Hosted by: LYN HUGHES, Wanderlust Magazine

Featuring:

Jonathan Lorie, Travellers Tales

Matthew Teller, Rough Guides

Claire Jones, Vivid Planet

Date: Sunday 2nd February

Time: 2.00pm

Location: Theatre 2

About the Session:

If you’re a budding writer or wannabe travel journalist then don’t miss this session which gives you the lowdown on how to turn your two favourite hobbies of writing and travelling into a potential money-spinner. Our expert travel journos and editors give you an insight into what to write, how to write and what ultimately will sell.

About the Speakers:

In 1992 Lyn Hughes and her late husband, Paul Morrison, were bored on a flight to South America and so schemed out their ideal travel magazine on the back of a sickbag. The idea stuck and, returning to the UK a few months later, they launched Wanderlust magazine from their spare bedroom. The magazine gradually grew through word of mouth, and went on to be one of the UK’s leading travel magazines, with numerous awards under its belt. Later this year it will celebrate its 15th anniversary and 100th issue. Despite the pressures of running a business, Lyn is still a writer and photographer in her own right, and her top interest is still travel. In October 2006 The Times lauded Lyn as one of the “50 Most Influential People in Travel.”

Jonathan Lorie is the director of Travellers’ Tales, the UK’s leading training agency for travel writers and photographers. He founded the agency after seven years as editor of Traveller magazine, during which time he commissioned and edited most of today’s greatest explorers, travel writers and photographers. He has worked as a journalist and editor for 24 years, after graduating in English from Cambridge University. He has been a judge of the prestigious Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Matthew Teller is a freelance travel journalist, specializing in independent travel. He has been a Rough Guide author for more than ten years and writes regularly for the national newspapers as well as magazines in the UK and worldwide.

Clare Jones is a professional travel writer and photographer who has spent many years covering adventure activities across the globe for a variety of magazines and newspapers, including Traveller and Sunday Telegraph. She is also sponsored by Salomon in support of their ‘Women Will’ campaign (www.salomonwomenwill.com/uk/). She is co-author of the bestselling BBC books Unforgettable Things To Do Before You Die, Unforgettable Journeys To Take Before You Die and Unforgettable Walks To Take Before You Die and the AA titles, Extreme Places and Key Guide to Spain. Clare is also an assistant television producer and has worked on several BBC documentaries.