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Monisha Rajesh

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Author of Around the World in 80 Trains, Around India in 80 Trains and Epic Journeys Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train published in August

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Apr 18

Super excited that my new book Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train is available for pre-order from @qpbooks.bsky.social - signed with personalised dedications if you wish. Please get your orders in from lovely indies like them!

www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/moonl...

Moonlight Express by Monisha Rajesh — West End Lane Books

Signed and Dedicated Pre-Order Hardback Published 28th August From the author of the smash-hit Around the World in 80 Trains comes a new globetrotting journey - this time celebrating the pec...

www.welbooks.co.uk

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · 5d

Fab! Enjoy.

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Ah thank you Tony!

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Niko Setälä @nikosetala.bsky.social · 10d

Went for an evening walk and to fetch a book delivery. The ferry from Tallinn was arriving in the moonlight. And I got some new #train #books by the wonderful @monisharajesh.bsky.social !

The Eckerö Line ferry m/s Finlandia is approaching the harbour in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki. It's dark, the illuminated quay is on the left and there is an orange moon in the sky.

Two new hardback books on a desk. On the left Untold Railway Stories edited by Monisha Rajesh. On the right Moonlight Express by Monisha Rajesh.

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · 7d

This is such a beautiful moonlit night! And thank you thank you!

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Unseen Histories @unseenhistories.com · 18d

When the first railways were introduced in the early 19th century they were regarded as objects of wonder, but the 1940s western Europe's developed rail network played a significant role in the Holocaust.

@monisharajesh.bsky.social recounts the story of one young boy who survived this persecution👇

Escaping Auschwitz - Unseen Histories

From 'Untold Railway Stories', comes the story of a boy's escape from Auschwitz.

www.unseenhistories.com

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you!

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Jini Reddy @jinireddy.bsky.social · 20d

‘They’d allowed me to enter realms of darkness, guiding me through and showing me beauty where my fears once lay.’ - @monisharajesh.bsky.social on the gift of night trains, in her new and lovely book, Moonlight Express. #travelwriting

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · 29d

Wonderful!

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Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social · Sep 11

10 #train travel tales you never knew: it's The Untold Railway Stories, a new compendium out today, edited by @monisharajesh.bsky.social. Today interviewed co-authors Jack Curtis (carbonjacked.com) & journalist @felicityspector.bsky.social (in Kyiv for @channel4news.bsky.social). Gripping stuff!

Front cover of new book The Untold Railway Stories shows modern fast train wit orange and red background.

Design guru Massimo Vignelli signs a copy of his revised New York Subway digram for author Ovenden

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 11

No. I’m not going to politely or impolitely “debate” someone who thinks that I ought to be dead, or who thinks that Black people were better in chains, or that trans people are the devil or that rape survivors shouldn’t be allowed to abort. We’ve allowed hate speech to be “debate” for too long.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 11

‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thank you!

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hurrah! Lovely review of Moonlight Express by Christian Wolmar in @thespectator1828.bsky.social
www.spectator.co.uk/article/star...

Starry starry night: the return of the sleeper train

The railways have survived into the 21st century by constantly reinventing themselves. Written off all too frequently by parsimonious politicians as a 19th-century invention made redundant by the car ...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thank you! And you should. They are so lovely

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 8

Parisian pals I will be at @shakespeareandcompany.com on Thursday evening this week talking about Moonlight Express with the lovely Adam Biles. Free entry so please come along!
www.shakespeareandcompany.com/events/monis...?

Monisha Rajesh on Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train

For our first event of the autumn, let Monisha Rajesh take you for a nocturnal adventure on some the world's most fascinating sleeper trains. In conversation with Adam Biles. Free & open to all. Place...

www.shakespeareandcompany.com

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 7

For the next seven days 💯 of my sales of Moonlight Express will be donated to Wesam Rajab, the mother of five-year-old Hind Rajab. Here’s why www.instagram.com/reel/DOTOfrr...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 7

For the next seven days 💯 of my sales of Moonlight Express will be donated to Wesam Rajab, the mother of five-year-old Hind Rajab. Here’s why www.instagram.com/reel/DOTOfrr...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ah thank you!

Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 7

Lovely stuff! So looking forward to our event

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Paul Clammer @paulclammer.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thrilled to get a copy of @monisharajesh.bsky.social's new book 'Moonlight Express' - and even more so to be in conversation with her about it at Stanfords Bristol on 30 September!

Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train' by Monisha Rajesh

Flyer for an event at Stanfords Bristol bookshop on 30 September 2025, with author Monisha Rajesh talling about her book 'Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train'.

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Joe McAlinden @joemcalinden.bsky.social · Sep 6

You know you’re excited to read a book when you end up using the receipt as a bookmark.

The dream… travel around the world on sleeper trains ✊🏻

#books #nowreading #booksky

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 7

wonderful! Thank you. I so hope you enjoy the journeys

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Stanfords Travel @stanfordstravel.bsky.social · Sep 4

Full house yesterday for Moonlight Express Event! Big thank you to @monisharajesh.bsky.social and @danzep.bsky.social for an engaging discussion on travel, Moonlight Express and so much more! Thank you everyone for joining us.

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Monisha Rajesh @monisharajesh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hurrah! Lovely review of Moonlight Express by Christian Wolmar in @thespectator1828.bsky.social
www.spectator.co.uk/article/star...

Starry starry night: the return of the sleeper train

www.spectator.co.uk

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Smashing launch last night for Moonlight Express by Monisha Rajesh; a book about travelling by night train (something I've never done but long to do). Loving the book - also loved Monisha's speech about the strangeness of publishing a book amid a genocide.

Daunt Marylebone's window display of Moonlight Express, with lots of copies aginst a patterned, stepped background.

A can of Palestine cola on a drinks table at the launch

Monisha Rajesh giving her speech on the balcony at Daunts

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