WWII monument on Peleliu. Photo: Simon Sellars.
Originally published in Dynasty, China Airlines’ inflight magazine, August 2009.
Deep in the North Pacific ocean, 800km east of the Philippines and over 3000km south of Tokyo, lies the Republic of Palau. You may know it from the Survivor TV show, which filmed two series here, making full use of [...]

I recently wrote a piece on the island of Yap for Where to Go When, a forthcoming book to be published by Dorling Kindersley.
Here are some advance details.

In late 2006 I updated and rewrote Lonely Planet’s online profiles for Guam, Palau, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.

For Lonely Planet’s new online accommodation-booking service, called Haystack, I was initially employed as a consultant. I was involved with developing the shape and structure of the project from an author’s point of view, and contributed to the structure of the templates that are used today for authors employed to wrote Haystack reviews.
Later, I wrote [...]

I followed the Micronations book with Micronesia: in late 2005 I travelled around the North Pacific for Lonely Planet. I visited Guam, Saipan, Rota, Tinian, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Yap and Palau and updated and rewrote their respective chapters for the South Pacific and Micronesia guidebook (56,000 words in total). I also wrote a Micronesia blog [...]

Traditional Yapese art, Trader’s Ridge Hotel (photo: Simon Sellars).
by Simon Sellars

Originally published on Sleepy Brain 19 December 2005.

In late 2005 I travelled around the North Pacific on assignment for Lonely Planet. I visited the islands of Yap, Kosrae, Guam, Pohnpei, Rota, Tinian, Saipan and Palau and had the most marvellous time. The fruits of that [...]

Image by John Power.
When I was working as Special Events Coordinator at RMIT Union Arts, I co-edited the Union Arts newsletter with Fiona Parker. This was one of the interviews I conducted for it.

Originally published in Full Haus, vol. 15 No. 3, Sep-Oct 2000.

‘John Power: An Animated Guy’
Interview by Simon Sellars
The ‘Masters of New Media’ [...]