Litquake San Rafael: Full Schedule

10:00am PDT

Characters I Have Met On the Road

Grab a free pastry and listen to this kick-off event for the day. Featuring Lisa Alpine, Don George, Dick Jordan, Diane LeBow, and April Orcutt, with stories that focus on the unique people they have met on the road. Forget about museums and boat tours. This is about living experience. Coffee and nibbles from Johnny Doughnuts and Ponsford’s Place.

Moderators/Hosts

Inga Aksamit

Inga Aksamit writes about adventure and exploration for the regular tourist. Publications include “Highs and Lows on the John Muir Trail” as well as stories in Travel Stories from Around the Globe, Coast and Kayak Magazine, International Travel News, and others.

Participants

Lisa Alpine

Lisa Alpine is the author of Wild Life: Travel Adventures of a Worldly Woman—Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Travel Book of the Year Award Gold Winner and 1st place memoir, North American Book Awards. Alpine has also received the Silver Solas medal Best Travel Story of the Year for... Read More →

Don George

Former travel ed of SF Chronicle and Lonely Planets books.

Dick Jordan

Dick Jordan is a freelance travel writer who publishes Tales Told From The Road: The Eclectic Online Travel Magazine For Independent Thinkers & Travelers. Dick produces for TV, including his feature-length documentary film, Cuba, Libre? Dick is a founding member of the Professional... Read More →

Diane LeBow

Diane LeBow, Ph.D.— travel writer and photojournalist; multiple-year winner of Travelers’ Tales’ Best Women’s Travel Writing, covering adventures from Afghanistan, the Middle East, Mongolia, Iran, France, to California cities.

April Orcutt

April Orcutt writes for National Geographic Traveler, TravelandLeisure.com, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, San Francisco Chronicle, Alaska Air, AAA magazines and more. April has received several prestigious travel-writing awards, including a Lowell Thomas Gold Award.

Saturday October 8, 2016 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Rebound Bookstore 1611 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94901

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