Vitali Vitaliev has spent the last 30 years travelling around the globe, exploring the planet and experiencing everything the wide world has to offer.

The sheer scope of Vitali’s wanderings is amazing, and his latest book, "The Atlas of Geographical Anomalies," examines some of the strangest places you can visit: countries that don't officially exist, towns that are built underground, and cities that are comprised of just one single skyscraper. 

Vitali Vitaliev is a multi-award-winning international journalist, broadcaster and author of several books. He has lived and worked in Russia, England, Scotland, Australia and Ireland and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Literary Fund.

If you're a globetrotter, an armchair traveller, an adventurer or a lover of good stories, this Literary Lunch promises to take you on a whistle-stop tour of the world.