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:
| 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.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try:
| October 10 | Coca-Cola CMO Leadership Summit
Palo Alto, California |
| November 29 | Conversation with Zadie Smith, UCSB Arts & Lectures
Santa Barbara, California |
| January 11 | Conversation with BJ Miller, UCSB Arts & Lecture
Santa Barbara, California |
| January 24-29 | Jaipur Literary Festival
Jaipur, India |
| April 5 | Conversation with Maria Popova, UCSB Arts & Lectures
Santa Barbara, California |
| April 16-20 | Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Orange, California |
| April 21, 22 | Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles, California |
| May 3 | Conversation with Anthony Doerr, UCSB Arts-Lectures
Santa Barbara, California |
| May 5 | Stillness Lecture/Workshop for Hollyhock Retreat
Vancouver, British Columbia |
| June 22 | Talk, Mile-Hi Church
Denver, Colorado |
| 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 |
| January 2019 | Silversea World Cruise |
| 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:
| March 18 | India Today Conclave
Mumbai, India |
| April 5 | Conversation with Andrew McCarthy, Live Talks L.A.
Los Angeles, California |
| April 16-21 | Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Chapman U.
Orange, California |
| April 24-28 | TED Conference
Vancouver, Canada |
| May 6, 2017 | Conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert, UCSB
Santa Barbara, California |
| May 9, 2017 | Conversation with Iain Levine, Human Rights Watch
Santa Barbara, California |
| May | Talk on Travel, Concur
San Francisco, California |
| May | Talk on Travel, HANA/Haus
Palo Alto, California |
| May 21 | Commencement Ceremony, Chapman University
Orange, California |
| June 2 | Q and A after “I’m Your Man” screening
Los Angeles, California |
| June 9-12 | Workshop with Abbess Fu Schroeder, Tassajara
Carmel Valley, California |
| July 23 | Conversation with Janet Fitch, SB Musem of Art
Santa Barbara, California |
| July 28 | Lecture, Mile Hi Church
Denver, Colorado |
| September 1-4 | Telluride Film Festival,
Telluride, Colorado |
| January 19-23 | Jaipur Literary Festival
Jaipur, India |
| July 15-20 | Travel Journal Workshop with Janet Fitch, Esalen
Big Sur, California |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer talk, here are a few dates and places to try:
| September 29 | Public conversation, Banff Centre for the Arts
Banff, Canada |
| January 25, 2017 | Conversation with Richard Rodriguez, Stanford U.
Palo Alto, California |
| January 28-29, 2017 | Rancho Mirage Writers’ Festival
Rancho Mirage, California |
| April 17-22 | Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Chapman U.
Orange, California |
| May 6, 2017 | Conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert, UCSB
Santa Barbara, California |
| May 17-19 | School of Life/Dumbo Feather sermons and chats
Melbourne and Sydney, Australia |
| June 9-12 | Workshop with Abbess Fu Schroeder, Tassajara
Carmel Valley, California |
| July 6-15, | Indian Summer Festival of Arts and Ideas
Vancouver, Canada |
| September | Telluride Film Festival,
Telluride, Colorado |
| January | Jaipur Literary Festival
Jaipur, India |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer talk, here are a few dates and places to try:
| April 9-10 | Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles, California |
| April 11-15 | Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Chapman University
Orange, California |
| April 12 | Literary Pub(lishing) Crawl, Chapman University
Orange, California |
| April 13 | Conversation with Orange County Register Book Club
Santa Ana, California |
| April 20 | Conversation with Krista Tippett, UCSB
Santa Barbara, California |
| April 27 | Lecture, United States Military Academy
West Point, New York |
| May 4 | Lecture, Visit Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California |
| May 17-21 | Festival of Faiths
Louisville, Kentucky |
| May 22 | Oakland Book Festival
Oakland, California |
| May 25 | Conversation with Geoff Dyer, City Arts
San Francisco, California |
| June 5 | Conversation with Lewis deSoto at SB Museum of Art
Santa Barbara, California |
| June 9-12 | Three-day Workshop with Abbess Fu Schroeder
Tassajara, near Carmel, California |
| June 15 | Conversation with Ian Buruma, Asian Cultural Council
New York, New York |
| June 16 | Lecture, International Festival of Arts and Ideas
New Haven, Connecticut |
| June 26-30 | TED Summit
Banff, Canada |
| August 7 | Virtuoso Travel Week
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| August 25-28 | Mountain Echoes Literary Festival
Thimphu, Bhutan |
| September 18 | Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn, New York |
| September 25-Oct 2 | Seminar/Lecture, Banff Centre for the Arts
Banff, Canada |
| January 28-29, 2017 | Rancho Mirage Writers’ Festival
Rancho Mirage, California |
| July 6-15, 2017 | Indian Summer Festival of Arts and Ideas
Vancouver, Canada |
| September 1-4, 2017 | Telluride Film Festival,
Telluride, Colorado |
Many more engagements are currently in the works.