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4 films that will make you want to travel — and one that won’t!
Now, there’s a pretty standard list of travel-inspiring movies out there; it’s everywhere you look online, and it goes something like this: Into the Wild (2007), directed by Sean Penn Diarios de...
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In honor of Obscura Day, a tribute to 5 obscure treasures near places I’ve...
It’s been a month of celebration for The Displaced Nation, beginning with the announcement of our very first birthday on April 1 (no fooling!). We may be nearing the end of the month, but the festive...
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THE DISPLACED Q: What’s the most heart-stopping view you’ve seen on your...
It was the perfect day. The weather was incredible. We’d looked beyond the ski area boundary signs before, of course, but this — the crystal clear visibility — meant we could see for hundreds of miles....
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THE DISPLACED POLL: Which of these 4 exotic sports should be part of the...
One thing everyone in Britain knows at the moment — if not everyone in the world — is that the Games of the XXX Olympiad (July 27 – August 12, 2012) are coming to London! Although this grandest of...
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6 Alice-in-Wonderland themes for creatives abroad to explore in their works
Call us zany, but when we first started this site two years ago, someone (no, not me!) had the bright idea of picking a literary or historical figure and using that person as a source of inspiration...
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For TCK writer Cinda MacKinnon, fiction is a way to revisit “homes” she has...
When I first returned to the United States after my extended expat journey, I remember humming to myself: There’s a place for me, Somewhere a place for me. But then last month, when I went to see our...
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HERE BE DRAGONS: Dreaming up a landscape from your world travels for a work...
Welcome to the second post in our new series, HERE BE DRAGONS, in which fantasy writer Andrew Couch, an American expat in Germany, brings our attention to the connection between fantasy writing and a...
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And the June 2014 Alices go to … these 4 international creatives
If you are a subscriber to our weekly newsletter, the Displaced Dispatch, you’re already in the know. But if you’re not, listen up. (Hey, why aren’t you? Off with your head!) Every week, when that...
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And the July 2014 Alices go to … these 4 international creatives
If you are a subscriber to our weekly newsletter, the Displaced Dispatch, you’re already in the know. But if you’re not, listen up. (Hey, why aren’t you? Off with your head!) Every week, when that...
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For this global nomad, botany buff and blossoming novelist, a picture says…
Welcome to our monthly series “A picture says…”, created to celebrate expats and other global residents for whom photography is a creative outlet. The series host is English expat, blogger, writer,...
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LOCATION, LOCUTION: Kiwi-Brit author team produce first in eco-thriller...
Today we welcome JJ Marsh back to the Displaced Nation for this month’s “Location, Locution.” If you are new to the site, JJ, who is a crime series writer (see her bio below), talks to fellow fiction...
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CULTURE SHOCK TOOLBOX: Tired of constant adjustments? TCKs and expats, just...
It’s turning into Third Culture Kid Week at the Displaced Nation! Today our newest columnist H.E. Rybol, who has a German dad and a French mom and is a self-described “transitions enthusiast,”...
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For this expat writer who has photographed everything from the Gulf of Alaska...
Greetings, Displaced Nationers who are also photography buffs! “A Picture Says…” columnist James King is still away, so I am filling in again. But the good news is, he approves of the columns I’ve...
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LOCATION, LOCUTION: Trish Nicholson, a writer whose talents have blossomed in...
Columnist Lorraine Mace, aka Frances di Plino, is back with her latest interview guest. My guest this month, Trish Nicholson, is something of an exotic plant—the kind one discovers flowering profusely...
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Alice in Expatland: Paying tribute as her 150th anniversary year winds to a...
Curiouser and curiouser. Once upon a time, I found myself chasing a white rabbit with a gloriously old-fashioned pocket watch and falling d o w n a hOle into Aliceland, where people stood about in...
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CULTURE SHOCK TOOLBOX: Expats & TCKs, when the culture shocks pile up, pull...
Transitions enthusiast H.E. Rybol is back with her first guest of 2017. Happy February, Displaced Nationers! Meet my fellow ATCK Diahann Reyes-Lane. You might know her already from Elizabeth Liang’s...
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THE DISPLACED DO-GOODER: Introducing myself and my new home in the Dominican...
Today we welcome new columnist Joanna Sun. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, she spent her college years studying public health in New Zealand. And now she’s displaced again—on a philanthropic mission...
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THE DISPLACED DO-GOODER: My third-culture-kid years in the land of kiwis,...
New columnist Joanna Sun is back. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, she spent her college years studying public health in New Zealand. And now she’s displaced again—on a philanthropic mission in the...
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THE DISPLACED DO-GOODER: Is the Dominican Republic ready for the Korean...
Columnist Joanna Sun is back. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, she spent her college years studying public health in New Zealand. And now she’s displaced again—on a philanthropic mission in the...
View ArticleTHE DISPLACED DO-GOODER: Still adjusting to the land of mean mossies, burning...
Columnist Joanna Sun is back. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, she spent her college years studying public health in New Zealand. And now she’s displaced again—on a philanthropic mission in the...
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