The Newberry Library in Chicago will offer an extensive collection of humanities-related seminars this fall, including several one-day and multi-week writing workshops. Here’s the scoop on their travel writing workshop for all our Windy City readers: What: See the World; Write the Story When: Wednesdays, September 20 – October 25, 2006 Time: 5:45 pm – […]
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Jen Leo on the Road
If you missed Jen Leo in conversation with Tim Cahill at Book Passage’s 2006 Travel Writers and Photographers Conference a few weeks ago, here’s your chance to catch her as she takes her latest travel book, What Color is Your Jockstrap? on the road Northwest to Portland, Seattle, and Lake Forest Park. And if you’re […]
» Read more...Jan Morris at the New York Public Library
This exciting LIVE from the NYPL event is still two months away but since tickets go on sale soon, I though it best to let you know about it ASAP. Don’t miss a rare opportunity to see this acclaimed travel author — no excuses to miss it, especially with this advance notice to Written Road […]
» Read more...Book Passage’s 2006 Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced writer, there’s something you can learn at Book Passage’s 2006 Travel Writers & Photographers Conference. I have personally never attended the conference — being an east coast girl and all — but after reading Jen’s old posts about it and learning about the all-star line up, I […]
» Read more...July Author Appearances
Lea Aschkenas, author of Es Cuba: Life and Love on a Illegal Island Sunday, July 23, 7:00 pm Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA Love is the operative word in journalist Aschkenas’s intimate, detailed memoir of 10 months spent exploring life in Cuba—love for a young Cuban man whose devotion largely defines her journey. As a […]
» Read more...David Farley on the radio
Hey everybody, I just wanted to tell you David Farley, co-editor of Travelers’ Tales Prague and the Czech Republic, will be on the Pittsburgh talk radio show “On the Menu.” This may be one of the last times to check out Farley before he heads to Italy for six months to research and write a […]
» Read more...2006 Travel Media Showcase
The 7th Annual Travel Media Showcase will be held in Fayetteville, North Carolina. What is the Travel Media Showcase? It’s a three-day program introducing journalists, of both print and broadcast, together with domestic and international travel representatives. Why attend? It’s an opportunity to network with other writers and editors, meet domestic and international PR reps, […]
» Read more...Travel Writing Workshops
For those of you who missed David Farley’s 10-week travel writing workshop at Gotham, here’s another chance to learn from him, this time at New York University. From Traveler to Travel Writer: A Writing Workshop INSTRUCTOR: David Farley DATE: Friday and Saturday, June 8-9 TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m (both days) LOCATION: Washington Square […]
» Read more...Travel Writer’s Festival
I know this is a little late, but if you’re going to be in the Minneapolis area this weekend, check out The Loft’s Literary Center’s Travel Writer’s Festival. The Loft is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive literary center, providing writers with educational programs, mentoring services, and grants. The festival features workshops and readings for […]
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