The Highs and Lows of Launching a Book
The last few months have been a speedy blur of firsts: first time launching a book, first time on radio, first time on TV, first speaking engagement, first time creeping stealthily through…
Torre DeRoche is the author of two travel memoirs, Love with a Chance of Drowning (2013) and The Worrier’s Guide to the End of the World (due out September 2017). She has written for The Atlantic, The Guardian Travel, The Sydney Morning Herald, Emirates, and two Lonely Planet anthologies.
The Not-So-Lonely Planet Guide To Thailand
You’ve heard of the Lonely Planet guide, but what about the not-so-lonely planet guide? This is what happens when you have to share a beautiful getaway with a bunch of peculiar tourists in thongs … and I don’t mean the flip-flop variety.
A Face Not Even A Mother Could Love
From as early as I can remember, my mother would say to me, “You’re not just a pretty face, Chicken Lips.” I was always utterly heartbroken to hear this. “But I am a pretty face,” I’d whimper back, my bottom lip aquiver. Being only three, I didn’t understand …
