BCATW Spring Symposium
It’s going to be a great event. May 11th, 2013, Vancouver’s Listel Hotel, 1300 Robson Street.
Members and non-members are welcome!
Schedule:
11:30 Doors Open For Early Registration
Meet & Munch
Travel Industry & Book* Displays (Book Authors: Contact Randi)
12:15 Chris & Ruth will conduct Early Bird Draws!
12:30 Honorary Life Long Membership of Jane and Margaret!
Roberta’s potent power-point & Karoline’s life time membership presentations!
Jane and Margaret will give acceptance speeches…
1:00 and 1:30 Table Sessions
Darlene Foster & Joei Hossack-How to Publish, Promote and Sell Your Book.
Chris Millikan- How to Get the most Bang out of Press Cards.
Roberta Staley- Newsy Travel Writing
Rick Millikan- How to Create Successful Press Trips
Sandra Sallovitz- What the Travel Industry Wants and Will Support
Margaret Deefholts and Jane Cassie- Lessons to Be Learned
2:00 Finger Food Light Lunch
2:35 Prize Drawings
2:40 Rick’s Intro of Michael DeFreitas
Michael’s keynote address: “Why, How & Where of International Marketing”
Michael’s Q & A
3:45 Our Thanks to All…
3:50 Last Prize Drawings…
$20.00 Members, $40.00 Non Members
Register via PayPal at https://bcatw.org/payments
Or mail a cheque to:Baila Lazarus, BC Association of Travel Writers PH3 1433 East 1st Ave Vancouver, BC V5N 1A4
News from Members
Cherie Thiessen has destination features in the current issue of Canadian Yachting (Sidney Island) and Boat Journal (Garrison Bay) as well as a pub roundup in Pacific Yachting.
Julie H. Ferguson has submitted three articles for publication in the next few months, not in itself newsworthy. But one is—BC History is publishing a 2500 word feature and images based on her two trips to Harrison Mills in 2012. She wove the present day visits into the history of the region for an unusual travel piece in a non-travel market that is due in June. Julie is also working on seven more articles that have been assigned and looking forward to delivering two new presentations. One called Travel Writing is Not All We Do! is for Golden Ears Writers on March 19 and the other, Travel Pix that Pop! has been developed for Vancouver’s University Women’s Club on April 4. Julie wishes to thank Randi for the latter opportunity. After that, she’s off to the southern Okanagan for some R&R and serious photography practice. http://beaconlit.blogspot.com
Ruth Kozak had two stories published in EuropeUpClose, one on Morocco and the other about Venice naval museum. She also had two stories published in Travel Thru History, Visiting Pablo Neruda’s Houses and Worcester England. Ruth edits and publishes Travel Thru History www.travelthruhistory.com and submissions are always welcome. Ruth has been busy teaching various writing classes and will be giving a workshop on travel writing at Douglas College in March for BCATW member Roberta Staley’s journalism class. www.ruthkozak.com
Irene Butler‘s South Korea DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) article has been published in Robert Scheer’s “Day Trips Travel Guide” http://daytripstravelguide.com/south-koreas-demilitarized-zone-dmz.html#more-449 A second version of her DMZ visit appeared in “What Travel Writers Say” http://www.whattravelwriterssay.com/koreadmzbutler.html
Also in “What Travel Writers Say” is her Mt. Sinai story. In this publication a video at the bottom left of the article (titled – Mt. Sinai and St Catherine’s Monastery) shows people descending the treacherous 750 steps – which Irene says was a breeze compared to ultimate cardio workout of the ascent, after just completing two hours up winding trails to reach them! And….is the biblical Mt. Sinai really in Egypt or is it in Saudi Arabia? – the video on bottom right addresses this current controversy. http://www.whattravelwriterssay.com/mtsinaibutler.html
Saguaros by K. Cullen
“ The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.” – Nolan Bushnell
Karoline and Darlene
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