Dr. Nadine Robinson is a multi-award-winning freelance travel writer and photographer, bestselling non-fiction author, and keynote speaker. For nearly 20 years, she has written a weekly opinion and travel column for Postmedia newspapers. In 2025, she left her academic career teaching university and college courses to pursue travel writing and photography full-time. Nadine has explored more than 74 countries in search of hope, adventure, wildlife encounters, remarkable food, meaningful cultural connections, and sunsets that ignite the imagination. In her 'spare time', she raised two amazing children. Nadine holds a Doctorate in Business Administration and an International MBA, and is an accredited member of the Canadian Freelance Guild and the Travel Media Association of Canada. Follow her adventures on Facebook and Instagram @theinkran.

Travel, eat, write, repeat.

Her corporation name Carpe Machinam means 'seize the machine' in Latin.