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!

“The Man in the White Tunic”—a tiny vignette from a recent trip to Kashmir, appearing in BBC Travel, April 29, 2015

“It’s Not a Small World After All”—an essay for Toronto’s Globe & Mail, June 7, 2015

“On the Road with the Dalai Lama”—a new essay in Shambhala Sun’s July 2015 Collector’s Edition booklet commemorating the Tibetan leader’s 80th birthday.

“The Song of Songs”— a 3000-word essay on the most sensual book in the Bible, for Portland magazine, Autumn 2015 (and soon to appear, in somewhat expanded form, in The Good Book, a collection of essays on the Bible, edited by Andrew Blauner, and published by Simon & Schuster in November).

An Anti Op-Ed—an Op-Ed in Shambhala Sun, October 2015

In audio form: a discussion with Krista Tippett on her On Being show

On video: An explanation of Japan in eight minutes: (a talk given for the Walrus Magazine in Toronto, May 6, 2015)

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

January 19-22, 2017 Rancho Mirage Writers’ Festival

Rancho Mirage, 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 22-26, 2016 25th Annual Graham Greene Festival

Berkhamsted, England

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:

May 17-21, 2016 Festival of Faiths

Louisville, Kentucky

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 10-15, 2016 Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Chapman University

Orange, California

April, 2016 United States Military Academy

West Point, New York

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:

October 12, 2015 Conversation with environmental visionary Paul Relis

Santa Barbara, California

October 13, 2015 Conversation with Paul Theroux

Los Angeles, California

October 16, 2015 Moderating of a discussion between H.H. the Dalai Lama and Richard Blum, American Himalayan Foundation

San Francisco, California

October 23, 2015 Symposium on World Citizens with Zaha Hadid, Orhan Pamuk, William Kentridge and Paul Holdengraber

New York, New York

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 20, 2015 Brooklyn Book Festival

Brooklyn, New York

September 25-27, 2015 Pebble Beach Ideas Festival

Carmel, California

Many more engagements are currently in the works.

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