The Pier 39 August program was spectacular. Thanks go to Dee Rogers and Beth Zare for organizing it, to Pier 39 for hosting us, and to our four superb photographers, Morton Beebe, John Montgomery, David Sanger, and Carol Stevenson for sharing their knowledge, experience, and gorgeous images with us....

[Editor's note: Many thanks to Laurie McAndish King for letting us post her excellent notes from Tim Cahill's talk (interview by Don George, actually) at the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference in Corte Madera last month.  This originally ran in Travel Writers News, Laurie's website.] Tim...

We are grateful to Lee Daley for sharing her notes from the August, 2009, BATW meeting and “Photojournalism” presentation by Carol Stevenson, Morton Beebe, John Montgomery and David Sanger.  Thank you, Lee.

Thanks to Suzanne Rodriguez for forwarding this link to a delightful cartoon that she suggests “is one of the greatest and most subtle instruction sets ever in the history of the world.”  See the full cartoon (it’s well worth it) at: http://xkcd.com/627/

Congratulations to BATW member Edward Hasbrouck, was elected Co-Chair of the Book Division of the National Writers Union (NWU) by delegates to the NWU’s biennial national convention in Chicago.  Edward attended the convention as part of the San Francisco NWU chapter delegation.  He notes that...

David Page's story about the "most traveled man" in Men's Journal David Page has an article about Bay Area resident Charles Veley and the battle to be the “World’s Most Traveled Man” in the September, 2009, “Style & Design” issue of Men’s Journal...

Christopher Baker's new book "Great Destinations: Dominican Republic" Congratulations to ever-busy writer Christopher Baker, who reports that he will have two new books released this month: Great Destinations: Dominican Republic Christopher Baker's new book "Top 10 Puerto Rico" and Eyewitness...

Jay Gordon reports good news – his articles about Pier 39 have appeared in two places: Willits Nickel & Dime (his local paper): beginning on page 7 and continuing on page 10 and TripAdvisor.com’s update for “Things to Do” in San Francisco. (You can go to www.TripAdvisor.com and search for...

Autumn Millhouse sends more detailed information about her new company, Launch Studios, which works on book and author promotion:

Lee Foster reports that NorCal Quarterly, the regional magazine for the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), ran his article “A Passion for Travel” and related photos its summer, 2009, issue.