Seabourn Announces New "Authors At Sea" Programme

Luxury cruise line, Seabourn, is further enhancing its diverse and enrichment offerings with the launch of "Authors at Sea", a new programme featuring best-selling authors, historians and biographers on select 2025 sailings.

Including live events and hands-on workshops, Seabourn will welcome a star-studded line-up of literary luminaries on select sailings between March and December in 2025: including Debbie Macomber; Ann Cleeves OBE; Robert King Wittman, Lord Jeffrey Archer and more.

"Authors at Sea" is part of the cruise line's popular Seabourn Conversations enrichment and guest entertainment programme. Across the special sailings, authors will also engage with guests onboard, sharing meals, adventures ashore, and casual chats throughout the cruise.

"Onboard entertainment and enrichment are so important to the Seabourn experience, and our 'Authors at Sea' program brings together celebrated writers to connect with guests in a meaningful way through engaging conversations and interactive sessions. We are dedicated to creating extraordinary experiences and memorable moments at sea, and this new program was designed to further inspire and enrich our guests when they sail on Seabourn."

- Handre Potgieter, Seabourn's director of entertainment and enrichment

Seabourn's Line-Up of Guest Authors

Debbie Macomber

As a New York Times best-selling author, Debbie's novels have spent over 1000 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, with 15 hitting the number one spot. Known as "the official storyteller of Christmas," six of her Christmas books have also been adapted into Hallmark Channel movies.

Join Debbie Macomber on Seabourn's 20-Day Pacific Passage Golden Week to Glacier Bay sailing, departing on 27th April 2025 from Yokohama onboard Seabourn Quest.

Lady Sandra Howard

Previously a top international model in the 60s, Lady Sandra Howard is now a novelist and freelance journalist. Her novels often draw from her extraordinary experiences, including encounters with Frank Sinatra and the Kennedys.

Join Lady Sandra Howard on Seabourn's 8-Day Western Mediterranean Mosaic sailing, departing on 10th May 2025 from Lisbon onboard Seabourn Encore.

Lord Jeffrey Archer

Lord Jeffrey Archer is a global best-selling author who has sold more than 275 million copies in 115 countries and 48 languages. Also a former athlete and politician, he is the only author to have been a number-one bestseller in fiction, short-stories, and non-fiction.

Join Lord Jeffrey Archer on Seabourn's 10-Day Spain & Moroccan Gems sailing, departing on 1st July 2025 from Barcelona onboard Seabourn Ovation.

Robert K Wittman

A former FBI Special Agent who specialised in art crime, Wittman's memoir, "Priceless", and his book, "The Devil's Diary", are bestsellers.

Join Robert K Wittman on multiple Seabourn sailings this year and in early 2026:

• 14-Day Iberian Coast & Bordeaux, departing on 17th May 2025 from Barcelona onboard Seabourn Sojourn.

• 10-Day Tyrrhenian Treasures & Malta, departing on 30th August 2025 from Monte Carlo onboard Seabourn Ovation.

• 22-Day World Cruise: Golden Week To Glacier Bay, departing 24th April 2026 from Tokyo onboard Seabourn Sojourn.

Anne Cleeves, OBE

Mystery crime writer and international bestseller, Anne Cleaves, was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2027; the highest accolade in crime writing. She is the creator of detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn who can be found on television in ITV's Vera, BBC One's Shetland and ITV's The Long Call, respectively.

Join Anne Cleeves, OBE on multiple Seabourn sailings this year and in 2026:

• 15-Day Australia & New Zealand Holiday, departing on 20th December 2025 from Sydney onboard Seabourn Quest.

• 7-Day Scotland & Iceland's North Coast, departing on 30th May 2026 from Dover onboard Seabourn Ovation.

Zelda La Grange

After serving Nelson Mandela for almost 20 years in many roles as his closest aide, Zelda La Grange is now an international motivational speaker. She now shares her life-changing experiences inspired by one of the most influential statesmen and humanitarians.

Join Zelda La Grange on Seabourn's 14-Day Atlantic Crossing sailing, departing on 26th April 2026 from Miami onboard Seabourn Quest.