Joshua Samuel Brown will be heading back to Taiwan in January 2017 to begin on his fourteenth book, a hybrid travelogue/guidebook titled, ‘Formosa Moon for Things Asian Press.’
The News Lens
Date: 2016/10/22
By: Steven Crook
American travel writer Joshua Samuel Brown has covered places as far away as Belize and Singapore for
Photo Credit: Joshua Samuel Brown/Life of Taiwan
Lonely Planet – one of the largest travel guide book publisher in the world – but Taiwan has long held a special place in his heart. He will be heading back to Taiwan in January 2017 to begin on his fourteenth book, a hybrid travelogue/guidebook titled, “Formosa Moon for Things Asian Press.”
When did you first arrive in Taiwan? And did you have any particular expectations about the place?
That was 1994, and the only expectations I had came from watching the film “Eat Drink Man Woman” at the Little Theater in Rochester, New York. So basically: “Great food, bad traffic!” I had spent some time at the Taiwan trade office in New York City looking through copies of the China Post and China Times [now called Taiwan News] – this was before the Internet – so knew I could get a job teaching English. And that is what I did, pretty much off the plane.
You have been to about 25 countries, so you have seen a lot. Is there anything truly unique to Taiwan? [FULL STORY]
