Leading travel writer returns to Lismore for festival

A world-renowned travel writer, who proposed to his wife while visiting Lismore in 2010, will return this month to speak at an event celebrating the Immrama travel writing festival.

Michael Shapiro will host a free pre-Immrama event ahead of the festival which takes place between Jun 3 and Jun 16 in Lismore.

The event will take place at Lismore Courthouse Theatre on May 19, and Shapiro will discuss his book, A Sense of Place.