Matthew Felix's Blog, page 6
March 16, 2020
Gold in the 2020 Solas Awards!
Honored that an excerpt from my forthcoming book received Gold in the Travel and Transformation category of the 2020 Solas Awards!
Many thanks, as always, to Larry Habegger and Travelers' Tales for holding the competition and ensuring that great travel writing is recognized!
March 3, 2020
Honored to be San Francisco Writers Conference Podcaster
February 25, 2020
Sizzle Reel
Looking forward to doing more speaking this year—just did an online interview out in April, and today confirmed a talk for May—so put together this new “sizzle reel” that highlights my past speaking engagements, podcasting, interviews, performances, and more. It was fun looking back on some great experiences from the past few years. Looking forward to more!
February 3, 2020
San Francisco Writers Conference
Excited to be volunteering at the San Francisco Writers Conference, 2/13 - 2/16! Hope to see you there! More: https://www.sfwriters.org/
December 5, 2019
Readers' Favorite Awards in Miami!
A couple of weeks ago I had the honor and pleasure of attending this year's Readers' Favorite Awards in Miami. My book Porcelain Travels won Gold for Humor in this year's awards.
November 15, 2019
Vietnam Documentary
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An honor and a pleasure conducting interviews for a Talk Vietnam documentary about National Geographic photographer Catherine Karnow's many years working in Vietnam. It was a genuinely inspiring day hearing from past workshop participants about Catherine's love for both photography and Vietnam, as well as the ways in which she and her work have had such a positive and profound impact on so many— workshop participants and the Vietnamese people alike. Thank you Catherine! And thank you to the generous, thoughtful, and fun interviewees Carol Thomas, Lori Smith Docherty, and Becky Benenate, as well as to Chris Scott for ensuring we were well lit despite a surprisingly rainy day outside!
October 22, 2019
New Podcast Coming Soon!
Coming soon!
I needed to get away to figure out what was next for me. This is what happened when I did. These are travel anecdotes, stories, and ruminations from my month in a small island village in Croatia.
October 21, 2019
Great Litquake in the Redwoods!
A brief video montage of last Saturday's literary celebration in the redwoods, part of Litquake's 20th anniversary festivities.
Hosted by Naomi Goldner and Tom Phillips of WordSpaceStudios Literary Arts and emceed by yours truly, the event featured music, paella, and writers, including the following (in order of appearance): Susan Swartz, Barbara L. Baer, Eanlai Cronin, Conrad Bishop, Elizabeth Fuller, Maureen Simons, Jodi Hottel, Amy G. Latham, Larry Robinson, Martha Grover, Nona Caspers, Maya Khosla, and Jessi Phillips. A special shout-out to authors Erin Byrne and Lone Mørch who were unable to make it and were missed!
Many thanks to Jan Hammock and Enulla Shamir for behind-the-scenes help, as well as huge thanks to Brian Cullen for two days spent preparing the property for the event.
Lastly, apologies for the grainy quality of the video later in the evening; time for a camera upgrade!
Thank you for a wonderful event!
September 29, 2019
The Final Episode!
One chapter closes, so another can begin…
In my final episode of Matthew Félix on Air, recorded live on September 25, 2019 at LitWings at Book Passage in Corte Madera (San Francisco Bay Area), I trace the trajectory of the video podcast from its inception to this last episode.
Thanks to all of you who have watched and listened over the past year and a half! I’ll be back in 2020 with new podcasts!
September 15, 2019
LitWings!
Looking forward to presenting at LitWings on Wed, Sept 25 at Book Passage in Corte Madera! I’ll be talking about my video podcast, Matthew Felix on Air.
