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Pico Iyer JourneysLatest News
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Upcoming events (June 2013)

If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer talk, here are a few dates and places to try:

June 13 Talk at TEDGlobal Conference,
Edinburgh, Scotland
September 10 Talk at Miami University,
Miami, Ohio
September 12 Reading as Visiting Writer, St. Lawrence University
Canton, New York
October 9 Conversation with Katherine Boo, Central Library
Los Angeles, California
October 29 Adventure Travel Trade Association Summit
Windhoek, Namibia
January 2015 KeyWest Literary Seminar: “Literature and the Spirit”
Key West, Florida

Many more engagements are currently in the works.

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Upcoming events (December 2012)

If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer talk, mostly in connection with his new book, The Man Within My Head, here are a few dates and places to try:

January 10-13 Key West Literary Seminar: “Writers on Writers”
Key West, Florida
January 24-28 Jaipur Writers’ Festival
Jaipur, India
January 30-31 Kolkata Writers’ Festival
Kolkata, India
March 1-3 Japan International Literary Festival
Tokyo, Japan
March 22-23 Families in Global Transition annual conference
Silver Spring, Maryland
April 2 Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 4 Master’s Tea, Davenport House Yale University
April 8-13 Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Orange, California
April 11 Conversation with Amy Wilentz on Creative Non-Fiction
University of California, Irvine, California
April 15-19 Golo Mann Distinguished Visiting Lecturer
Claremont College, Claremony, California
April 20-21 Los Angeles Festival of Books,
Los Angeles, California
May 13 Conversation with Jim Doty, CCARE program, Stanford
Palo Alto, California
May 14-17 New Camadoli 1000-Year Celebration and Gathering
Carmel, California
January 2015 KeyWest Literary Seminar: “Literature and the Spirit”
Key West, Florida

Many more engagements are currently in the works.

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The Man Within My Head – Pico Iyer 2012

If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer talk in 2012, mostly in connection with a new book, The Man Within My Head, here are a few dates and places to try:

May 7 Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture, Brown University, 6:00p.m.
Providence. Rhode Island
May 14 Conversation with Dr. James Doty, Director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford University, 4:00p.m.
Palo Alto, California
May 16 Geographic Expeditions 30th Anniversary conversation with Don George, Lobero Theater, 7:00 p.m.
Santa Barbara, California
May 17 Live Talks L.A. conversation with Lisa Napoli, Fowler Museum, 7:30p.m.
Los Angeles, California
May 21 1st annual H. Peter Stern lecture, World Monuments Fund, 6:30p.m.
New York, New York
June 13-15 Idea City
Toronto, Ontario
August 31 – September 2 Melbourne Writers Festival
Melbourne, Australia
September 13 Conversation with Taryn Simon, Getty Center
Los Angeles, California
September 22 Conversation with Salman Rushdie (by invitation only)
Santa Barbara, California
November 10 Singapore Writers Festival
Singapore
January 10-13, 2013 Key West Literary Seminar
Key West, Florida
January 24-28 Jaipur Writers’ Festival
Jaipur, India
March 22-23 Families in Global Transition annual conference
Silver Spring, Maryland
April 2 Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 8-13 Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Orange, California
April 11 Conversation with Amy Wilentz on Creative Non-Fiction
University of California, Irvine, California
April 15-19 Golo Mann Distinguished Visiting Lecturer
Claremont College, Claremony, California
April 20-21 Los Angeles Festival of Books,
Los Angeles, California
January 2015 KeyWest Literary Seminar: “Literature and the Spirit”
Key West, Florida

Many more engagements are currently in the works.