Aug
19
Tanya Shaffer’s new website
August 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
Bay Area writer, actor, traveler, and activist Tanya Shaffer launched her new website last month. Highlights include:
- Audio clips from “Sid Arthur,” Tanya’s musical-in-progress with composer Vienna Teng
- Video clips from her solo show “Let My Enemy Live Long!”
- Stories and essays available for free online reading
- A page for each of Tanya’s major original works, including a brief description, press clips, and photo gallery.
Mar
2
Janet Grace Riehl
March 2, 2007 | 1 Comment
Janet Grace Riehl, writer, speaker, poet, blogger. Riehl Life: Village Wisdom for the 21st Century.
Sep
7
Susan Alcorn
September 7, 2006 | Comments Off
Susan Alcorn publishes an e-newsletter for the hiking/backpacking community, which is available on request from backpack45@yahoo.com
Jul
30
Georgia Hesse
July 30, 2004 | Comments Off
Georgia Hesse is the founding travel editor of the San Francisco Examiner and now a freelance travel writer. She has visited more than 200 countries and island groups, is the author of several guidebooks and holds many awards including the French Ordre du Mrite.
Feb
8
Kevin Smokler
February 8, 2004 | Comments Off
Kevin Smokler “writer, speaker, maker of mischief.”
Oct
4
Don George
October 4, 2003 | Comments Off
Don George, writer, editor, speaker, blogger, teacher, extraordinaire.
Oct
2
Edward Hasbrouck
October 2, 2003 | Comments Off
Edward Hasbrouck, blogger, Practical Nomad, past BATW board member.
Jul
1
Linda Watanabe McFerrin
July 1, 2003 | Comments Off
Linda Watanabe McFerrin, writer, teacher, poet. Founded Left Coast Writers.
Linda Watanabe McFerrin has been traveling since she was two and writing about it since she was six. A poet, travel writer, novelist and contributor to numerous journals, newspapers, magazines, anthologies and online publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, the Washington Post, the Salt Lake City Tribune, Modern Bride, San Francisco Bride, Travelers’ Tales, Salon.com and Women.com, she is the author of two poetry collections, an award-winning novel (Namako: Sea Cucumber) and short story collection (The Hand of Buddha), and the editor of Best Places Northern California, 4th ed.
Mar
15
Marybeth Bond
March 15, 2003 | Comments Off
Marybeth Bond, author, editor, speaker.
Jan
2
Full Moon Storytellers
January 2, 2003 | Comments Off
The Full Moon Storytellers’ tales are about “what it means to straddle two worlds and two cultures [revealing] constantly-moving boundaries and the strength it takes to negotiate them.” Storytellers are Ayoung Kim, Mei Yan Leung, Karen Llagas, Li Miao, and Kunal Mukherjee; read their bios.