Travel Books

Interview with Mike Gerrard

Date: July 17th, 2007 |

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 kind enough to grant Written Road an interview:
Written Road: How did you first become involved in travel writing?
Mike Gerrard: I had to go get my [read more]

Symphony space Travel Tales

Date: June 24th, 2007 |

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Symphony Space was kind enough to send us a copy of their new Travel Tales compact disc collection so I thought I’d share it with everyone.
The collection is made up of short travel clips (the combined total of the 6 stories is just three hours on three total discs). Other than the full length [read more]

Meet and Greet with Lonely Planet Founders

Date: June 10th, 2007 |

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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 The Lonely Planet Story. Admission is free and on a first come first served basis 45 minutes in advance. The talks will last about an [read more]

US Launch Tour: Lonely Planet Books

Date: May 25th, 2007 |

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Interview with Michael Luongo

Date: April 30th, 2007 |

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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 & Country Travel, Budget Travel, Gay.com, Conde Nast Traveler, and National Geographic Traveler. He is also an editor and photographer, and one written and edited numerous [read more]

New Perceptive Travel

Date: July 5th, 2007 |

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Perceptive Travel has released its latest issue, July/August. The ezine is published by World’s Cheapest Destinations author Tim Leffel and features the work of travel (and other) writers with at least one book in print. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, check it out. There’s a great piece by Bruce Northam, “Sobering [read more]

Wow Wow Wee Waa; Borat to pen Travel Guide

Date: June 15th, 2007 |

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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 comedian Sacha Baron Cohen), has inked a deal with Flying Dolphin Press, an imprint of Random House Inc.’s Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, to write a [read more]

How Traveling Made Her a Writer…

Date: June 3rd, 2007 |

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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 of one of Barbara’s latest books “Incognito Street: How Traveling Made Me A Writer”.
The interview is inspiring and full of bits of advice and useful [read more]

Interview: Pauline Frommer

Date: May 21st, 2007 |

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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 have been highly acclaimed for her “Spend less, see more,” approach. She was kind enough to grant Written Road a candid interview.
See articles, podcasts, [read more]

How Rolf Potts Did It…

Date: April 24th, 2007 |

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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 and venture abroad) is finally answered on his blog.
It’s a simple yet inspiring story, making it easy to put yourself in his shoes, and aspire [read more]