Independent Author Imprint  ·  UK

Stories shaped by
the long road.

Long Road Words is an independent UK author imprint for narrative travel writing, memoir, and fiction — honest, paced, and grounded in detail.

Memoir Travel writing Personal storytelling Fiction
Editorial Appraisal  ·  2026

Out of the Glass Box

★★★★☆

"The real thing — honest, crafted, and quietly moving."

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About

Long Road Words is built around one idea: the best travel stories are really stories about people — what movement reveals, what discomfort teaches, and what comes home with you.

  • UK spelling and tone
  • Clean, publisher-style prose
  • Memoir with momentum

Phil Rodgers writes narrative travel memoir with a practical eye and a dry sense of humour — the small moments, the missteps, the learning curve.

His debut memoir Out of the Glass Box documents a year of travel across Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand — from Bangkok to Redditch, via everything in between.

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