2012
Friday 8 June to Sunday 10 June – the Immrama Festival of Travel Writing – Lismore, Ireland
Friday evening – I’ll be joining Jan Morris, Artemis Cooper and Colin Thubron to discuss Patrick Leigh Fermor, author of that travel classic A Time of Gifts. Artemis Cooper is currently writing a Fermor biography.
Saturday at 8 pm I’ll be talking travel!
Wednesday 30 May – I’ll be in Moscow for the launch of Lonely Planet guidebooks in Russian.
Later in the year – I’ll be chairing the panel of judges for the 2012 Dolman Award for Travel Writing, Britain’s only award for travel books. More on that soon, when the long list of books is released.
Once while Travelling: The Lonely Planet Story