About
Robert J. Brodey is a travel writer, novelist, and photographer based in Toronto, Canada.
With over 30 years of experience as an international travel writer/photographer, he has been published in numerous national and international publications, including The Houston Chronicle, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Decanter, Travel Week, Canadian Interiors, Adrenaline Factor Magazine, Exclaim!, Now Magazine, Tico Times, Costa Rica’s premier architecture magazine, Su Casa, Decanter Magazine, and the British fiction series, Raconteur. For several years, he was also a Contributing Editor at Outpost Magazine.
Robert Brodey’s cover story on running in the Dolomites
No matter the project, what excites him most is the process of cross-pollination and finding the linkages between people, ideas, and skill sets — whether it’s interviewing and photographing at-risk youth in Bolivia, video editing for Street Kids International, or developing television and feature film pitch packages for theskonkworks inc.
Robert serves an international clientele, offering premier specialty services, including copy writing and editing, television and feature film scriptwriting, as well as travel, corporate, special events, and art photography.
Updated March 1, 2025: Robert’s novel, Gurkha, the historical fantasy set in Nepal, 1914, has been released! For more details check out the novel’s homepage.
Updated August 2, 2023: His second novel, The Long Run, a thriller set in the mountains of British Columbia, has just been released as a paperback and ebook on Amazon.
His first novel, the political thriller Josef’s Lair, is also available in paperback at Amazon and as an ebook at Indigo. You can download the first three chapters for free (epub, mobi, etc.) following this link to Smashwords.
Updated October, 2022: Read his latest article/interview with Cash Lim of Toronto that delves into memory, nostalgia, and rebuilding vintage 1980s BMX bikes: https://vicarious-traveller.com/bmx-bikes/
Updated July 2021: Just launched – Robert’s latest series on gravel biking Ontario’s rail trails at Outpost Magazine Online.
Updated April 2021: Read Robert’s how-to series on dialing into trail running at Outpost Magazine Online.
Updated April 2020: Read his online feature on biking and trail running through Slovenia‘s Julian Alps in Outpost Magazine (Issue 128). Watch the video on Youtube here.
His series in Outpost Magazine tracked his adventures, including his 170km running-hiking Tour du Mont Blanc (Watch the video here), the scenic traverse of Gran Canaria (Watch the video here), and an alpine marathon in the French Pyrenees (Watch the race video and some archival footage from his early days in the Pyrenees). In 2019, he explored spectacular Triglav National Park in Slovenia by bike and on foot (Watch the video here).
He is a member of The Canadian Freelance Guild (CWA).
Cover Photo: Robert Brodey. Lake Bohinj, Slovenia
Updated May 2019: Check out his latest feature in Outpost Magazine on a run-hike through the magnificent Dolomiti mountains in northern Italy. Watch the Video.
His blog The Vicarious Traveller is dedicated to being a good parent and still getting cool sh*t done.
For the past 15 years, Robert has been gathering and posting articles from the press that illuminate and elevate the art of living. Feel the hope @ www.humanspirit.ca.
Follow on BlueSky Social: @robertbrodey.bsky.social
Instagram: @cloudgazer.canada
Robert J. Brodey’s books on Goodreads
