Workshop: Travel Writers’ Reading Group
Overview: This weekly group meets online via Skype to discuss assigned readings of classic and contemporary travel writing. Through close, critical reading, learn what narrative and stylistic techniques make a text resonate with readers. All readings will be available online or will be sent to participants via PDF, so no additional purchases will be necessary. The course is offered in six week cycles.
Course size: This course is limited to eight participants.
Prerequisites: None
Facilitators: Heather Carreiro. Julie Schwietert
Upcoming dates: Please email Julie at julie@matadornetwork.com for upcoming dates.
Cost: $120 US
About the Instructors
Julie Schwietert Collazo
Julie is managing editor of the Matador Network and the lead faculty at MatadorU. She’s the contributing author to Fodor’s Puerto Rico (Random House 2010) and Fodor’s Caribbean (Random House 2011), as well as The Voluntary Traveler (Dog’s Eye View 2009). She has written city guides for Sherman’s Travel, AOL Travel, Gayot and USA Today, and her writing and photography have appeared in a variety of print publications, including the in-flight magazines of Martinair and Singapore Airlines, as well as general and special interest magazines, among them, Latina Magazine and DISCOVER Magazine. Most recently, she’s produced an iPhone app, the “San Juan Insider.”
Heather Carreiro
Heather Carreiro is a secondary English and ESL teacher who has lived in Morocco and Pakistan. She enjoys jamming on the bass, haggling over saris in dusty markets, and cross-country jumping on horseback. Currently, she’s a grad student attempting to wrap her tongue around Middle English, analyze Salman Rushdie novels, and eat enough to make her Portuguese mother-in-law happy. Learn more on her blog at ExpatHeather.com.
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