By Eloisa Ocando-Thomas Published on April 20, 2026
About Bill Newlin:
Bill Newlin, retired founding writer of Avalon Travel, house of the Moon and Rick Steves guidebook collection, stated: “The high quality of the assets, employees experience, and imaging and digitisation know-how at Warwick made it the pure house for my assortment. Working with educational departments, this archive will assist construct a complete historical past of journey guidebooks—revealing cultural, political and social insights that may in any other case stay out of attain.
Travel writing at Warwick wins main donation
Amazing information! The University of Warwick has obtained a £1 million donation and a serious reward‑in‑form of uncommon journey books from philanthropist Bill Newlin. This main donation strengthens the University’s place as a global chief within the examine of journey writing.
Alongside the Wheeler Travel Writing Programme, the beneficiant Newlin donation advances Warwick’s ambition to Set the Pace in Critical Arts. The donation consists of the institution of the Bill Newlin Collection, a world‑class archive of journey guidebooks spanning centuries and continents.
The University of Warwick is setting the tempo within the discipline of journey literature analysis, and on the Global History and Culture Centre, we’re thrilled to assist these advances.
Bill Newlin’s contribution to journey writing analysis comes within the wake of Tony Wheeler’s donation and the muse of the Wheeler program, primarily based on the GHCC.
Mr Newlin’s £1 million donation may also assist a main redevelopment of the University Library, reimagining its position as a dynamic focus for analysis and interdisciplinary collaboration. Inspired by cutting-edge modern library and archive areas, the refurbishment will make archives, together with the Bill Newlin Collection, extra seen, accessible, and interactive.
Purpose‑constructed areas will deliver researchers into shut contact with uncommon supplies, supported by superior imaging and digitisation applied sciences housed on the Modern Records Centre.
We are excited to welcome the doctoral candidates and teachers who will proceed to analysis journey writing at Warwick!