I’m more than a little surprised to find myself in this box: my idea of NEWS is something that happened in 1848, and I think there are better things to advertise and take notice of than my tiny doings or scribbles.
But now that DDB Singapore has brought me into the 20th century – with every sign of coaxing me into the 21st – I’m happy to welcome anyone who’s interested to this space, where we may now and then post something that’s not easily found elsewhere, a video clip from our recent journeys or something that might be of interest to anyone who’s traveled as far as this unexpected corner.
Thank you for your time and attention, and if you’re irritated by something here, please blame the brilliant designers of these pages. Without them, I’d still be in some black hole!
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If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| April 18 | A workshop on Paradise, TED Vancouver, Canada |
| April 22 | Two Panels, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Los Angeles, California |
| April 27 | Conversation with Isabella Rossellini, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| May 2 | Keynote, Seattle Arts and Lectures at Town Hall Seattle, Washington |
| May 17-21 | Jaipur Literature Festival Soneva Fushi Fushi, the Maldives |
| July 5 | Conversation for The School of Life (virtual) Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| August 10 | Lecture on travel, Book Passage Corte Madera, California |
| August 10 | Conversation, Book Passage Travel Writing Conference Corte Madera, California |
| September 14 | Keynote, Adventure Travel World Summit Sapporo, Japan |
| October 4 | A conversation on compassion for Coca-Cola (virtual) Atlanta, Georgia |
| October 30 | Zen Luminaries conversation (online) Santa Rosa, California |
| November | Conversation with Stephen Batchelor, Musashino U. Koyasan, Japan |
| November | Conversation with Stephen Batchelor, Camphor Village Kyoto/Nara, Japan |
| April 2024 | Isherwood-Bachardy Lecture, Huntington Museum San Marino, California |
| July 8-13 | Modern Elder Academy workshop with Chip Conley Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| October 2024 | Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| November 6 | Conversation with Jennifer Egan, UCSB Arts & Lectures Santa Barbara, California |
| November 9 | Onstage conversations, Sharjah International Book Fair Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| December 3 | Keynote Lecture, Bangalore Literature Festival Bangalore, India |
| January 13, 2023 | Presentation of The Half Known Life, Vroman’s Pasadena, California |
| January 17 | Conversation at Kepler’s bookstore Palo Alto, California |
| January 18 | Conversation with Don George, Book Passage Corte Madera, California |
| January 19 | Onstage conversation, Asian Art Museum San Francisco, California |
| January 24 | Virtual Zoom conversation, with 5 X 15 London, England |
| January 24 | Onstage conversation, Asia Society New York, New York |
| January 30 | Virtual conversation with Books & Books and others Miami, Florida |
| January 31 | Keynote, Educational Travel Consortium Reno, Nevada |
| March 14 | Conversation with Tracy Kidder, UCSB Arts & Lectures Santa Barbara, California |
| April 27 | Conversation with Isabella Rossellini, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| May 2 | Lecture, Seattle Arts and Lectures at Town Hall Seattle, Washington |
| May 12-21 | Jaipur Literature Festival Soneya Fushi The Maldives |
| August 9 | Talk on travel, Book Passage Corte Madera, California |
| August 12 | Conversation, Book Passage Travel Writing Conference Corte Madera, California |
| November | Conversation with Stephen Batchelor, Musashin U. Koyasan, Japan |
| November | Conversation with Stephen Batchelor, Camphor Village, Kyoto/Nara, Japan |
| April 2024 | Isherwood-Bachardy Lecture, Huntington Museum San Marino, California |
| October 2024 | Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| March 2 | Conversation with Erik Larson, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| March 3 | Universal-McCann Client Summit Ojai, California |
| March 9-16 | Silversea World Cruise 2022 Zanzibar-Mahe |
| April 23 | Conversation with Krista Tippett, SF City Arts San Francisco, California |
| April 29 | Keynote lecture, Travel Con Memphis, Tennessee |
| May 11 | Workshop on stillness (virtual) Six Senses Resorts |
| May 13 | Conversation with Elizabeth Strout, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| June 5-9 | Workshop with Abbess Fu Schroeder, Tassajara Carmel, California |
| June 7 | Keynote, IBM Spark Design Festival (online) |
| June 25-28 | Onstage conversation, Aspen Ideas Festival Aspen, Colorado |
| October 2-9, 2022 | Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| October 14 | Panel discussion on Thoreau (online) Politics & Prose Bookstore |
| October 27 | Panel discussion on Thoreau (online) Huntington Library |
| October 28 | Conversation with Vijay Gupta, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| November 25 | Panel on Jan Morris (online) Royal Society of Literature, London |
| March 2, 2022 | Conversation with Erik Larson, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| March 11-16 | Silversea World Cruise 2022 Zanzibar-Mahe |
| April 10-14 | TED Annual Conference Vancouver, Canada |
| April 23 | Conversation with Krista Tippett, SF City Arts San Francisco, California |
| April 29 | Keynote lecture, Travel Con Memphis, Tennessee |
| May 11 | Workshop on stillness (virtual) Six Senses Resorts |
| May 13 | Conversation with Elizabeth Strout, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| June 5-9 | Workshop with Abbess Fu Schroeder, Tassajara Carmel, California |
| October 2-9, 2022 | Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| February 16, 17, 18, 2021 | Two lectures and a conversation (online) Santa Fe Workshops |
| March 6 | A class on creativity (with Michael Shapiro), online Book Passage/Extended Sessions |
| March 14 | An interview with Kazuo Ishiguro Book Passage/Extended Sessions |
| March 27 | A class on The Art of Stillness, online Book Passage/Extended Sessions |
| April 16 | Conversation with Mohsin Hamid, online UCSB Arts & Lectures |
| May 6 | A conversation on Japan, online British Library, London, England |
| May | Conversation with Mira Nair, online UCSB Arts & Lectures |
| June | Conversation with Peter Grilli on Japan, online Japan Society of Boston |
| August 18 | Talk, Hospice of Santa Barbara, online |
| September 20-23 | Lecture, Adventure Travel Summit Sapporo, Japan |
| Mar. 25-30 2022 | Silversea World Cruise 2022, Zanzibar-Mahe |
| April 29, 2022 | Keynote lecture, Travel Con, Memphis, Tennessee |
| October 2-9, 2022 | Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| October 12 | Conversation(online) with Barbara Kingsolver, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| December 3 | Conversation(online) with Cheryl Strayed, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| April 4-9, 2021 | TED Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| April 12 | Conversation with Parul Sehgal, Greg Cowles, Chapman U. Orange, California |
| April 14 | Lecture, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California |
| April 16 | Conversation with Mohsin Hamid, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| April 18 | Keynote lecture, Travel Con, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| April 19-25 | Two lectures, Festival of Faiths, Louisville, Kentucky |
| May 13 | Conversation with Elizabeth Strout, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| June 3-7 | Workshop with Abbess Furyu Schroeder, Tassajara Carmel, California |
| July 5-9 | Writing Workshop, Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| September 20-23 | Lecture, Adventure Travel Summit, Sapporo, Japan |
| Mar 25-30, 2022 | Silversea World Cruise 2022, Jiddah, South Africa – Petra, Jordan |
| October 2-9, 2022 | Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| October 3 | Conversation with Philip Glass, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California |
| October 6 | Public interview, Live Talks L.A., Santa Monica, California |
| October 7 | Reading, Laguna Beach Books, Orange County, California |
| October 9 | Reading, Book Passage, Corte Madera, California |
| October 10 | Public interview by Dan Stone, City Arts and Lectures, San Francisco, California |
| October 12 | Public interview, Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Tennessee |
| October 14 | Conversation, Asia Society, New York, New York |
| October 15 | Conversation, McNally-Jackson Books, New York, New York |
| October 16 | Reading, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas |
| October 17 | Reading, Japan Society Boston/Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| October 19 | Reading, Politics & Prose, Washington D.C. |
| November 2-3 | Singapore Writers’ Festival, Singapore |
| November 7-10 | Hong Kong Literature Festival, Hong Kong |
| December 13-15 | Times Lit Fest, Mumbai, India |
| January 9, 2020 | Conversation with Elaine Pagels, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California |
| February 26 | Public interview, Point Loma Nazarene U., San Diego, California |
| April 13-14 | Talk, Chapman University, Orange, California |
| April 17 | Conversation with Mohsin Hamid, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California |
| April, 2020 | Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, California |
| May 12 | Conversation with Elizabeth Strout, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California |
| May 18 | Conversation with Krista Tippett, City Arts & Lectures, San Francisco, California |
| June 4-8 | Workshop with Abbess Furyu Schroeder, Tassajara, Carmel, California |
| August, 2020 | Mountain Echoes Festival, Thimphu, Bhutan |
| September | Reading/Lecture, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta |
| October 3-10 | Montgomery Fellow Lecture, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire |
| November, 2020 | Jaipur Literary Festival in Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| March 28 | Lecture, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Richmond, Virginia |
| April 4 | Glen and Julie Flynn Lecture, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island |
| April 17 | Public Interview by Kurt Andersen, Live at the NYPL New York, New York |
| April 18 | Reading, University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa |
| April 24 | Reading, Labyrinth Books Princeton, New Jersey |
| May 3 | Reading, Books & Books Coral Gables, Florida |
| May 5 | Talk Toronto, Canada |
| May 8 | Reading with Peter Hessler, 92nd Street Y New York New York |
| May 9 | Reading, Brookline Booksmith Brookline, Massachusetts |
| May 14 | Reading, Diesel Books Brentwood, California |
| May 16 | Conversation with Andrew Solomon, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| May 17 | Reading, Kepler’s Books Palo Alto, California |
| May 18 | Reading, San Francisco Zen City Center San Francisco, California |
| May 19 | Public inerview by Jenara Nerenberg, International House Berkeley, California |
| May 20 | Public interview by Don George, Book Passage Corte Madera, California |
| May 21 | Reading, Powell’s Books Portland, Oregon |
| May 23 | Public interview by Diane Durston, Japanese Garden Portland, Oregon |
| May 25 | Reading, Seattle Art Museum Seattle, Washington |
| May 29 | Reading, Vroman’s Books Pasadena, California |
| June 14-15 | Conversations, Jaipur Festival at the British Museum London, England |
| June 17 | Presentation, 5 X 15 London, England |
| June 19 | Conversation, John Gordon “How to” series London, England |
| June 21-23 | Conversations, Jaipur Festival in Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| June 30 | Reading, Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara, California |
| July 5-7 | Conversations, Indian Summer Fest Vancouver, Canada |
| July 6 | Lecture and workshop for Hollyhock Vancouver, Canada |
| July 21-25 | TED Summit Edinburgh, Scotland |
| August 28-Sept. 2, 2019 | Telluride Film Festival Telluride, Colorado |
| September 11-21 2019 | Berlin Literature Festival Berlin, Germany |
| October 10 | Public interview by Dan Stone, City Arts and Lectures San Francisco, California |
| October 12 | Conversation, Southern Festival of Books Nashville, Tennessee |
| October 16 | Reading, Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, Texas |
| October 19 | Reading, Politics & Prose Washington. D.C. |
| November 9-10 | Singapore Writers’ Festival Singapore |
| June 4-8 | Workshop with Abbess Furyu Schroeder, Tassajara Carmel, California |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| October 16 | Keynote, Inspirato Mid-Atlantic Member Summit Washington D.C. |
| October 23 | Conversation with Joan Halifax, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| January 6-18 2019 | Silversea World Cruise San Francisco, California—Papeete |
| January 22 | Conversation with B.J. Miller, City Arts and Lectures San Francisco, California |
| January 28 | Conversation with George Saunders, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| January 30-Feb. 1 | Rancho Mirage Writers’ Festival Rancho Mirage, California |
| February 19 | Moderator, panel on Zen and Japanese internment New York City, New York |
| March 14 | Conversation with Susan Orlean, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| March 28 | Lecture, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Richmond, Virginia |
| April 18 | Reading and book-launch, University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa |
| April 20 | Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Los Angeles, California |
| May | Reading with Michael Ondaatje, 92nd Street Y New York New York |
| May 16 | Conversation with Andrew Solomon, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| July 21-25 | TED Summit Edinburgh, Scotland |
| August 28-Sept. 2, 2019 | Telluride Film Festival Telluride, Colorado |
| September 2019 | Berlin Literature Festival Berlin, Germany |
| October 11-13 | Southern Festival of Books Nashville, Tennessee |
| November 2019 | Singapore Writers’ Festival Singapore |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| April 5 | Conversation with Maria Popova, UCSB Arts & Lectures
Santa Barbara, California |
| April 6 | Conversation with Mohsin Hamid, City Arts & Lectures
San Francisco, California |
| April 10-14 | TED Conference (2 workshops on Travel as Transport)
Vancouver, British Columbia |
| April 16-20 | Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Orange, California |
| April 16 | Talk on Stillness, Center 1888
Orange, California |
| April 24 | Conversation with Don George, Carmel Public Library
Carmel, California |
| April 29 | Keynote and conversation, Bay Area Book Festival
Berkeley, California |
| May 3 | Conversation with Anthony Doerr, UCSB Arts-Lectures
Santa Barbara, California |
| May 5 | Stillness Lecture/Workshop for Hollyhock Retreat
Vancouver, British Columbia |
| May 13 | Chartered Financial Analyst Annual Conference
Hong Kong |
| May 25-27 | Mountainfilm Festival
Telluride, Colorado |
| June 17 | Ross Macdonald Award, SB Writers Conference
Santa Barbara, California |
| June 22 | Keynote Talk, Mile-Hi Church
Denver, Colorado |
| June 30 | Musical/Literary event with Fr. Cyprian Consiglio
Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, |
| July 6-10 | Workshop on Writing and Zen with Fu Schroeder
Tassajara, California |
| July 15-20 | Travel Journal Workshop with Janet Fitch, Esalen
Big Sur, California |
| August 31-September 2 | Telluride Film Festival
Telluride, Colorado |
| January 6-18 2019 | Two talks, Silversea World Cruise
San Francisco, California-Papeete |
| January 30-Feb. 1, 2019 | Rancho Mirage Writers’ Festival
Rancho Mirage, California |
| August 28-Sept. 2, 2019 | Telluride Film Festival
Telluride, Colorado |
| September 2019 | Berlin Literature Festival
Berlin, Germany |
| October 11-13 | Southern Festival of Books
Nashville, Tennessee |
| November 2019 | Singapore Writers’ Festival
Singapore |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.