To celebrate the release of The Travel Book, Lonely Planet hosted a Travel Trivia Night at Book Passage in Corte Madera, Calif. The event was emceed by NPR's Snap Judgment storyteller and local San Francisco comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan. Pictured is the winning team, "Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants." Each winner received a $50 gift card to the store, and a Lonely Planet T-shirt and tote bag.
In November, Lonely Planet will sponsor 30 travel trivia nights in five cities across the country. Local bookstores, including Politics & Prose, Books, Inc., The Book Cellar, the Strand and Parnassus Books, will provide special discounts for attendees. More information here.