Book Passage Will Host its 20th Annual Conference for Aspiring Travel Writers This August

Every August for the past 19 years, an important, independent bookstore located just north of San Francisco, Book Passage of Corte Madera, California, has sponsored a four-day conference on travel writing designed to teach fundamentals of that activity to aspiring travel journalists.  In attendance are some of the most famous names in the field; I have met distinguished travel writers there ranging from Jan Morris to Pico Iyer, and have myself addressed the conference, as has my daughter, Pauline Frommer.  

As the Conference's literature points out, "The faculty includes publishers, editors, photographers, travel essayers ... guidebook writers, and more.  There are hours of informal interaction between faculty and students during lunch and evening discussions.  Many alumni of this Conference have published books, articles and photos as a result of lessons learned and contacts made at the Conference."

This year's event will be the 20th annual meeting of the Book Passage Conference on Travel Writing and Photography, and it promises to be an especially robust gathering that has been characterized by its chairman Don George (former travel editor of the San Francisco Chronicle) as having "gained renown globally for the quality and accessibility of its faculty, the range of its workshops and panels, and the extraordinary achievements of its graduates, who have gone on to publish hundreds of books and articles in magazines, newspapers and websites."

For information, or to sign visit http://bookpassage.com/travel-food-photography-conference .