Wednesday, September 17, 2008

September 15, 2008: Exploring Our World: Travel Writing in the Bay Area

Join us as we look at traveling and the books that entice us to travel beyond our comfort zone. Cultural familiarity and mobility has made the idea of a travel destination an ever changing definition. Natural and cultural beauty are closer than ever and the ways these experiences get transmitted are ever expanding.

The idea of thinking in broad horizons has been part of Bay Area culture since its founding. But what factors influence the travel publishing industry and what effects does publishing content have on destinations? How has the art and business of travel writing and travel publishing changed? How is the genre continuing to change?

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