Mill Valley author Lisa Alpine hosts an ensemble of travel writers for this three-part series of literary travel tales from around the globe.
Each program highlights renowned authors including Pam Houston — Cowboys Are my Weakness, Richard Bangs — founder Sobek Expeditions, Larry Habegger — publisher Travelers’ Tales, Jeff Greenwald — Shopping For Buddhas, and many more. Following each event the authors will be schmoozing, signing, and selling their books.
Come and enjoy this series of travel yarns that run the gamut from sexy to humorous, poignant to outrageous, insightful to daring.
Our storytellers:
Molly Giles has published three award-winning collections of stories: Rough Translations, which won The Flannery O’Connor Prize, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; Creek Walk, a New York Times Notable Book; and Bothered, which won a flash fiction award from Split Oak Press.
http://mollygiles.com
Li Miao is an award-winning writer and author of In the Lap of the Gods, a tale of the dammed and displaced in China's Three Gorges. http://limiaolovett.com
Richard Bangs is founder of Sobek Expeditions and has served as president of Outward Bound; created the “Well Traveled” series for Slate.com; was founding editor and executive producer of MSNBC’s “Great Escapes”; and produced “Richard Bangs Adventures” for Yahoo!
http://www.richardbangs.com
Andy Murdock is the former Managing Editor for Airbnb and US Digital Editor for Lonely Planet. He writers for CNN, BBC, Washington Post, and more. With a Ph.D. in Biology, his interest lies in stories at the intersection of science and travel.
http://andymurdock.com
Lisa Alpine is the author of Wild Life: Travel Adventures of a Worldly Woman (Best Travel Book 2014 North American Book Awards) and Exotic Life: Travel Tales of an Adventurous Woman (Best Women's Adventure Memoir BAIPA Book Awards). She is the recipient of the 2014 Solas Silver “Best Travel Writing Story”.
https://www.lisaalpine.com.
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Each program highlights renowned authors including Pam Houston — Cowboys Are my Weakness, Richard Bangs — founder Sobek Expeditions, Larry Habegger — publisher Travelers’ Tales, Jeff Greenwald — Shopping For Buddhas, and many more. Following each event the authors will be schmoozing, signing, and selling their books.
Come and enjoy this series of travel yarns that run the gamut from sexy to humorous, poignant to outrageous, insightful to daring.
Our storytellers:
Molly Giles has published three award-winning collections of stories: Rough Translations, which won The Flannery O’Connor Prize, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; Creek Walk, a New York Times Notable Book; and Bothered, which won a flash fiction award from Split Oak Press.
http://mollygiles.com
Li Miao is an award-winning writer and author of In the Lap of the Gods, a tale of the dammed and displaced in China's Three Gorges. http://limiaolovett.com
Richard Bangs is founder of Sobek Expeditions and has served as president of Outward Bound; created the “Well Traveled” series for Slate.com; was founding editor and executive producer of MSNBC’s “Great Escapes”; and produced “Richard Bangs Adventures” for Yahoo!
http://www.richardbangs.com
Andy Murdock is the former Managing Editor for Airbnb and US Digital Editor for Lonely Planet. He writers for CNN, BBC, Washington Post, and more. With a Ph.D. in Biology, his interest lies in stories at the intersection of science and travel.
http://andymurdock.com
Lisa Alpine is the author of Wild Life: Travel Adventures of a Worldly Woman (Best Travel Book 2014 North American Book Awards) and Exotic Life: Travel Tales of an Adventurous Woman (Best Women's Adventure Memoir BAIPA Book Awards). She is the recipient of the 2014 Solas Silver “Best Travel Writing Story”.
https://www.lisaalpine.com.
Mill Valley author Lisa Alpine hosts an ensemble of travel writers for this three-part series of literary travel tales from around the globe.
Each program highlights renowned authors including Pam Houston — Cowboys Are my Weakness, Richard Bangs — founder Sobek Expeditions, Larry Habegger — publisher Travelers’ Tales, Jeff Greenwald — Shopping For Buddhas, and many more. Following each event the authors will be schmoozing, signing, and selling their books.
Come and enjoy this series of travel yarns that run the gamut from sexy to humorous, poignant to outrageous, insightful to daring.
Our storytellers:
Molly Giles has published three award-winning collections of stories: Rough Translations, which won The Flannery O’Connor Prize, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; Creek Walk, a New York Times Notable Book; and Bothered, which won a flash fiction award from Split Oak Press.
http://mollygiles.com
Li Miao is an award-winning writer and author of In the Lap of the Gods, a tale of the dammed and displaced in China's Three Gorges. http://limiaolovett.com
Richard Bangs is founder of Sobek Expeditions and has served as president of Outward Bound; created the “Well Traveled” series for Slate.com; was founding editor and executive producer of MSNBC’s “Great Escapes”; and produced “Richard Bangs Adventures” for Yahoo!
http://www.richardbangs.com
Andy Murdock is the former Managing Editor for Airbnb and US Digital Editor for Lonely Planet. He writers for CNN, BBC, Washington Post, and more. With a Ph.D. in Biology, his interest lies in stories at the intersection of science and travel.
http://andymurdock.com
Lisa Alpine is the author of Wild Life: Travel Adventures of a Worldly Woman (Best Travel Book 2014 North American Book Awards) and Exotic Life: Travel Tales of an Adventurous Woman (Best Women's Adventure Memoir BAIPA Book Awards). She is the recipient of the 2014 Solas Silver “Best Travel Writing Story”.
https://www.lisaalpine.com.
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Each program highlights renowned authors including Pam Houston — Cowboys Are my Weakness, Richard Bangs — founder Sobek Expeditions, Larry Habegger — publisher Travelers’ Tales, Jeff Greenwald — Shopping For Buddhas, and many more. Following each event the authors will be schmoozing, signing, and selling their books.
Come and enjoy this series of travel yarns that run the gamut from sexy to humorous, poignant to outrageous, insightful to daring.
Our storytellers:
Molly Giles has published three award-winning collections of stories: Rough Translations, which won The Flannery O’Connor Prize, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; Creek Walk, a New York Times Notable Book; and Bothered, which won a flash fiction award from Split Oak Press.
http://mollygiles.com
Li Miao is an award-winning writer and author of In the Lap of the Gods, a tale of the dammed and displaced in China's Three Gorges. http://limiaolovett.com
Richard Bangs is founder of Sobek Expeditions and has served as president of Outward Bound; created the “Well Traveled” series for Slate.com; was founding editor and executive producer of MSNBC’s “Great Escapes”; and produced “Richard Bangs Adventures” for Yahoo!
http://www.richardbangs.com
Andy Murdock is the former Managing Editor for Airbnb and US Digital Editor for Lonely Planet. He writers for CNN, BBC, Washington Post, and more. With a Ph.D. in Biology, his interest lies in stories at the intersection of science and travel.
http://andymurdock.com
Lisa Alpine is the author of Wild Life: Travel Adventures of a Worldly Woman (Best Travel Book 2014 North American Book Awards) and Exotic Life: Travel Tales of an Adventurous Woman (Best Women's Adventure Memoir BAIPA Book Awards). She is the recipient of the 2014 Solas Silver “Best Travel Writing Story”.
https://www.lisaalpine.com.
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