Non-Boring Travel Writing [Paperback]

Hazel Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2001

Whether you are writing for personal enjoyment, or to share your experiences with readers of magazines, books or newspapers, make it non-boring!

Author, traveller and educator, Hazel Edwards, shares tips for recording your travels in a non-boring way. Whether you’re writing just for yourself or for a commercial audience, Hazel Edwards suggests techniques based on successfully published features.

Idea collecting, "Why keep a travel journal when you’ve already got a camera?"; topicality, "What if they have a revolution after you’ve written a relaxing holiday piece?"; unusual angles; viewpoint; humour; and handling controversial subjects are covered in this comprehensive guide. Article analysis, assignment "briefs" and marketing suggestions are offered.

Paris, Beijing, Kathmandu, Antarctica and suburban Melbourne are destinations from which Hazel Edwards has written non-boring, saleable articles.

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About the Author

Hazel Edwards has written for publications such as The Australian, The Age, The Herald-Sun, Dawn and The West Australian. She has published 200 books for children and adults as well as scripting for television, radio and the stage.Further details on her website.

Product Details

• Paperback: 90 pages
• Publisher: Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd (March 1, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 1863350381
• ISBN-13: 978-1863350389
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,942,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Meet the Author

Hazel Edwards (www.hazeledwards.com) has always been keen on books and ideas. An aqua-readaholic, she used to read in the bath. Now she listens to audio books in the car or while walking with her Ipod.

Hazel is a 2012 National Year of Reading Ambassador and recipient of the peer awarded 2009 Australian Society of Authors Medal.


Melbourne based, she tries out ideas on the 12 year old in her family and writes a story every birthday for her grandsons.

Best known for 'There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake', which was recently translated into Chinese, Hazel writes across media, for adults & children. Pocket Bonfire Productions have a short hippo film for the 30th anniversary, soon to premiere.Her web site www.hazeledwards.com has details of her Antarctic expedition publications. Hazel runs Non Boring Writing workshops for genealogists. Her 200 books have been translated into many languages. Appointed 2009 Nanjing-Aust cultural exchange author, she has e-mentored dual language stories.
Latest picture books include 'Flight of the Bumblebee with classical music CD, 'Plato the Platypus Plumber(part-time) ' and the new 'Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party.(2011 CBC Notable Book ) 'Difficult Personalities', co-written with Dr Helen Mc Grath (Penguin) has been reprinted and an USA edition is available plus Polish translation. Her controversial co-written YA novel about transitioning gender 'f2m;the boy within' has attracted international attention as a first due to Ryan Kennedy her ftm co-author.Recently included in 2011 The White Ravens top 250 chidlren's and YA books of the year. 4 part easy to read 'Duckstar' a satire about the performing arts, is co-written with director Christine Anketell and recently translated into Spanish and German.

Junior histories include the Aussie Heroes series, wartime surgeon ''Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop and eye doctor Fred Hollows.
E-book mystery literacy series 'Project Spy Kid' and 'The Frequent Flyer Twins' available for download

www.hazeledwards.com includes FAQs, notes, bios, bibliography and events.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Travel is Never Boring, October 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Non-Boring Travel Writing (Paperback)

This book has some good ideas on ways you might write about your holidays instead of just putting photos in an album.