new book On Thin Ice: An Explorer`s Memoir of Siberia, Surveillance and Survival.
Tickets are available now. See the link below or follow the linktree in Charlie`s Insta bio. https://www.cwexplore.com/events.html
