Authors, Events, News, Publishers, Resources for Writers, Travel Books 1 comment on US Launch Tour: Lonely Planet Books

US Launch Tour: Lonely Planet Books

2)Unlikely Destinations:The Lonely Planet Story, jointly written by both Tony and Maureen Wheeler: Clear from it’s title, this book talks about the 36-year evolution of Lonely Planet from a barely stapled guide written by two travelers on the road, to the world’s largest independent guidebook publisher. When: The couple will be hopping around the United […]

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Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference

The 16th Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference will take place this year from August 16-19 in California, (just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco). Word is that alongside writing guru’s such as Don George, Tim Cahill, Isabel Allende and Rolf Potts (to name a few), our very own Jen Leo will […]

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PEN World Voices: The New York Festival of International Literature

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 in the city I highly recomend checking it out. Where: New York City When: April 24-29, 2007 THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 5-6 p.m. Pico Iyer in […]

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Events, Market Leads, Resources for Writers 0 comments on Press Trip: LA’s Secret Heart through True Crime, Chandler, Fante and ’60s Rock

Press Trip: LA’s Secret Heart through True Crime, Chandler, Fante and ’60s Rock

WHAT: Launch of sophisticated bus tour series Esotouric, a spin-off of the popular 1947project Crime Bus Tours WHEN: Free press junket tour, April 22 in LA, public tours begin in May TOURS: Raymond Chandler’s LA, John Fante’s Dreams of Bunker Hill, Riot on Sunset Strip (’60s Hollywood rock scene), The Real Black Dahlia, Pasadena Confidential, […]

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Events, News, Resources for Writers, Travel Books, Travelers' Tales 0 comments on SF Bay Area: Traveler’s Tales Events

SF Bay Area: Traveler’s Tales Events

It’s Easter, and between eating chocolate eggs and watching it pour outside, nothing much has happened. No writing, no travelling, no nothing. So while I’m enjoying Madrid, some good cinema and my sofa, thought I’d give those living in San Francisco Bay Area a heads up on the Traveler’s Tales (TT) events happening there soon: […]

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