Summer Words Public Panel: Writing Your Way Around the Globe

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Date

Mon Jun 17, 2019
5:15pm – 6:30pm

Location

Aspen, CO
The Belly Up
50 S Galena St.

Writing and travel are both about discovery. In conversation with moderator and award-winning travel writer Amiee White Beazley authors Laura Fraser and Pete McBride, whose work has taken them to far-flung corners of the planet, will share insights into finding and telling great stories about the unfamiliar, and cultivating a sense of curiosity and adventure as a reader and writer.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m.

$25 Individual Tickets
$75 Member Pass* | $100 Non-member Pass * 
*Passes include access to all five public events


Not an Aspen Words member? Join todayWriting and travel are both about discovery. In conversation with moderator and award-winning travel writer Amiee White Beazley authors Laura Fraser and Pete McBride, whose work has taken them to far-flung corners of the planet, will share insights into finding and telling great stories about the unfamiliar, and cultivating a sense of curiosity and adventure as a reader and writer.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m.

$25 Individual Tickets
$75 Member Pass* | $100 Non-member Pass * 
*Passes include access to all five public events


Not an Aspen Words member? Join today

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