About Me

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Troy Nahumko is an award-winning author based in Caceres, Spain. His recent work focuses on travels around the Mediterranean, from Tangier to Istanbul. As a writer and photographer he has contributed to newspapers and media such as Lonely Planet, The Boston Review, The Globe and Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Toronto Star, Counterpunch,The Irish World, The Straits Times, The Calgary Herald, Khaleej Times, DW-World, Rabble and El Pais. He also writes a bi-weekly op-ed column 'Camino a Ítaca' for the Spanish newspaper HOY. His book, Stories Left in Stone, Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain is published by the University of Alberta Press.As an ESL materials writer he has worked with publishers such as Macmillan and CUP.

Friday, March 27, 2020

Podcasting with Rolf Potts

Pandemic dispatches from travelers around the world on Rolf Potts' Deviate podcast.

Sharing a look out my window under the coronavirus lockdown in provincial Spain at minute 35.00. 

Another step in #coronatravel and #windowtravel.

Thanks Rolf for inviting me to participate!

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Extremandalus


Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online (in Spanish) as well.

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

No Country for the Blind


Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online (in Spanish) as well.

Friday, December 6, 2019

All That Glitters...isn't Zara


Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online (in Spanish) as well.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

The Eighth Plague

Resultado de imagen de plague of locusts

Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online  (in Spanish) as well. 

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Make Them Last


Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online  (in Spanish) as well. 

Friday, June 14, 2019

A Little Less Selfishness...please

Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online  (in Spanish) as well. 

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Good Drunks?

Resultado de imagen de bad hangoverWriting in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online  (in Spanish) as well. 

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Road Tripping in La Raya (Blurry Boundaries)

"Heading west again as you pass through Valencia de Alcántara, leaving the last remaining Spanish villages behind, a jagged dorsal fin rises out of the surrounding green patches that cluster around courses of water that feed into the river. Like some sort of prehistoric Border Wall, this granite fence signals that the border is near..."

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Super George


Georgian, 15th Century
Writing in the local paper. Local Issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here's my version, then theirs, which can now be seen online as well. 

Moving Shop

  We've moved house. This blog has moved to  https://troynahumko.com/ See you over there!