Details below are for the London 2012 Adventure Travel Show. Glasgow 2012 and London 2013 show details to be updated shortly.
Bradt Travel Guides together with The Telegraph Adventure Travel Show will host two travel writing seminars on Saturday 28 January and Sunday 29 January.
During the seminars, leading industry experts will offer an introduction to the key areas of travel writing.
Saturday 28 January: Creative Skills
- Newspapers, magazines, online, books - what writing would best suit you?
- Improve your writing - how to approach and shape a piece of writing to ensure it is as powerful as it can be.
- How to turn your travel experiences into articles.
Sunday 29 January: Getting Published
- Learn how to find your way in the marketplace.
- What editors want and how to pitch them.
- Online publishing - writing for the web.
SPEAKERS:
Adrian Phillips - publishing director at Bradt Travel Guides and travel writer
Adrian is author of several guidebooks, writes for national newspapers and magazines (including The Independent on Sunday, The Express and National Geographic), and has a regular travel slot on Radio 5 Live. He was voted Guidebook Writer of the Year in 2006 and won the award for Best Short Feature Article of the Year in 2010.
Dan Linstead - travel writer, photographer and editor of Wanderlust
Dan joined Wanderlust as editor in 2006 where he has commissioned over 400 travel features and written about sailing in Scotland, homestays in Borneo and bear watching in Transylvania – among many other subjects. Dan regularly appears on TV and radio.
Jonathan Lorie - Travellers’ Tales
Jonathan Lorie is director of the international Travellers’ Tales Festival and of Travellers’ Tales, the UK’s leading agency for travel writers and photographers. He writes regularly for the Independent on Sunday and was previously he was editor of Traveller magazine.
Mike Unwin – travel writer
Mike is an award-winning writer, editor and photographer who specialises in natural history and travel. His books for Bradt include Southern African Wildlife and 100 Bizarre Animals, and he is currently working on Swaziland: The Bradt Travel Guide. Mike writes for the Independent, Wanderlust and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
Nick Rowlands – editor of Matador Abroad and online specialist
Nick lives in Egypt and has worked as a tour leader, managing editor of a Cairo city guide, and Cairo local expert for trip-planning site NileGuide. He is currently editor of Matador Abroad. He has written for websites including the National Geographic Intelligent Travel blog, and for print publications such as The International Observer, The Daily News Egypt and Open Skies.
So if you want to get the low-down from some of the best people in the business, come and join us! We anticipate the places to fill quickly, so make sure you book your place early to avoid disappointment.
Saturday 28 January 2012 10am to 1pm
Sunday 29 January 2012 2pm to 5pm
Advance price
Saturday / £55*
Sunday / £55*
Saturday & Sunday / £90 (special price for both days)*
On door price
Saturday/ £65*
Sunday / £65*
Combined Travel Photography and Travel Writing Seminars Tickets
Advance price
Saturday / £90*
Sunday / £90*
Saturday & Sunday / £160 (special price for both days)*
* Please note the price for the Travel Writing seminars includes entry into the Telegraph Adventure Travel Show on any day.
