Join us for "Going to Extremes", a talk by nationally-known adventure travel journalist and book author, Peter Mandel, on Thursday, September 12 at 6:00 PM.

Peter will show slides of his most extreme travel experiences — surviving a coup in Ecuador, visiting a ‘city’ of penguins at the South Pole, fishing for piranha on Brazil’s Rio Negro, floating in the Goodyear Blimp, sailing on an Arctic icebreaker, camping in the African bush, and kayaking to the Statue of Liberty — and talk about how travel experiences turn into compelling stories in today's magazines and newspapers.

This event is perfect for:

• Travel enthusiasts
• Aspiring writers
• Anyone who craves adventure!

Register below. Held in the Friends Program room on the lower level of the Library.

For more information, contact Ann Amaral at aamaral@newportlibraryri.org.

 Peter Mandel is the author of ten books and renowned travel journalist for The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, National Geographic, and The Los Angeles Times. Mandel's books have been published by Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, HarperCollins and Henry Holt. One of his Boston Globe articles won the 2005 Lowell Thomas gold medal from the Society of American Travel Writers for adventure travel article of the year. Other articles, for The Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun, won Lowell Thomas Awards in 2003, 2006 and 2007.