My Odyssean Journey: Travel Writing

📚 Overview

If you’ve ever dreamed of combining two passions – writing and travel – join us for a masterclass with journalist and memoirist Laura Coffey. Learn how to turn your dreams of adventure into reality by coming up with travel writing ideas, pitching articles, and finding balance while writing on the road.

Ahead of Christopher Nolan's upcoming film The Odyssey, Noah Charney will talk to Laura about her acclaimed book Enchanted Islands. The book traces her travels through the Mediterranean islands where Odysseus wandered, running parallel with her own attempts to return home during the pandemic to see her dying father. In this masterclass, Laura will show you how to combine travel writing with personal and literary narratives to connect with readers all over the world.

Schedule

EVENT

3pm - 4pm EDT

In this one-hour masterclass, you will learn:

How to pitch travel articles to magazines
Ideas for travel-based writing projects and books
Strategies for finding a writing rhythm while traveling
Ways to write about travel in sophisticated, original ways

There will also be a live Q&A with Laura Coffey where you can ask her about writing on the road and forging a career as a travel writer.

Speakers

Laura Coffey

Author and Journalist

Laura Coffey is a British travel writer and memoirist whose work has appeared in outlets such as Condé Nast Traveller, The Guardian and BBC-Travel. She writes with a passion for adventure, myth and the natural world, and is happiest on the move. Her debut book, Enchanted Islands: Travels Through Myth & Magic, Love & Loss, blends travel, memoir and classical myth as she retraces Mediterranean islands associated with Homer’s Odyssey while navigating love, grief and self-discovery.