A few weeks ago I made fun of someone for using a Rick Steves guidebook. Actually, that is putting it lightly. I ganged up with another friend of mine and we raked the poor fan over like a third grader gets teased for no good reason except some bullies thought her fat. Why did we […]
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Don George’s New Book on Travel Writing
That's write. That's right! Either way you look at it, Don George is releasing a brand new book about our favorite subject. A how-to from all the insight he’s garnered through many years of experience. Believe it or not, this is the first book that he has authored. Edited several, but this one is all […]
» Read more...Ayun Halliday’s Job Hopper
The Amazing Ayun keeps cranking out more books, and I can’t wait to add this to my collection. I mean, come on, don’t we always want to hear about someone who’s done nuttier stuff than our own crazy selves? I do! I haven’t pre-ordered a copy from Powell’s yet, but here’s what Seal Press is […]
» Read more...Around the World in Eight Days
Though I would love to read eight days worth of Laura on the job at USA Today, a travel journal is cool, too. “Bly on the Fly” She’s using a Blackberry to send in her reports as she hops between New York, Hong Kong, Kowloon, New Delhi, Dubai, Cairo, Paris, London, Reykjavik, and Balitmore. “Inspired […]
» Read more...Eric Hansen on NPR Weekend Edition
The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer continues to get press. Eric Hansen was featured today on NPR’s weekend edition. You can listen to the interview, or read “Arlette and Madame Perruche,” an excerpt from the book, on their site. Here’s the lead… “It was a warm summer evening when I met Arlette. She was […]
» Read more...Michael Shapiro at the LA Times Travel Show
Here is a guest post from Michael Shapiro about his two most recent events: After a 22-event fall tour, I kicked off my 2005 schedule for A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives and Inspiration with an event at the wonderful Capitola Book CafĂ© and an appearance at the Los […]
» Read more...World Hum’s Jim Benning, a Gadling Podcast
I was excited to see that my friend Jim is doing something ground breaking with Gadling.com. Gadling Podcast: New Features and Interview With Jim Benning of Worldhum This is a part of Gadling's second podcast. Here’s what you can expect. “a new feature called Magazine Minute in which we talk (briefly, I swear) about the […]
» Read more...Redmond O’Hanlon on Tour for Trawler
The great Redmond O’Hanlon is on tour for Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic A frenzied depiction of an alien, intensely hazardous way of life, Trawler is both edifying and hugely entertaining. O’Hanlon’s is a magnificently original voice: manic, scholarly, funny, sumptuously descriptive, and more than slightly deranged.” —Jon Krakauer Have you heard of […]
» Read more...Travel Writers Pull Together for Tsunami Benefit
Here's the kind of cool stuff I miss by not living in New York! Ayun Halliday, author of No Touch Monkey! (And contributor to Whose Panties Are These?), wrote a brand new travel story for this Tsunami benefit hosted by FeatureWell.com. Go in my place if you’re in New York. Or if you’re like Dave […]
» Read more...Marybeth Bond and Jeff Greenwald on the Tsunami
The Tsunami reports are shaking everyone. But in the Travelers’ Tales family, it’s been the most difficult for author Marybeth Bond. Marybeth is our best-selling author of Gutsy Women and award-winning editor of A Woman’s World, A Woman’s Passion for Travel, A Woman’s Europe, and the upcoming A Woman’s Asia. Larry passed word to us […]
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