About the Book:

A hilarious journey with acclaimed travel writer Jamie Lafferty as he travels to find all eighteen species of penguin, on the way encountering some of the most difficult landscapes known to humanity. With cameos from Shackleton and Darwin as he digs into humanity's relationship with this much-loved bird, this book is both a biography of the penguin and a love letter to it.

About the Author:

Jamie Lafferty is a regular contributor to the Sunday Times, Financial Times and National Geographic Traveller, while his work has also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Telegraph and BBC Travel. He has been nominated for over twenty awards in the travel writing industry, winning Travel Writer of the Year at the Travel Media Awards in 2020 and Specialist Travel Writer of the Year at the TravMedia Awards in April 2023. When he's not travelling, he lives in Glasgow.