“No one wants their life defined by the things they didn’t do,” Ken Budd says in a new interview with LifeReimagined.com. “You’ve got to get rid of the fear: the […]
Read More »The U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy praises The Voluntourist in a new blog post, calling the book “Funny, touching, insightful and compelling…a story suitable for any global citizen of any […]
Read More »The Voluntourist has won silver in the Nautilus Book Awards, for books that “inspire and connect our lives as individuals, communities and global citizens.” Previous Nautilus winners include such diverse figures […]
Read More »The title of the essay says it all: “Can Voluntourism Bring About, You Know… World Peace?” In a new piece for FrayedPassport.com, Ken Budd takes a serious yet humorous look […]
Read More »Ken Budd’s book The Voluntourist—A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem, has been nominated in the nonfiction category for the 16th Annual Library […]
Read More »The Voluntourist took the silver prize on Wednesday in the annual North American Travel Journalists Association awards competition, which honors outstanding work in travel media. The competition, now in its […]
Read More »Ken Budd discussed volunteering, purpose, The Voluntourist and his work in such places as New Orleans and Costa Rica in a lively ten-minute interview with Boyd Matson (see photo), host […]
Read More »Ken Budd will speak at the headquarters of Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS) in New Rochelle, New York on January 31 at 5:30 pm and 7:00 pm, as part of a CCS […]
Read More »An adaptation of The Voluntourist‘s China section—focusing on Ken Budd’s relationship with a child known as The Dancer—was featured on HuffingtonPost.com on December 18. Titled “Special Needs,” the piece was […]
Read More »The Voluntourist continues to earn strong reviews from critics. The latest are from the Perceptive Travel webzine (“home to the best travel stories from wandering book authors”) and Verge magazine, […]
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