The Mompos Project, Chapter Reading
Richard McColl reads from his book: The Mompos Project: A Story of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia, on the Colombia Calling podcast.
Published in 2025, Richard McColl’s book has received flattering reviews as it seeks to share the author’s love of small town Colombia and reconcile with the complexities and idiosyncrasies of the author’s adopted homeland.
Legendary author Wade Davis (One River, Magdalena and more) said:
"A rollicking and whimsical account of life in a riverside colonial town that is one of the true wonders of Colombia, a place so beguiling that, to quote Gabo, it might never have existed at all. Richard McColl knows Mompos from the inside, tracing its history and ongoing dramas and follies with humour and empathy, not to mention the clarity of a jaguar's eye, which sees the world with the precision of an X-ray."
So, tune in to hear a reading from the writer here on the Colombia Calling podcast.
The book can be purchased at the following locations:
Bogota: Bookworm, FCE La Candelaria, Ficciones Bar de Libros.
Santa Marta: Café y Librería Casa de Pombo.
Cartagena: FCE Remedios la Bella.
UK: Waterstones and Daunts.
On Amazon.
And, enjoy some recent photographs from Mompos, below.
