Beyond Timbuktu: Journeys of Hope and Humanity
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- ISBN 9781761452918
- Dimensions: 240 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Hardie Grant Media
- Publication City/Country: AU
- Product Form: Paperback
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Beyond Timbuktu takes readers on a surprising A-to-Z armchair journey—from Albania to Zimbabwe—through over 150 countries—some well-known, many misunderstood.
What if the world was far kinder and more connected than headlines lead us to believe? If smiles were passports?
Best-selling author Catherine DeVrye shares real-life stories beyond bias and borders: skiing in Lebanon, cycling through Lithuania, swimming in Yemen, dining with royalty in Bahrain or sharing pizza with Syrian refugees in Serbia. Through vivid vignettes and surprising moments of shared humanity, she shows us that more unites us than divides us, revealing universal hopes, dreams, love and laughter.
With insight, warmth, humour and unflinching honesty, Catherine shatters stereotypes of often-maligned nations, quietly spotlighting that individuals are usually kinder than their governments.
This isn’t a guidebook or tell-all memoir—it’s a rich mosaic of adventures, observations and encounters, illustrating that courage, kindness and connection appear in the most unexpected places.
Whether you’re a baby boomer with a passport full of stamps or a backpacker planning your first trip, this book will transport you—to places you’ve been, dream of visiting or never wish to set foot in. If you’ve ever wanted to explore the world or understand it more deeply beyond media-fuelled fear, here’s your invitation…
Bestselling Australian author Catherine DeVrye has visited more than 150 countries and kept a daily journal for over fifty years, never imagining some words would be translated into over a dozen languages. She started life in a Canadian orphanage, and following the death of her parents the year after she graduated in the USA, arrived in Australia with a backpack, $200 and one-way ticket.
After a global career with IBM, she’s delivered presentations in over thirty countries and been named Australian Executive Woman of the Year and Keynote Speaker of the Year.
A cancer survivor, Catherine has carried the Olympic torch, volunteered with street kids in Vietnam, swum with sharks in Madagascar, cycled the Andes, trekked beyond Everest Base Camp – and voyaged to Timbuktu.
Her previous books include Hope Happens!, Hot Lemon & Honey, Who Says I Can’t, Hope as My Compass and Japan: An A-Z Guide.
