AustLit logo

AustLit

Tony Wheeler Tony Wheeler i(A22198 works by)
Born: Established: 1946
c
England,
c
c
United Kingdom (UK),
c
Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 y separately published work icon On Travel Tony Wheeler , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2018 15048457 2018 single work prose travel

'Tony Wheeler, travel addict, Lonely Planet founder and intrepid traveller over five decades, has discovered that the more you travel, the more extraordinary the world becomes. His enthusiasm for trekking the globe is contagious: it is impossible to read On Travel without scouring for deals, searching for unusual places, and deciding to leave the luggage behind in an escape to the unfamiliar.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Tony Wheeler's Dark Lands Emma Schwarcz (editor), Tony Wheeler , Footscray : Lonely Planet , 2013 6464865 2013 single work autobiography travel

'Greedy Lords, Dubious heroes, wicked relations and innocents in peril today s world sounds like a grim fairytale. Travelling along the infamous Axis of Evil led to "Tony Wheeler s Bad Lands"– now he s going deeper into the world s darkest corners to explore a rogue s gallery of troubled nations. Every country has its problems, but some problems seem so vexed, so intractable, so absurd, you can only shake your head. Tony Wheeler trains his well-travelled eyes on some of these places and attempts to understand how things got so messed up. Along the way he gets stoned (with the thrown variety) in Palestine, scores a speeding ticket in Zimbabwe, gets arrested for photographing a bar in the Congo, and visits Osama bin Laden s Abbottabad in Pakistan. Join Tony and find out if there s a happily-ever-after in these takes from the dark side.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 A Troubled World : Bad Places in Famous Books Revealed Tony Wheeler , 2012 single work prose
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Spring no. 37 2012; (p. 11-26)
1 Bonobo Bliss Tony Wheeler , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 324 2010; (p. 31)
— Review of Bonobo Handshake : A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo Vanessa Woods , 2010 single work autobiography
1 Case-study : Lonely Planet Tony Wheeler , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Paper Empires : A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2005 2006; (p. 105-108) 'Maureen and I arrived on Western Australia's North-West Cape in a rather shonky New Zealand yacht in early December 1972. When we waded ashore it was the first time we had set foot in Australia and we didn't plan to stay for more than a few months. Gough Whitlam had been in power for less than a week and we had no idea that his arrival was about to shake up Australian publishing. In fact we knew nothing about publishing.We certainly had no idea that less than twelve months later we would be Australian publishers, or that more than thirty years later we would still be here, with a turnover of $100 million, three offices around the world and nearly 500 employees. ' (Introduction 105)
1 2 y separately published work icon Once While Travelling : The Lonely Planet Story Tony Wheeler , Maureen Wheeler , Camberwell : Viking , 2005 Z1220503 2005 single work autobiography travel
1 Maps of Misadventure Tony Wheeler , 2003 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 62 no. 4 2003; (p. 56-60)
1 Vodka Odyssey Tony Wheeler , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 251 2003; (p. 43)
— Review of Off the Rails : Moscow to Beijing by Bike Chris Hatherly , Tim Cope , 2003 single work autobiography
1 Back to Godzone Tony Wheeler , 2001-2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 237 2001-2002; (p. 38-39)
— Review of 30 Days in Sydney : A Wildly Distorted Account Peter Carey , 2001 single work autobiography
1 There is Still Room Here for Small Publishers Tony Wheeler , 1989 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 1989; (p. 12)
X