Andrea Wulf

Early bird events @hayfestival.bsky.social … I’ll be speaking about The Traveller on 30 May 2026

Last minute (panic) checking of a couple of manuscripts for THE TRAVELLER at the Goethe-Schiller-Archiv in Weimar. They have some of Forster's diaries here. Especially the one one for his hedonistic weeks in Vienna.

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So excited to share the UK cover of my forthcoming book THE TRAVELLER ... which is about a quite remarkable human being. George Forster, a man who tried to find what connects us rather than what sets us apart - he saw unity behind our diversity, not discord and division.

Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith

Brilliant Zadie Smith on the importance of culture and British Library www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Big give away - free signed copies of Invention of Nature in German, Spanish, Dutch & Italian. Chasing Venus in Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, English, Italian & Dutch. Magnificent Rebels in English, Turkish, French & Portuguese. Only UK addresses. Email or DM me. First replies get the books.

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Celebrate by reading The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by the great @andreawulf.bsky.social. A fascinating portrait.

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Paperback edition of Das Nomadische Jahrhundert! With sehr generous endorsements from the best people! Do get yours! @andreawulf.bsky.social #NomadCentury

I'm excited that “Invention of Nature” is part of @johnmurrays classic series (with Jane Austen & David Attenborough). A new edition with a brilliant foreword by the even more brilliant @MerlinSheldrake

De Van der Leeuw-Lezing wordt dit jaar gegeven door @andreawulf.bsky.social en Theunis Piersma @globalflyway.bsky.social

Ontzettend blij met deze twee fantastische sprekers/onderzoekers!

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Ah .. thank you … that’s amazing and really wonderful to hear.

Thanks for writing this book. It changed my life too--it inspired me to develop research projects with fantastic colleagues in Ecuador, and now it's fun to be on sabbatical here in Germany as a Humboldt fellow (named after AvH!). I even have a print of the naturgemälde on my office wall :).

Today, 166 years ago Alexander von Humboldt died (he was 89 years). He changed the way we think about nature (describing it as a web of life) & predicted climate change. Can't believe it's been 10 years since I published 'Invention of Nature'. It's change my life. In so many ways.

The Forgotten Father of Environmentalism Alexander von Humboldt revolutionized the Western conception of nature by describing it as an interconnected living web—and in doing so, inspired thinkers from Darwin to Thoreau.

Good to be reminded, on this sunny morning, that the naturalist and 'father of environmentalism' Alexander von Humboldt was "fueled by his love for nature and science but also by large amounts of coffee which he called 'concentrated sunshine'" - according to @andreawulf.bsky.social

I visited Tahiti on the trail of an 18th-century literary celebrity Instead of heading to Bora Bora, I discovered Polynesian culture while trailing George Forster, one of the world’s first travel journalists

Here is my first little outing of the man I’ve spent the last 4 years with … www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...

Thanks so much! Glad you also liked Caroline so much

The book cover of the English edition.

Reading many books at once, I hardly finish any. But this one was a joy; I wished it'd been longer. "Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self" by @andreawulf.bsky.social is the story of a literary 'set' and a place. But most of all it is a homage to Caroline Schelling.

1 weekend, 5 plays, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg …
Anthropolis-Marathon ... best theatre l've seen in a long time. Very topical those ancient Greeks.

Last photos … goodbye Polynesia. Loved following George Forster’s footsteps #research

A day off, snorkelling and a visit of a baby reef shark … definitely not research #GeorgeForster #FrenchPolynesia

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Raiatea is the sacred homeland of Polynesians and Taputapuatea marae is where it all began. Hobbled through it with my twisted ankle but so glad I finally saw it #research

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