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:
| Jan. 27 | Conversation about Aflame, Zen Luminaries Podcast Online |
| Jan. 28 | Conversation around Aflame, Vroman’s Books Pasadena, California |
| Jan. 30 | Conversation on Aflame, Books and Books and others Online |
| Feb. 23 | Conversation with Richard Powers, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| April 7-11 | TED Mainstage Talk, TED Annual Conference Vancouver, Canada |
| April 13 | Conversation around Aflame Dayton, Ohio |
| April 22 | Conversation with Paul Holdengraber, JAACC Los Angeles, California |
| April 26-27 | Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Los Angeles, California |
| May 6 | Conversation with Marina Abramovic, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| May 27 | Keynote conversation at NAFSA annual conference San Diego, California |
| August 18-23 | Workshop, Modern Elder Academy Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| October | Bali Literature Festival Ubud, Indonesia |
| April 29-May 7, 2026 | Lectures, Gohagan ship Japan-Korea |
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:
| September 14 | Jaipur Literature Festival Boulder Boulder, Colorado |
| Sept. 16 | Conversation with Katherine Bucknell, Huntington Lib. San Marino, California |
| Sept. 22 | Keynote, Trinity Church Wall Street New York, New York |
| Sept. 23-Oct. 12 | Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
| Sept. 30 | Keynote, Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Oct. 1 | Lecture, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
| Oct. 7 | Roundtable discussion, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
| Oct. 29 | Conversation with Yung Pueblo, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| Nov. 15-17 | Mumbai Literature Festival Mumbai, India |
| January 14, 2025 | Conversation around new book, Aflame, Kepler’s Menlo Park, California |
| Jan. 15 | Conversation about Aflame, Book Passage Corte Madera, California |
| Jan. 16 | Conversation around Aflame, Elliott Bay Books Seattle, Washington |
| Jan. 21 | Conversation around Aflame, City of Asylum Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Jan. 22 | Conversation around Aflame, Asia Society New York New York, New York |
| Jan 27 | Aflame, Zen Luminaries Podcast Online |
| Jan 28 | Conversation around Aflame, Vroman’s Books Pasadena, California |
| Jan 30 | Conversation on Aflame, Books and Books and others Online |
| Feb. 23, 2025 | Conversation with Richard Powers, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| April 26-27 | Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Los Angeles, California |
| April 28-May 1 | Keynote, Chapman University Orange, California |
| May 6 | Conversation with Marina Abramovic, UCSB Santa Barbara, California |
| August 18-23 | Workshop, Modern Elder Academy Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| October | Bali Literature Festival Ubud, Indonesia |
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 9 | Conversation for Lauren Groff, UCSB A&L Santa Barbara, California |
| April 11 | Keynote, Convent and Stuart Hall School San Francisco, California |
| April 13 | Conversation for Book Passage Book Group (virtual) Corte Madera, California |
| April 16 | Conversation with Helen Tworkov, Asia Society New York, New York |
| April 20-21 | Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Los Angeles, California |
| April 22 | Conversation with Jim Doti, Chapman University Orange, California |
| April 25 | Isherwood- Bachardy Lecture, Huntington Library San Marino, California |
| April 30 | Conversation with Amanda Gorman, UCSB A&L Santa Barbara, California |
| May 4 | Commencement Address, Lewis and Clark College Portland, Oregon |
| July 8-13 | Modern Elder Academy workshop with Chip Conley Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| September 13-15 | Jaipur Literature Festival Boulder Boulder, Colorado |
| September 16 | Conversation with Katherine Bucknell, Huntington Lib. San Marino, California |
| September 22 | Lecture/Conversation, Trinity Church Wall Street New York, New York |
| Sept 23 – Oct 12 | Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
| Sept 30 | Keynote, Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Nov. 15-17 | Mumbai Literature Festival Mumbai, India |
| October 2025 | Bali Literature Festival Ubud, Indonesia |
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 25 | Conversation for UCSB’s Lifelong Learning Initiative Santa Barbara, California |
| October 26 | Conversation with Walter Isaacson for UCSB A&L Santa Barbara, California |
| October 30 | Conversation with the Zen Luminaries series (online) Santa Rosa, California |
| November 6 | Keynote, International Symposium on Stewardship Ottawa, Canada |
| November 9-10 | Keynote, Tatler Gen T Summit Hong Kong |
| November 13 | Conversation for Stephen Batchelor, Musashino U. Kyoto, Japan |
| February 21, 2024 | Conversation for Abraham Verghese, UCSB A&L Santa Barbara, California |
| February 23 | Conversation on haiku for Upaya Zen Center (online) Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| April 9 | Conversation with Lauren Groff, UCSB A&L Santa Barbara, California |
| April 11 | Keynote, Convert and Stuart Hall School San Francisco, California |
| April 13 | Conversation for Book Passage Book Group (virtual) Corte Madera, California |
| April 16 | Conversation with Helen Tworkov, Asia Society New York, New York |
| April 20-21 | Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Los Angeles, California |
| April 22 | Conversation with Jim Doti, Chapman University Orange, California |
| April 25 | Isherwood-Bachardy Lecture, Huntington Museum San Marino, California |
| July 8-13 | Modern Elder Academy workshop with Chip Conley Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Sept 22 – Oct 12 | 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:
| 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.