The next episode of ALWAYS AUTHORS features a fantastic conversation between NYT bestselling authors Julian Sancton and Hampton Sides! And it just went live a few hours early on all major podcast platforms
“Terrible Tales of Woe and Shipwreck”
These two NYT bestselling authors write superbly researched books about extraordinary historical events. You’ll hear what they love about the writing process and what is described as “going into the pain cave,” the art of creating memorable book titles, how ice shudders and shrieks, the helpful vs. nefarious uses of AI and what human writers can do that AI can’t, and how writing in loud coffee shops is ideal (until the staff forgets about you and locks you in one of them overnight).
You might even hear about advice from historian Shelby Foote and what he meant by the comment “like green beans in a pressure cooker.”
Julian Sancton is a New York Times bestselling author and accomplished journalist known for his narrative nonfiction, including Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night, and his most recent release Neptune’s Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire. He is a senior features editor at The Hollywood Reporter and has contributed to Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, and Wired. He has reported from every continent, including Antarctica.
Hampton Sides is a New York Times bestselling author, best-known for his gripping, non-fiction works that focus on classic episodes from American history, stories often set in war or depicting epic adventures of survival, exploration, or first contact between disparate worlds. He’s the author of the acclaimed bestselling narrative histories Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, Hellhound On His Trail, In the Kingdom of Ice, On Desperate Ground, and, most recently, The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. Hampton has been a contributor to Outside, National Geographic, Smithsonian, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and many other publications.
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We’re thrilled to announce that American historian, author, and journalist Hampton Sides will join Dan Flores in conversation for a rich exploration of the lore and allure of New Mexico—and their shared love affair with the natural world of the American West.
Hampton Sides is the bestselling author of ‘Blood and Thunder’, ‘Ghost Soldiers’, and ‘On Desperate Ground’, among others.
At the Santa Fe Magazine Festival, June 12–14—get your tickets now, link in bio!
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AN EVENING WITH HAMPTON SIDES
OCT 3 | The Lensic
Collected Works, in association with Santa Fe International Literary Festival, presents Hampton Sides in conversation with Ed Roberson on history, literature and the 20th anniversary of Blood and Thunder — his landmark account of Kit Carson and the American conquest of the West.
Add a signed copy of Blood and Thunder to your ticket.
Tickets on sale FRIDAY 10am
🎟️ lensic.org
A friend on a recent Argentine cruise around Patagonia spotted this dog-eared copy of KINGDOM OF ICE (UK edition)in the ship’s library. I’ve never been down there … but at least my book has!
This is your official invitation to the very first Santa Fe Magazine Festival.
A weekend of live, engaging conversations set on the beautiful campus of St. John’s College.
Join us for intimate conversations with those shaping our world—from leaders in modern medicine like Andrew Weil to celebrated authors like Hampton Sides to artists like Nicholas Herrera alongside UFO investigators like Warren Langford and talents like Jessica Matten.
All while wandering through a campus surrounded by nature—encountering live musicians and artists along the way.
A gathering of minds, ideas, and creativity in one extraordinary place.
Tickets are limited—click the link in our bio to reserve yours before they sell out.
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An honor to be in conversation last night with the non-fiction master ERIK LARSON at Albuquerque’s historic KiMo theater. Erik’s amazing DEMON of UNREST is just out in paperback.
My wife Anne and I just got back from a month-long writing retreat on Oahu where we met up with the legendary novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux, who was kind enough to host us at his lovely house on the North Shore. Paul’s still writing and paddling and has a new book coming out soon. Mahalo Paul!
Erik Larson and Hampton Sides brought history to life on stage at the KiMo Theatre. Nights like this are what A Word with Writers is all about. @hamptonsidesauthor@erikxlarson
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Borzoi Books of the Year Advent Calendar Day 4
🌊 Clare’s choice is The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides @hamptonsidesauthor
“Told in the tradition of the best adventure stories this is an entertaining and propulsive tale. Sides examines the final voyage of Captain James Cook and asks how a journey to return a Tahitian man to his homeland ended in a bloodbath on the shores of Hawaii. Rich with historical detail - New Zealand, Tahiti, Kamchatka, Hawaii and London come alive with vivid descriptions of gales, crushing ice packs and gun smoke - Sides details Cook’s increasingly erratic behaviour as he explored vast swathes of the Pacific and scrambled to find the fabled Northwest Passage along the ice-choked coast of Alaska. A riveting, rollicking read!”
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At Harry’s Roadhouse in Santa Fe yesterday with my buddy Mark Lee Gardner, great Western historian and musician and author of the just-released BROTHERS of the GUN, a dual biography of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday.
