Travel Talks features Brian K Smith Travel Photography Workshop Travel photography is an art form that captures the beauty of a place, its people, and their culture. It can be used to tell stories and capture memories for years to come. Taking better travel photos requires a combination of skill, creativity, and practice. Knowing the […]
President’s Message After a chaos of summer travel, fall has now arrived and we are all hoping for better travel conditions in the months ahead. There has been an uptick in demand for travel content in particular with mainstream publications online and in print. So, now is a good time to send your story pitches […]
President’s Message Greetings, It certainly has been an challenging summer travel season; the one constant is that we are still in a fluid situation with international travel. For myself, summer has been about writing domestic travel stories. One of my assignments took me to the Thompson River B.C. region where I experienced the luxury Sun […]
President’s Message BCATW online education series begins this September with Ruth Kozak’s class “Travel Writing Basics.” Followed by Brian K Smith’s photography class on “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”… Fact or Fiction? in October. Plus, we have a member only special presentation scheduled with the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board. As for membership renewals, […]
Presidents Message: Are you ready for the return of travel? As national travel within Canada is expected to resume in July, it’s time to consider upgrading your skills set as a travel writer. Our goal at BCATW is to provide quality instruction on travel writing to develop the skill sets required be successful in a […]
President’s Message “Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you travelled.” – Mohammed Before we descended into pandemic madness, I had recently returned from an adventure of a lifetime experiencing Israel and Jordon. Middle East history is about conflict and its important to understand the people and their past to craft […]
Be inspired Dear fellow travel storytellers, As your new BCATW President, I look forward to inspiring you all in the months ahead. The challenges before the travel industry are significant, but the desire to travel is one of the biggest drivers for getting vaccinated in the USA. Demonstrating that travel is an important part of […]
President’s Message Hello BCATW Members, Fall is here and I’m sure you’ve all got some great travel adventures to write about from the past months. We look forward to seeing everyone soon as we plan the Fall events including our next symposium. Volunteers are always needed, and in particular, as Mari Kane has decided to […]
President Message Greetings from BCATW President, Ruth Kozak. Wishing you all an adveturous and exciting summer with opportunities to gather lots more travel stories. Ruth recently won third prize in an RCLAS contest for her non-fiction travel tale “Firedancing” about the fire dancers of Langada, Greece. One of those trips that went wrong but had […]
