Talking Travel Writing at Book Passage’s Conference

I’m looking forward to the 2008 Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference August 14-17. It’s not only the premier travel writing conference in the country, it’s a lot of fun. I’ll be on the faculty, along with many writers and editors I admire: Simon Winchester, Tim Cahill, Isabel Allende, John Flinn and Don George, just to name a few. Students at last year’s conference told me they found it illuminating and inspiring. Happily, several of them have gone on to contribute to World Hum. Book Passage’s website has details. Michael Shapiro blogged about the 2006 conference for World Hum. If you’re considering studying travel writing and want to learn more about the business as a whole, check out an interview I did with conference chair Don George. Don has decades of experience and a solid perspective on the joys — and, yes, frustrations — of the work.

-April 14, 2008