Archive for the ‘travel writing’ Category

Being a travel writer

Travel writer Rolf Potts has for several years now been running monthly interviews with fellow writers on his website.  This month’s segment is with Amanda Jones.  A sample: What is the biggest reward of life as a travel writer? I am one of the richest people I know in experience (with the exception of my [...]

A new life in Morocco

“It’s my duty to give my children an interesting childhood.” So says Tahir Shah, a British writer who moved his wife and two children to Morocco, renovated a 10-bedroom mansion, began a new life, and then wrote a book (The Caliph’s House) about the whole experience.  The New York Times profiled Shah and his new [...]