I just discovered the wonderful Saveur Magazine last year and only had the chance to read a few of the issues. I subscribed almost immediately after reading it for the first time, but only had the chance to catch the initial few issues before I moved to Peru for the past 6 months. Now that […]
» Read more...Month: June 2007
Symphony space Travel Tales
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...Market Leads: Forbes Traveler and the Traveling Times
Traveling Timesis looking for an Associate Editor. The LA based position requires at least a bachelor’s degree in Journalism or a related field and 2-5 years of experience. To apply email your resume and two to four writing samples to: hr@travelingtimes.com, or fax to 661-295-8558 ASAP. ForbesTraveler.com is looking for a Travel Writer/Editor who can […]
» Read more...World Nomads/Lonely Planet Travel Film Scholarship
World Nomads and Lonely Planet have announced a Video Documentary Scholarship, the next in the series of World Nomads Travel Scholarships, and is calling for applications. The winner will travel to the Kiwanje Ndege Primary School, in the Laikipia region of Kenya as part of a World Expeditions community project travel trek and will be […]
» Read more...Advice From A Travel Writer Who Has Made It, To Another Who Wants to Make It…
Apologies for the scanty posts on my end these days. Between trying to write queries, procrastinating and trying to write queries and procrastinating – I have been caught up in a slightly depressing hole where I land up doing everything but writing. Any empathy guys? This is when I start to look online frantically for […]
» Read more...Wow Wow Wee Waa; Borat to pen Travel Guide
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...Meet and Greet with Lonely Planet Founders
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...Call From National Press Club For Travel Writers
If you are an editor, photographer, a writer, trying to be a writer, or whatever, as long as you are waddling in the travel-publishing industry, and want to share your experiences with a crowd who will listen to what you have to say, this opportunity may be yours. The event is being sponsored by the […]
» Read more...How Traveling Made Her a Writer…
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 […]
» Read more...Matador Travel Contest Winners Announced
We wrote about this before, and for those of you interested to check out the story of the winner of Matador Travel‘s first writing/photography contest – this is it: “Huayhuash: A Convergence of Change and Resilience,” written by Adam French, photographs by Ben Ditto. 80 stories were submitted, of which another two noteworthy ones are: […]
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