I head off to Paris today to be a guest speaker at Rolf's creative writing class at the Paris American Academy. It sure looks like they're having a great time! I'm bummed I missed meeting Jeffrey Tayler…
Read more →Just saw this on the Olsson's Event Calendar : Who: Bill Bryson Chats About Wales, hosted by the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program When: Thursday, July 28 at 6:30PM Where: Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st…
Read more →Isabel Huggan's Belonging: Home Away From Home is a memoir of her life as experienced through the various places she has lived. Huggan shares stories about living abroad in the south of France, the…
Read more →Tim McDonald discusses his take on the state of travel writing in the Golf industry. Is it objective? Is it possible to be objective when those who write about it might also be marketing pros? "ING…
Read more →Sometimes I think we're not meant to meet our heroes. Last night around midnight or later, I was introduced to Anthony Holden. He wrote Big Deal: One Year As A Professional Poker Player , and I've talked…
Read more →TGIF! I've gathered an assortment of this week's travel publishing news from around the web, to keep you clicking through the weekend... ~ Wheeler and Wisner share opposing opinions on the value of travel…
Read more →If you didn't find what you were looking for on the Summer Reading List , then give BiblioTravel a whirl -- maybe you'll discover the perfect book to take you away ... BiblioTravel was created by two…
Read more →I know there are tons of summer reading lists floating around, but I thought the folks at Transitions Abroad deserved special props for putting together a unique selection of travel books to choose from.…
Read more →The Sunday Times had an article on The Sounds of Summer this past weekend. I thought the idea of having Matt Dillion read Jack Kerouac's On the Road sounded interesting.... "Dillon gives the impression…
Read more →Current Location: Vegas, Baby! Current Weather: 95 -104F Current Reads: Tales from the Tiltboys: Edited by Kim Scheinberg, Foreword by Phil Gordon Tao of Poker Jay Greenspan's WSOP reports Amy Calistri's…
Read more →Pology was started by Neil Schwartz in March 2005. His thoughts on the creation of this new publication: Too much of today's travel writing focuses on where to stay, eat and shop, but I'm convinced that…
Read more →Erik at Gadling mentioned the new online magazine Far Flung a few months back, and I finally found some time to poke around on the site. First thing I came across was this article by Canadian writer Rory…
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