Interview with Mike Gerrard

By Nicholas | July 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Britan’s Mike Gerrard is one of the world’s most prolific guidebook writers and has been one of the lucky few to have a steady career in travel writing. He was... [Read this entry]

Wow Wow Wee Waa; Borat to pen Travel Guide

By Nicholas | June 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

As the author to a few guidebooks, maybe I should be somewhat offended by this, but for some reason I want to buy it. Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev (AKA British... [Read this entry]

Meet and Greet with Lonely Planet Founders

By Nicholas | June 10th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Lonely Planet foundersTony and Maureen Wheeler will be in several spots in California this week to promote two of their new books: A Tourist in the Axis of Evil and... [Read this entry]

How Traveling Made Her a Writer…

By Abha | June 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Check out a great interview on Gadling with founder or Seal Press Barbara Sjoholm. The interview has been done by our very own Kelly Amabile, and is in the context... [Read this entry]

US Launch Tour: Lonely Planet Books

By Abha | May 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Interview: Pauline Frommer

By Nicholas | May 21st, 2007 | 6 Comments »

Pauline Frommer, daughter of American Travel writing legend Arthur Frommer, has built a successful career in her own right and last year began releasing her own line of guidebooks, which... [Read this entry]

Interview with Michael Luongo

By Nicholas | April 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Michael Luongo is the author of Frommer’s Buenos Aires guidebook and a contributor to publications such as Out Traveler, The Advocate, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Town &... [Read this entry]

How Rolf Potts Did It…

By Abha | April 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

A question I have wanted to ask Rolf Potts, ever since I read his book Vagabonding (which, I can safely say, was key in encouraging me to quit my job... [Read this entry]

PEN World Voices: The New York Festival of International Literature

By Nicholas | April 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

There’s a few great speaking events going on with a few top travel writers in New York next week during the New York Festival of International Literature. If you are... [Read this entry]

Book Release: One Hundred Places Every Woman Should Go

By Nicholas | February 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment »