Mark Johanson

Some big news! My first book, Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert, was released today in hardcover by Rocky Mountain Books. It’s available in North America, Europe, Australia and beyond, and you can look for it now on Amazon or via your local bookstore (a🧵)

📷 Ever wonder how travel journalists discover those hidden gems? Mark Johanson reveals how he finds untold stories in “flyover countries” that fascinate him. Listen now on #MediainMinutes @MarkOnTheMap communicationsredefined.com/champagne-and-…

Guna Yala, Panama, is incredible. But by 2050, it might be gone. For @AFARmedia, @MarkOnTheMap shares how Indigenous stewards are protecting the culture of these disappearing islands: afar.com/magazine/how-i… #longreads @Longreads

We looooove a good travel book roundup! Check out '12 of the best books to inspire your next trip' from @NatGeo – including Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert by @MarkOnTheMap 🇨🇱 nationalgeographic.com/.../best-trave…

On @radiohannah's TRE in The Afternoon from 16.00CET, @graemedonald on words & expressions relating to alcohol, @MarkOnTheMap's 'Mars on Earth:Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert', and @Stefanie_Powers on her career, 45th anniversary of Hart to Hart, recent U.N. honour + WHWF

I recently sat down with @AFARmedia for a Q&A about my new book, Mars on Earth, looking at what it's like to travel in the driest inhabited place on earth, how to find serendipity on the road & the mind-warping appeal of arid landscapes... afar.com/magazine/mars-…

Hope to see some of you in a few weeks! And share wildly with anyone who might be interested (need to fill those seats)!

The second event is at the Chilean Embassy in Dupont Circle on Monday Nov 25 at 6pm. This one has the added bonus of Lily Meyer (author of Short War). Let me know if you or anyone you know wants to be on the invite list for this one ASAP.

Do I still know anyone in the Washington DC area?? I’m headed your way later this month for two events about Mars on Earth!

@ShafikMeghji @k_rellihan @NatGeo @OliSmithTravel Thanks for the continued support Shafik! And great to hear your book will be in the US soon @OliSmithTravel I look forward to getting my hands on it in the spring!

@k_rellihan @NatGeo @MarkOnTheMap @OliSmithTravel No worries, enjoy Mars on Earth.

For @NatGeo I'm writing about two of my favorite things: travel books. Have a list so far, but any great travel books (published recently) I need to have on my radar? Fiction is OK too. #journorequest #travelbooks

@ZoeBaillargeon Thanks @ZoeBaillargeon ! I hope it hits home for you too!

Some big news! My first book, Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert, was released today in hardcover by Rocky Mountain Books. It’s available in North America, Europe, Australia and beyond, and you can look for it now on Amazon or via your local bookstore (a🧵)

@ShafikMeghji Thanks Shafik! That means a lot. Glad you could be one of the first to read it!

@MarkOnTheMap Congratulations Mark - a brilliant book 🙌🏽

Again, the book is out TODAY! If you’d like to get your hands on it, search for Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World’s Driest Desert wherever you buy your books.

My agent says it’s not an easy book to pin down with a snappy description. He’s right. My wanderings in the Atacama are also meditations: on living as a gay man in a macho culture, on my relationship with both my partner and my adopted home, on social revolution and democracy.

My @GeographicalMag review of @MarkOnTheMap’s Mars on Earth — an insightful & engaging exploration of the Atacama Desert — is now online. From ghost towns to observatories, mystics to miners, he shows this inhospitable region is ‘anything but lifeless’. geographical.co.uk/news/review-ma…

Thank you @ShafikMeghji for your sharp, thoughtful review of Mars on Earth! I’m beyond excited to see it on the pages of @GeographicalMag . Let the countdown begin to publication in just over month…

@insidetravellab Sure, you might click on the following links: ‘Reach for the Sky’ ‘Set in Stone’ ‘Inside Santiago’s bid to become the Katmandu of the Americas’

@MarkOnTheMap That looks great - could you highlight a few narrative pieces please?

Morning all! Looking for content creators who have written about South America on their own sites for a project with @BradtGuides #journorequest Thanks!