Category: Authors

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 new page he calls The Secrets of Travel Writing, where he shares his views on the business. Jen’s written about Peter Moore before here and […]

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, but apparently they’ve been looking for a final project together for a while. Redford will play Bill, and Paul will play Steve. But will Robert […]

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 in the Equatorial Pacific. Boy can I relate to Troost’s biggest challenge in the writing process. I’m procrastinating right now! Bye! And before I forget […]

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 (1995) he offered readers his car to go and visit Durham. Ten years later, he’s running the joint. I wonder if he’ll have time to […]

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 online. Other authors included in this issue are: David Sedaris, Nick Paumgarten, Lawrence Osborne, Ian Parker, John McPhee, Ludmila Ulitskaya, Nicole Krauss, Jonathan Franzen, Jane Smiley, […]

No, Rolf is not auctioning himself off like I did. But, you can pony up to get his time, attention, and seasoned editorial tutelage in the charms of the Latin Quarter, on the rue Saint Jacques. He will be teaching this summer at the Paris American Academy in France the entire month of July. Creative […]

Erik Olsen from Gadling on the left, Ayun Halliday in the center, Kelly Amabile and Andrew Tarica above me. Been meaning to put that up since Kelly sent it to me. It was very cool to meet Erik and Andrew is a friend from several years back. You all know Ayun, and now you can […]

Remember when I was raving about Rattawut Lapcharoensap’s Sightseeing? Well he was on NPR today. ‘Sightseeing’: Beyond the Tourist’s Thailand Audio of the All Things Considered program will be available at 7:30PM tonight.