Fall 2018 Speaking Schedule
(This will be updated with links and new events as they come.) Thur. Oct. 4, 7 p.m. – New England College (Henniker, NH) in the Great Room...
Ken Ilgunas
Oct 2, 2018
The McCandless Mecca, now in paperback
In 2013, I self-published a 15,000-word tiny book called The McCandless Mecca. It's about my hike to the magic bus of Alaska's Stampede...
Ken Ilgunas
Sep 18, 2018
What I’m consuming #3
Listening The Wilderness – Jon Favreau the former speechwriter for President Obama, gives a history of the Democratic party, a diagnosis...
Ken Ilgunas
Aug 23, 2018
Op-Ed in High Country News
Yesterday, my Op-Ed, about a ridiculous Idaho trespass law, published in High Country News. Here’s the text: Woody Guthrie’s most famous...
Ken Ilgunas
Aug 15, 2018
Co-presenting with Bill McKibben
In May of this year, I had the honor of co-presenting with one of my environmental heroes, Bill McKibben, the author/editor of seventeen...
Ken Ilgunas
Aug 8, 2018
Book review from Adventure Journal
Some book-review love for This Land Is Our Land from Adventure Journal: “My dad, a law-abiding rural county detective, always surprised...
Ken Ilgunas
Aug 6, 2018
What I’m consuming #2
Listening Esther Perel’s Where Should We Begin? Seasons 1 & 2 – This podcast is full of good, practical relationship advice. (One helpful...
Ken Ilgunas
Jul 19, 2018
What I’m consuming #1
If I can find the self-discipline, I’m hoping this will become a regular blog series that’ll give me a place to record, reflect on, and...
Ken Ilgunas
Jul 2, 2018
The ‘right to roam’ on 99% Invisible
Today I’m featured in an episode of the podcast 99% Invisible. The subject is the right to roam in the U.K., with special focus on the...
Ken Ilgunas
Jun 27, 2018
The Cost of Camping
In many parts of North America, the cost of camping has become outrageously expensive. I got a fresh reminder of this on a recent...
Ken Ilgunas
Jun 22, 2018
Walden on Wheels, the photographed edition
In my last post, for the fifth anniversary of my first book, I did a little reflecting on the sales history of Walden on Wheels. This got...
Ken Ilgunas
Jun 21, 2018
“Walden on Wheels” is Five Years Old: A Sales Report
May 15, 2018 marked the five-year anniversary of the publication of Walden on Wheels. While my career as a writer has had its ups and...
Ken Ilgunas
Jun 18, 2018
The Wall Street Journal reviews my book
My book release for This Land Is Our Land has been quiet. I’d gotten positive reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, the Greensboro News and...
Ken Ilgunas
Jun 15, 2018
The Great Plains Trail
I have a piece in Backpacker this month on the “Great Plains Trail.” In March 2015, I walked the trail with founder Steve Myers, for 100...
Ken Ilgunas
Jun 9, 2018
Best Books Syllabus (updated)
I’d love it if someone, whose tastes are similar to my own, would give me a syllabus of decent books to read, to save me the trouble of...
Ken Ilgunas
Apr 20, 2018
Publication day!
It’s publication day! This Land Is Our Land is available at your local bookstore. Here’s one last pitch (of several last pitches) to buy...
Ken Ilgunas
Apr 10, 2018
Six weeks in Lithuania
[I was recently interviewed by a newspaper in Lithuania. Here’s the transcript of the interview.] What is the purpose of your visit to...
Ken Ilgunas
Apr 3, 2018
Book Review: “Grant” by Ron Chernow
It's a great book. Some thoughts... 1. Grant’s story is pretty close to a real rags-to-riches story, and watching his climb is such fun....
Ken Ilgunas
Mar 11, 2018
Movie Review: “The Post”
The story of the Pentagon Papers is important and timely, but, as with many of Spielberg’s films of the last twenty years, I sense that...
Ken Ilgunas
Mar 11, 2018
Book Review: Stranger in the Woods
This is a fun, delightful read about a hermit who lived in the Maine woods for 27 years. The hermit, Christopher Knight, stole food,...
Ken Ilgunas
Mar 5, 2018