Holding the Megaphone: Inside the San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival

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Holding the Megaphone: Inside the San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival

Each February, writers, readers, and storytellers gather in San Miguel de Allende for one of the most inspiring literary events in Mexico. This year’s San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival drew nearly 1,750 participants for four days of workshops, conversations, and powerful ideas.

From learning how to craft memoirs, poetry, and crime fiction to hearing keynote talks from renowned authors like Sandra Cisneros, the conference reminds us why storytelling still matters — and who gets to hold the megaphone.

Journalist Estefanía Camacho takes us inside the energy of the festival, where writers explore voice, creativity, and the role of literature in shaping culture and conversation.

Read the full article: https://theeyehuatulco.com/2026/03/14/sma-writers-conference-literary-festival-holding-the-megaphone/

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🎙️ Confidently Wrong Podcast – Episode 5: From New York City to Mexico's Pacific Coast

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From NYC public schools to Sayulita, one father’s journey to Mexico’s Pacific Coast: A ‘Confidently Wrong’ podcast

Travis Bembenek

March 14, 2026

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On this week's podcast, school administrator Rob Whiteman shares how he moved his family from New York City to sleepy Sayulita, pictured. (Shutterstock)

As we continue to bring you diverse perspectives and experiences on raising and educating kids in Mexico, today’s podcast episode follows the journey of Rob Whiteman from New York City to Sayulita, Mexico. Rob worked in the city’s massive public school system for years and was looking for a change in life for himself, his wife and their children. And change he made — moving from the largest city in the United States to a tiny beach community of less than 5,000 residents. As you can imagine, it was a massive change, in living, in work and in schooling for his young children.

Today, Rob co-leads the Costa Verde school in Sayulita. Both of his kids studied there and are now thriving. In this week’s episode of “Confidently Wrong,” we learn from Rob how he and has family made the transition and how they are doing now. We talk about classes, exams and sports for the kids of the school. We also talk about some of the lessons learned for families and kids managing the transition to a bilingual school in a small town.

Rob brings a wealth of experience, having lived it as a parent, a teacher and now administrator. Check out these week’s episode to learn and get inspired about raising and educating your kids in Mexico!

Travis Bembenek is the CEO of Mexico News Daily and has been living, working or playing in Mexico for nearly 30 years.

 

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From NYC public schools to Sayulita, one father's journey to Mexico's Pacific Coast: A 'Confidently Wrong' podcast A New York City public school teacher shares his experience moving from the largest city in the U.S. for a tiny Pacific Coast beach town, where he now runs the… Continue reading article here

Zipolite vs. Cancun, PDC, Tulum and Cabo : r/Zipolite2026 - Reddit

Zipolite vs. Cancun, PDC, Tulum and Cabo : r/Zipolite2026 - Reddit Reddit So let's talk about Zipolite and compare it to other places that are known for being hot Mexico destinations. We've been to Cancun, Tulum, ...

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Zipolite vs. Cancun, PDC, Tulum and Cabo

So let’s talk about Zipolite and compare it to other places that are known for being hot Mexico destinations. We’ve been to Cancun, Tulum, Playa del Carmen and Cabo several times. This includes family resorts and adult only. And swinger and swinger-want-to-be resorts (the Desire Resorts and Temptation). Cancun was fun, but way too built up

Temptation went from a nice laid back sexy experience to neon glitz. The Desire resorts were a lot of fun, but eventually just too much everything. We used to love Tulum - small, hippie, and clothing optional if that was your thing. Now it’s so changed. Tulum is great for a weekend, but it’s gotten way too glitzy, pretentious and Instagram-able — not to mention way too expensive!

We found Zipolite to be a great laid back, still-bohemian experience (beaches and several of the hotels and beach bars are clothing optional). If you want a swinger experience, you can try to join the Naughty Events week, or even the Nude Festival the following weekend. If you want a sexy laid back vacation, where you can tour other.coastal towns (Mazunte during the day, for example) start with some other (in season) week first, and see what you might find!

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