You’re cordially invited to a book reading of To Belém & Back, which just won a coveted Red Star ★ from Publishers Weekly, by author Ben Batchelder in Santa Fe, NM. Ben plans to read an excerpt, present a slideshow/film titled “Tiradentes2Belém,” and to take questions at The Travel Bug, […]
“An insightful and poignant account… As in the very best travelogues, the author seamlessly combines the personal, the political, and the cultural…[along with] the philosophical, via thought-provoking reflections…” See the full review at Publishers Weekly’s booklife page. ★
I recently went on a mission trip to the Ucayali River in the Peruvian jungle. While not technically backroads or Brazil, the riverine communities there are similar with those downriver in Brazil and, in the Amazon, rivers are the roads. With a small group from my church in Miami Beach […]
Due to heavy rains the night of the film’s debut during the Mineiro launch of “To Belém & Back,” a re-debut is now scheduled in Tiradentes’s Cultural Center for Friday, Jan. 8th, at 7:30pm. The film, in many ways a simple love letter to the interior of Brazil, brings a […]
Inhotim, a major gem in both Brazil and the contemporary art world, has Free Wednesdays. I visited the other week, and my photography benefited from so many school children visiting on day trips from the state capital, Belo. Photography, only recently, is now permitted inside galleries: a very welcome artistic […]
Author Ben Batchelder wrapped up a full year of book-related launches, eleven all told, with the Mineiro, or regional, launch of To Belém & Back. The final event of the year returned To Belém & Back to its roots, in the colonial, mountain town in Brazil where the journey began. […]
You are cordially invited to a photo exhibit opening, a book launch and signing, and a short film debut followed by a Q & A with author/photographer Ben Batchelder afterwards. (Para a convite em português, favor olhar em baixo o gráfico da convite imprimida.) The photo exhibit, named Tiradentes: Becos […]
Continuing the U.S. launch of To Belém & Back, there were three book events in mid-September on the Upper East Coast: a book club reading in Winchester, MA, followed by an open book launch event in Brookline, MA, followed by one in New York’s West Village. Among the innovations for […]
You’re invited to the New York launch of To Belém & Back: Backroads Brazil with my Black Lab, on Monday, Sept. 15th, at 7pm, to include a reading, an audio/visual presentation, and Q&A. The event is graciously hosted by Roger & Renata Ullman – old friends of the author, who […]
You’re invited to the US launch of “To Belém & Back: Backroads Brazil with my Black Lab” during a gala event at the Coral Gables Museum, including a photo exhibit of images from the journey, a reading, Q&A, and reception. Please register via the AS/COA site here.
