Tom Parfitt
@parfitt_tom
Non-fiction writer about people, places, belonging. Author of the memoir High Caucasus, http://geni.us/highcaucasus. Journalism @thetimes on Russia etc.
Really looking forward to interviewing Howard Amos about his exquisitely-observed and searching book "Russia Starts Here" tomorrow - do join us, some tickets left!
If you're in London on Thursday, please do consider coming to hear me speak at @Pushkin_House - I'll be talking about my book 'Russia Starts Here' with the wonderful writer & journalist @parfitt_tom. Tickets here: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…
Sadly, I’m already committed that evening, but if you’re free, do go along to @Pushkin_House for this: @howardamos has written a great book and he and @parfitt_tom are fine storytellers and nuanced observers of Russia
Join us for the first author talk of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2025! @howardamos and @parfitt_tom will discuss “Russia Starts Here” – a nuanced, anthropological exploration of modern Russia through the prism of Pskov Region. pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…
Delighted to be chairing this talk with Howard Amos in London on June 5 about his brilliant book, Russia Starts Here. Please join us! Details/tickets: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…
Excited to announce our Book Prize events! 📍5 Jun: @howardamos & @parfitt_tom 📍10 Jun: @DrRadchenko & @GulnazSharaf 📍13 Jun: @ArchTait and Stephen Dalziel 📍16 Jun: @BenjaminNathans & @martinbright 📍18 Jun: Donald Rayfield & Ekaterina Schulmann Stay tuned - more to come!
Big crowd in Norwich last night for @RobGMacfarlane talking about the galvanising power of accepting waterways and forests as conscious beings, deserving of rights, just as many indigenous people experience them. Separate bravo to co-hosts @patrick_barkham and the Wensum!
This is brilliant. Come and listen to Rob in person at Epic Studios, Norwich, next Monday... norwichartscentre.co.uk/event/green-sh…
Hello — Is A River Alive? has been adapted as Radio 4’s Book of the Week next week. Five episodes, read by me—& we’ve folded in field recordings & some beautiful Max Richter music. First episode, Anima, broadcasts tomorrow at 11.45am. You can listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Attention e-readers! My memoir High Caucasus is available from today for a limited time for £0.99! amazon.co.uk/High-Caucasus-…
Iain Pears’s latest book is non-fiction and it’s wonderful. My review is in today’s Sunday Times @timesculture @TheTimesBooks thetimes.com/article/00d664…
"I would venture to say he’s now one of the five or six best known writers to have emerged from Russia and the Soviet Union in the twentieth century." fivebooks.com/best-books/vas…
I know now I will also add High Caucasus to my Best of 2025 book list! It is an exquisitely well-written book that tells the remarkable story of journalist @parfitt_tom's perilous 1,000-mile trek from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea to help him find peace after witnessing the…
NEW We asked judge Tom Parfitt to talk us through the six-book shortlist for the title of Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year fivebooks.com/best-books/bes… Cc. @parfitt_tom, @stanfordstravel, @noosarowiwa, @herdyshepherd1, @clarammond, @tchesshyre, @phoebersmith, @jeffyoungwriter
A "haunting, piercingly perceptive account of one of Europe’s least-known provinces" - another stellar review of @howardamos's new book, Russia Starts Here: thetimes.com/culture/books/…
So glad to endorse this brilliant new book - please buy, you won't regret it!
"An exquisitely observed and subtle portrait of a key region of Russia which throws light on the character of the country as a whole... brimming with humanity and insight" - Tom Parfitt (@parfitt_tom)
Finished #HighCaucasus by @parfitt_tom (pub. @headlinepg) Hugely enjoyable and, for anyone interested in an outsider’s experience of #Chechnya #Georgia #Ingushetia #Ossetia & #Russia, a very timely read. A reminder that borders are never set in stone.
I'm not on here often (you'll find me at the blue place), but I had just to say how much I enjoyed reading High Caucasus by @parfitt_tom. Utter compelling, and an immensely worthy @StanfordsTravel nominee for best travel book last year.