Marybeth Bond and Safety Travel Tips

By Jen Leo | June 10th, 2005 |

Marybeth Bond will be on the Fox Network News Channel tomorrow, Saturday June 11th between 3:40-3:48pm EST to talk about safety tips for women traveling aboard. The segment is about... [Read this entry]

Bill Bryson’s New Book

By Jen Leo | June 9th, 2005 |

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It doesn’t matter what topic he’s writing about, we can’t get enough of Bill, can we? According to Ireland Online, Bill Bryson is not only staying in Britain for good... [Read this entry]

Bookmark Now with Kevin Smokler

By Jen Leo | May 26th, 2005 |

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Hey, we’re going to be a part of another Virtual Book Tour! Kevin Smokler, creator of the VBTs and who runs them for other authors and publishers, will be the... [Read this entry]

Interview with Michael Shapiro

By Jen Leo | May 20th, 2005 |

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Michael Shapiro, the author of A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives and Inspiration, was recently interviewed on KPBS. You can listen to the 15... [Read this entry]

Halliday Hopper Reading

By Sean | May 14th, 2005 |

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The Job Hopper tour comes to Baltimore tonight!
You may recall Jen’s post about Ayun’s latest book. I’ll be picking up my own copy in person this evening at Atomics... [Read this entry]

Peter Moore Blog

By Sean | May 4th, 2005 |

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Peter Moore’s latest newsletter went out yesterday and in it he announced a revamped website and a new blog, the fully air-conditioned sound of speed. His redesigned website features a... [Read this entry]

Blockbuster! A Walk in the Woods

By Jen Leo | May 1st, 2005 |

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Robert Redford and Paul Newman want to make Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods a movie! The duo haven’t worked together on a movie since the Sting in 1973... [Read this entry]

The Bad Boys of Travel Writing

By Jen Leo | April 27th, 2005 |

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I just saw on Vagablogging that Rolf is giving a sneak preview to his May interview with J. Maarten Troost, author of the hilarious The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift... [Read this entry]

Chancellor Bill Bryson

By Sean | April 13th, 2005 |

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Travel writing can take one many places…
Maybe if you write wonderful things about a particular spot, you could become Chancellor one day too?
In Notes from a Small Island... [Read this entry]

The New Yorker Travel Issue

By Jen Leo | April 12th, 2005 |

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Kelly just told me that The New Yorker has a travel issue out this month!
“THE PARACHUTE ARTIST”: Have Tony Wheeler’s guidebooks travelled too far? by Tad Friend is... [Read this entry]

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