Author of 'Shape of a Boy, family life lessons in far flung places' - Out Now! Journo @ The Scotsman, The Daily Mail, The Telegraph & more..
Joined March 2012
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5 Jul 2022
Hola from Costa Rica! So excited that Shape of a Boy is published in paperback today & with a vibrant new cover is screaming #SummerReading 🦩@QuartoKnows @aurumpress @Artellus @TravWriters @KatieBond1 @StanfordsTravel @TheDealBookshop #newbooks #books #booktwt #travel #family
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Kate Wickers retweeted
🥁 Announcing the BGTW Members’ Excellence Awards “Travel Feature of the Year – UK” finalists, presented by
Hyatt Place London City East
👏 Congratulations to @adrianphillips1, @JT_Travels, & @KateWickers!
🏆revealed at 3 November's gala: bgtw.org/gala
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🥁 Announcing the BGTW Members’ Excellence Awards finalists for “Sustainability Feature of the Year”, partnered with @VisitScotland.
👏 Congratulations to members @BordersofAdv, Tristan & @KateWickers!
🏆revealed on 3 November at our gala; tickets: bgtw.org/gala
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Meet the @TravWriters:
@KateWickers is an award-winning contributor to The Telegraph, Daily Mail, JRNY, The Ethicalist, Family Traveller, Lodestars Anthology, Tonic, & others.
She’s also the author of best-selling travel memoir, Shape of a Boy:
katewickers.com
#BGTW
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Huge 👏👏👏 for @TravWriters member @KateWickers for winning the Consumer Magazine Feature of the Year Print/Online, Latin America & The Caribbean at the @InspireGlobal_ Media Awards with her Dances with Wolves story on Brazil’s Cerrado for @EthicalistMag!
issuu.com/theethicalist/docs…
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🤞 & 👏 to @TravWriters finalists @AlexOuthwaite @StuartForster @no_fixed_plans @Emma_Gregg @claireboobbyer @mary_novakovich @CarolineMills99
@kirstenjh @KateWickers @AndeanImaging @UKTravelWriter @antoniawindsor @AshBhardwaj @worldlyadventur @ShafikMeghji event.inspireglobal.travel/f…
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Kate Wickers retweeted
19 Mar 2025
Great to see @KateWickers up for three awards at the @InspireGlobal Media Awards 2025 for travel stories that celebrate positive impact travel!
Her article about #Colombia in the Daily Mail was a brilliant introduction to this South American marvel:
dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic…
Good luck to @travwriters member @katewickers who has been shortlisted in three categories in the Inspire Global Media Awards, which celebrate Positive impact storytelling.
Last year, Kate won three awards for stories about Puglia and Colombia!
#IMGAs #positiveimpactstorytelling
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19 Mar 2025
Aw, thanks @TravWriters for this very lovely post. I’m very excited to be shortlisted for three! @InspireGlobal_
Good luck to @travwriters member @katewickers who has been shortlisted in three categories in the Inspire Global Media Awards, which celebrate Positive impact storytelling.
Last year, Kate won three awards for stories about Puglia and Colombia!
#IMGAs #positiveimpactstorytelling
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Kate Wickers retweeted
12 Mar 2025
Fab night of Latin America travel talk at the @latauk Parliamentary Reception in the Palace of Westminster, yesterday, with a good turn out by #travwriters, LatAm diplomats, @RATW_official royalty, & lots of passionate travel pals.
Great work being done by the @latafoundation!
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10 Sep 2024
Well, this has made my day. Thank you @paulrstafford
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Kate Wickers retweeted
18 Jun 2024
Thank you to @KateWickers for donating copies of her book!
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14 May 2024
Wow! Thank you @hellomag for featuring Shape of a Boy as your book of the week in the May 20 issue (out today) @Artellus @TheQuartoGroup @darrylsam @KatieBond1 @aurumpress @TravWriters #books #travel #familytravel #humour #lifelessons #shapeofaboy #travelwriter
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Huge congratulations to @KateWickers for winning two awards at the @Inspire__Global media awards this week for her article in JRNY magazine including Consumer Magazine Feature of the Year. 🎉🎉
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17 Apr 2024
So happy to have three wins at the @Inspire__Global Media Awards: Puglia @JrnYmag (Consumer Magazine Feature UK & Europe, and Best Overall), and Colombia @EthicalistMag (Consumer Feature Online Americas & Caribbean) #IMGAs #positiveimpactstorytelling @TravWriters #writing #awards
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Kate Wickers retweeted
17 Apr 2024
Congrats to all amazing @TravWriters winners at last nights @Inspire__Global #MediaAwards #IGMAs #PositiveImpactStorytelling #PositiveImpactTourism @ShafikMeghji @Emma_Gregg @KateWickers @no_fixed_plans @PassportAndPix An amazing evening @RCEventsLondon #maketravelmatter
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Kate Wickers retweeted
25 Mar 2024
What a lovely gift from @KateWickers - thank you so much!
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Kate Wickers retweeted
21 Nov 2023
Our latest @SilentBookClub reading list is downright delectable, including works by Wiley Cash, @RevRichardColes, Négar Djavadi (@NegDjav), @FaithErinHicks, André Picard (@picardonhealth), @KateWickers more ... tinyurl.com/4kcpvkw7 #SilentBookClub
ALT Silent book club member Vicki (that's me) on-screen, getting ready for a zoom meeting, with a stack of books, including The Fraud by Zadie Smith, next to her computer
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Kate Wickers retweeted
Congratulations to members shortlisted for the prestigious Travel Writer of the Year award in the BGTW Members' Excellence Awards, sponsored by @VisitScotland: @FullerloveHeidi, Ben Lerwill, @adrianphillips1, @itsjamesstewart, @jessicagvincent & @KateWickers ✨ #bgtwawards2023
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4 Oct 2023
So chuffed to be shortlisted for Travel Writer of the Year in the British Guild of Travel Writer’s Awards for stories on Puglia in JRNY; Gorilla tracking in Family Traveller; Truffle hunting in Italia!; Monteverde in The Scotsman @TravWriters @JrnYmag @ItaliaMag @familytraveller
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24 Sep 2023
A little something I wrote for #WorldGorillaDay : Adventure of a Lifetime: The Best Places To See Gorillas in the Wild on The Ethicalist theethicalist.com/best-place…
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Kate Wickers retweeted
6 Sep 2023
🚨 BOOK OF THE MONTH 🚨
Author @KateWickers recommends this month's book!
See what she chose & buy your copy here...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/book-o…
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