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Dianne Bortoletto is a freelance food, travel, lifestyle and motorsport writer based in Perth, and she spends as much time as she can in Margaret River, Western Australia and in Italy.
Freelance writing stemmed from Di's passion for story telling and the written form, writing about the things she love – adventures, experiences, food and travel.
Dianne has had bylines in Good Food (Fairfax), The Age, Australian Traveller, OUTthere magazine (in-flight magazine for AirNorth, Rex, Cobham and Alliance regional airlines), Tales and Trails, Perth Magazine, PRIMOLife, Your Margaret River Region magazine, Broadsheet, Latte magazine (Business Chicks member’s magazine), Luxury Travel magazine, Lightfoot Travel (luxury global travel website), Italianicious magazine, Escape Lounge, LAN Inflight magazine, as well as in a number of local newspapers. She is a regular contributor to margaretriver.com, FOUND and Australian Regional and Rural News.
She has been commissioned to write for Tourism Australia, Tourism Western Australia, Perth Convention Bureau, Experience Perth and Rottnest Island Authority.
Dianne is a member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers and the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association.
Please email Dianne Bortoletto at dianne@prontopr.com.au to discuss your writing requirements.
Freelance writing stemmed from Di's passion for story telling and the written form, writing about the things she love – adventures, experiences, food and travel.
Dianne has had bylines in Good Food (Fairfax), The Age, Australian Traveller, OUTthere magazine (in-flight magazine for AirNorth, Rex, Cobham and Alliance regional airlines), Tales and Trails, Perth Magazine, PRIMOLife, Your Margaret River Region magazine, Broadsheet, Latte magazine (Business Chicks member’s magazine), Luxury Travel magazine, Lightfoot Travel (luxury global travel website), Italianicious magazine, Escape Lounge, LAN Inflight magazine, as well as in a number of local newspapers. She is a regular contributor to margaretriver.com, FOUND and Australian Regional and Rural News.
She has been commissioned to write for Tourism Australia, Tourism Western Australia, Perth Convention Bureau, Experience Perth and Rottnest Island Authority.
Dianne is a member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers and the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association.
Please email Dianne Bortoletto at dianne@prontopr.com.au to discuss your writing requirements.
Travel & Food WritingInspiring copy that describes a destination, a dining experience or a plate of food that brings the reader along on the journey. Travel and food are the main subjects on her blog www.travelletto.com
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Motoring & MotorsportWriter of news updates for Rally WA, Targa West, Targa South West, contributor to RedBull Motorsport, regular contributor to Driven Women and Marque BMW magazines. Fast cars have been a passion for years.
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Content WritingFrom Tourism Australia to articles for real estate agents and blogs for law firms, Dianne Bortoletto finds interesting angles and writes engaging copy in plain English.
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Some of my Articles
Australian TravellerVisit once and be changed forever. That’s the magic of the East Kimberley, where the exhilarating thrill of its singular beauty and unique experiences fills the senses and touches the soul.
East Kimberley has an intangible power exuding from its depths that intoxicates; it’s a magnetism that draws people back time and again to explore the landscape, which has been billions of years in the making. Whether you journey by air, road or boat (or ideally, all three), experiencing this part of Australia’s rugged North West is at once spellbinding and humbling. Read more here. Margaret River.comThe tourism website for visitors to Margaret River, www.margaretriver.com, with this story featuring a local artisan. You can read the full article online here.
Good Food (Fairfax)A national food news website published by Fairfax. I wrote a story about a new Netflix cooking show, The Final Table, read my Good Food article here
FOUNDA story about Airwave, the world's first inflatable reef that creates waves you can surf on that's being installed in Bunbury in November 2019. Read the full article here
Broadsheet - NationalI wrote a story for Broadsheet that ran nationally about chefs Shane Osborn and Mark Best competing in Netflix's new cooking competition The Final Table - read Broadsheet here
BroadsheetA guide to the Margaret River region published on Broadsheet consisting of 20 articles and listings. Read Broadsheet here
More articles about places to visit, eat, drink and stay in the Margaret River region on Broadsheet here
Your Margaret River Region MagazineDianne is a regular contributor of Your Margaret River Region Magazine, a quarterly colour print magazine aimed at visitors to Western Australia's South West.
The Margaret River Pro is one of 11 Championship Tour events on the World Surf League calendar - read what's in store for 2019 in the Autumn edition of Your Margaret River Region magazine - read it online here
Overview of golf courses in Western Australia's south west. Read more here
Margaret River Farmers' Markets won Best Farmers' Market in the country at the 2018 delicious. Awards. This article was turned around in 90 minutes and squeezed in before the print deadline - read it online here Here's a story about a small producer making exceptional olive oil in the Margaret River Region, read it online here
Read this story about actor Lincoln Lewis' down south experience here.
Your Margaret River Region Magazine, Autumn 2017: Meet the Chef, Evan Hayter, head chef of Arimia Estate - read article here Margaretriver.comEach year in April, the world’s best surfers descend upon the Margaret River Region to compete in the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro. They seem to stick around, arriving early and often staying on after they are knocked out of the competition, so we figured they must like the place. Dianne Bortoletto had a chat to some of them about our backyard - read more here
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The AgeThe story I wrote for Fairfax Good Food also ran in the print edition of The Age (Melbourne's broadsheet daily newspaper)
Driven Women MagazineDriven Women focuses on women and motoring culture with thought provoking long-form articles and interviews from around the world. Subscription-based online magazine, click here for more. I crafted a six-page feature about my visit to the Ferrari Museum in Modena and its exhibition honouring women and Ferrari, and the Ferrari Scuderia Museum in Maranello, Italy. Some of my photos also used in this piece.
Swan ValleyCommissioned by the City of Swan to write about the Swan Valley's food and wine experiences. Read about Swan Valley here.
travel by LightfootA first person account of the Margaret River Gourmet Escape food festival on Singapore-based international travel website Lightfoot Travel. Read Lightfoot Travel here.
RedbullCommissioned by Red Bull to write preview and results articles about the World Rally Championship, specifically Rally Australia in 2016 and 2017. Read Red Bull here.
Article on redbull.com about the Australia's oldest rally, the world's second oldest rally and the fourth oldest motorsport event, the Alpine Rally. Read redbull.com here Marque MagazineA magazine for BMW owners. Published in Winter 2016.
This article was a first hand account of the Argyle Diamonds Ord Valley Muster, a 10-day festival held in Kununurra in the North West of Western Australia each year in May. It features the Kimberley's night of nights, the Kimberley Moon Experience concert as well as exquisite dining experiences, cooking demonstrations, community events, art exhibitions, a rodeo, a street parade and more. Read the article here A story about chef Aaron Carr ahead of his new restaurant opening in Dunsborough, WA.
Broome Visitors GuidePublished in wet season 2016-17. Read the story Meet the Roebuck Bay locals here
Genuinely Southern ForestsGenuinely Southern Forests is a publication aimed at visitors to the sub region in Western Australia's south.
Read Dianne's story about inspiring chef Paul Iskov here. |