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AWARDS, ANTHOLOGIES, PODCASTS, VIDEOS, REVIEWS, & INTERVIEWS:

I was interviewed in this ATLAS OBSCURA PODCAST, about my wacky and mysterious trip to Damanhur in northern Italy, where a mysterious religious community founded by an insurance agent–turned–spiritual leader spent 15 years constructing an underground temple. Damanhur is covered in intricate paintings, mosaics, trippy colors, and images inspired by Roman, Greek and Egyptian mythology. You may read the entire intriguing story “Sleeping on Sekhmet” in Wild Life: Travel Adventures of a Worldly Woman

Surviving the Salt River in Arizona is getting kudos from travel writer Susan Alcorn: “WOW! Another side of Lisa Alpine is revealed. Here she is not dancing in some exotic remote place, but doing some wild kayaking on the Salt River on Apache tribal land in Arizona. She doesn’t chose to go kayaking during the summer when it would be a leisurely afternoon trip on calm water allowing your boat to gently drift downstream. She goes in spring time when the river is filled with snowmelt water–a roaring beast. Five days requiring constant alertness to avoid getting sucked underwater, thrown from the boat, crashing into boulders. And when quiet places appear, she is supposed to keep an eye out for the body of dead guy who had recently drown. Exciting stuff, Lisa Alpine.”

My award-winning & heartfelt story Amazon Mom, has been published in BATW Travel Stories.

Jasmine Royce has done a fabulous podcast with me for Tranquility Magazine about dance and the magic of movement as a healing art form for all people. Listen here: Lisa’s podcast on Tranquility Magazine

I do love telling stories and I’m honored to be a contributor to “Story Power: Secrets to Creating, Crafting, and Telling Memorable Stories” by Kate Farrell. This book is packed with insight, inspiration, and direction on how to improve upon your storytelling abilities.

Delighted to have “The Dancing Birds of Fez” included in this newly released anthology Travel Stories of Wonder and Change. Published by Bay Area Travel Writers.

Most recent awards: Solas Award Gold for Best Travel Humor for “Queens of the Nile”, Solas Gold Best Travel Memoir for “Ole in Paris”, Bronze Best Humor for “The Twerking Nun of Korce”, and Honorable Mention for “Where God, Anchovies, and Flamenco Reside”. Also winner of the Silver Solas in Women’s Travel for “Sugar Granny and Her Dancing Shoes”. These poignant, humorous, and insightful stories are included in Dance Life: Movin’ & Groovin” Around the Globe.

Many more of my stories have also received awards including the Solas Award silver medal for Best Travel Story of the Year for Fish Trader Ray —included in Wild Life and Travelers’ Tales Best Travel Writing Vol. #10 and The Soul of A Great Traveler.

More kudos:

Where God, Anchovies, and Flamenco Reside has gotten a lot of traction. Including being published in the Mill Valley Literary Review.

Medium Magazine has published these stories:

Fish Trader Ray is also excerpt featured in GoNomad.

Video of my Titillating Adventure Tales literary travel series at Book Passage featuring Lavinia Spaulding, Marcia DeSanctis, Candace Rardon, and myself.

Wild Life won Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Gold for Travel.

Wild Life garnered an Honorable Mention from the San Francisco Book Festival Awards. I would have preferred a Dishonorable Mention—much spicier!

Did you know having a baby can turn you into a writer? Read my recent interview with Nonfiction Authors Association.

Featured in the winter issue of Foreword Reviews .

Wild Life won the First Place Best Travel Book from the North American Book Awards along with a Second Place for Best Cover. Exotic Life won their First Place for Best Memoir.

Dynamic interview in Vagablogging about my venturing off the beaten path and trust.

Book reviews are rolling in: Laura Lopuch captures my joie de vivre in her Wild Life review in Vagablogging. M. Terry Bowman’s Book a Day review is highly thoughtful, and yet another just came in from GoNomad.

My Travel Style interview with travel guru Johnny Jet is live. I’m thrilled it incorporates my very honest travel preferences, from favorite nude beaches to an allergic reaction to cruises.

Winner of the silver Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year . Fish Trader Ray–the winning story about a quirky character I met in the Amazon, is included in Wild Life: Travel Adventures of a Worldly Woman and Travelers’ Tales Best Travel Writing.

Winner of the Bronze Solas Sports Award for Surviving the Salt and the Solas Awards bronze medal under “Animal Encounter” for Trumpets of Warning.

Amazon Mom and Rada’s Bloom won the Mikel Essery Travel Writing Contest and been selected for their upcoming anthology Mambo Poa, a multilingual book published annually.

Rada’s Bloom is the winner of the 2012 Solas Awards gold medal for Most Unforgettable Character.

Read about Lisa’s dance teaching in the Marin Independent Journal feature Dancer, Heal Thyself .

Lisa is featured in Be Inkandescent Magazine‘s feature Truly Amazing Women Who Are Changing the World which is also being turned into a book and T.V. series. Three of her stories are also featured in their May magazine.

Lisa is also featured in these recent articles about Eat Pray Love and travel safety for solo women travelers. Read Eat Pray Love and Be Cautious! in the HuffingtonPost, How Julia Roberts, Liz Gilbert Fail Women in Eat, Pray, Love in The Improper and Travel Tips from Roadworthy Women in TripFilms. Oh, let’s not forget ExpatDailyNews and Camels & Chocolate!

View the YouTube video of Lisa Alpine & Carla King discussing their Self-Publishing Boot Camp workshop and workbook.

Exotic Life: Laughing Rivers, Dancing Drums and Tangled Hearts won the BAIPA Book Award for Best Women’s Adventure Memoir.

The Midwest Book Review says, “Exotic Life is a travel memoir that pulls no punches and offers a blunt, humorous, and fun recount of Alpine’s journeys through South America as she tries to encourage people to embrace the randomness and unusual nature of life. Highly recommended, not to be missed.”

Fabulous review of Exotic Life in Rolf Potts’ Vagabonding: “Alpine is an inspiration to women travelers everywhere. She fearlessly wanders through one obscure destination after the other, leaving her complete trust in the experience. She answers that timeless question – Can solo women travelers really go there? – by doing just that and carrying away some wildly unique stories…” Read more

Review of Self-Publishing Boot Camp Workbook by publisher Christy Pinheiro : “This is a useful, well-designed tool for authors who want to self publish. It’s the first self-publishing guide I’ve seen that was designed with a step-by-step theme that encourages author interaction (the author is expected to write in his/her own answers, like “your elevator speech” and “your bio.”

Review of Lisa Alpine & Carla King’s presentation on self-publishing at Bay Area Independent Publishers Assoc. Read here

PODCASTS:

Radio interview with Lisa on the 5 components of the writers toolbox for author success in narrative nonfiction.

Swimming with Wild Dolphins On Smart Green Travel 960am: You’ll hear Lisa share spectacular play by play details of water dancing with the dolphins in Hawaii along with Mark Palmer of SaveJapanDolphins.org about stopping the dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan.

Self-Publishing: Tutorials from the Trenches: This program with Lisa Alpine and Carla King was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California: Book publishing is undergoing a sea change. Come and participate in our dynamic and interactive three-part series covering all aspects of self-publishing, taught by front-line experts who have done it themselves and succeeded. Moderator is Paula Hendricks and Kevin O’Malley is the producer and Chairman of the Business and Leadership Forum at the Commonwealth Club. Listen here