Data Sheet
Essays on Arrival: Vol I
written by: Adam C. Stuart
illustrations by: Alex Hotchin
Publisher: Adam Stuart, 2026
August 5, 2026
124 pages, softcover
ISBN: 9798234076489
LCCN: 2026911602
Book Description
There’s nothing quite like hurtling close to the speed of sound toward a destination you know little about.
Essays on Arrival: Vol I is a collection of narrative travel essays born from the small, impractical decisions to pick a flight and go. From the windswept shores of Australia to the rain-slicked streets of Amsterdam, Adam C. Stuart traces a life spent between places—moments found on cobbled streets or remote coastlines, in glances across flight boards and notes scribbled on coffee-stained pages, gathered into the memories worth carrying home.
Written with warmth, humor, and an eye for the details that make a place stay with you, this first volume blends personal reflection with photography and features original cartography and illustrations by Alex Hotchin. It is a book for the restless travelers, the window-seat people, and anyone who has ever wondered what might happen if they simply went.
About
Adam Stuart is an airline pilot, writer, and photographer based in Northern California. His work explores travel, memory, place, and the quiet moments that shape our understanding of home. Drawing from years of spontaneous travel and life in motion, he writes with warmth, humor, and close attention to the details often missed along the way.
Alex Hotchin is an Australian-based illustrator and mapmaker whose work blends careful observation, playful detail, and a distinctive sense of place. Her hand-drawn maps and illustrations bring landscapes to life with warmth, character, and quiet whimsy.
