The Book Standard Features Distant Lands

By Jen Leo | May 6th, 2005 |

I was thrilled to see that one of my favorite bookstores, Distant Lands, was the featured bookstore in The Book Standard.
But I caught it through an email and I’d... [Read this entry]

Book Review: Educating Alice

By Sean | April 30th, 2005 |

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My mother, a librarian, often suggests travel titles or writers she comes across. About a year ago, she mentioned Alice Steinbach, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author who hails... [Read this entry]

Book Review: 80 Dates

By Sean | April 22nd, 2005 |

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Title: Around the World in 80 Dates
Author: Jennifer Cox
Publisher: Downtown Press (2005)
Henk, Anders, Solimano, Chester, Garry, Cam and Gene… names of just some of the lucky... [Read this entry]

Olsson’s Travel Book Sale

By Sean | April 12th, 2005 |

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Olsson’s stores in DC, MD and VA are running a sale on all travel literature titles. Anything in-stock is on sale at 15% off, from now until April 28.
Their... [Read this entry]

Bill Bryson: the Cliffs Notes Version

By Jen Leo | March 9th, 2005 |

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If you've only recently discovered Bill Bryson, The Age just ran a nice overview.
Have beard, will travel By Jane Sullivan.
“The whole trick of travel writing, he says... [Read this entry]

Don George’s New Book on Travel Writing

By Jen Leo | March 3rd, 2005 |

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That's write. That's right! Either way you look at it, Don George is releasing a brand new book about our favorite subject. A how-to from all the insight he’s garnered... [Read this entry]

Travel Writers are Self Indulgent?

By Jen Leo | February 11th, 2005 |

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Well I don't think any of us will disagree with Tom, but I'm sure we all consider ourselves the exception. Right? Me, self indulgent? Only when I’m pampering myself, talking... [Read this entry]

Growing Up Global

By Jen Leo | January 10th, 2005 |

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David Armstrong had a review of Growing Up Global in the San Francisco Chronicle this weekend:
“Life with no homeland, many homes”
Here are the nice things he has to... [Read this entry]

12.05.04 Travel Book Notes

By Jen Leo | December 5th, 2004 |

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The New York Times Book Review covered travel lit today. And they talked about the travel writing profession.
“Happily, the choice of literary guides is expanding, and some recent books... [Read this entry]

Sunday Travel Book Notes 11.28.04

By Jen Leo | November 28th, 2004 |

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Heaven is alone time. I'm done with the holidays and have just returned to my wireless fixated, blogging, house-hopping, eat, sleep, and brush-my-hair-whenever-I-want ways. Only now I'm going to look... [Read this entry]

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