Oliver Balch is a British journalist specialising in business, travel and world affairs. He writes regularly for the Guardian and his articles have also appeared in a range of international publications, including the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and Condé Nast.
His first book, VIVA SOUTH AMERICA! A Journey Around a Restless Continent was shortlisted as Book of the Year at the UK Travel Press Awards. INDIA RISING: Tales from a Changing Nation, is an investigative study of contemporary India and was published by Faber & Faber in 2012. Oliver latest book, UNDER THE TUMP: Sketches of Real Life on the Welsh Borders was published by Faber in May 2016.
Based in Argentina for six years, he moved back to the UK to take up a PhD at Cambridge University. He initially graduated from Durham University in 1998 with a First in History and has a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.
Oliver has lived and travelled extensively in Latin America and India. Away from the keyboard, he’s had jobs as a labourer in Peru, a Bollywood extra in India, a missionary in Bolivia and an English teacher to exiled Tibetan monks. He is married to Emma and currently lives in Portugal.
His first book, VIVA SOUTH AMERICA! A Journey Around a Restless Continent was shortlisted as Book of the Year at the UK Travel Press Awards. INDIA RISING: Tales from a Changing Nation, is an investigative study of contemporary India and was published by Faber & Faber in 2012. Oliver latest book, UNDER THE TUMP: Sketches of Real Life on the Welsh Borders was published by Faber in May 2016.
Based in Argentina for six years, he moved back to the UK to take up a PhD at Cambridge University. He initially graduated from Durham University in 1998 with a First in History and has a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.
Oliver has lived and travelled extensively in Latin America and India. Away from the keyboard, he’s had jobs as a labourer in Peru, a Bollywood extra in India, a missionary in Bolivia and an English teacher to exiled Tibetan monks. He is married to Emma and currently lives in Portugal.