Author of countless books of travel and fiction Paul Theroux reads from his latest release and is interiewed by the CBC's Eleanor Wachtel. Catherine Belyea hosts.
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Catherine Belyea is a broadcaster whose career in private radio and at the CBC has centred on music and the arts. This is the 13th year she has hosted readings and interviews at the IFOA.
Internationally acclaimed travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux is the author of more than 40 novels and works of non-fiction, including Waldo, The Mosquito Coast, The White Man’s Burden, The Great Railway Bazaar and Sir Vidia’s Shadow. He divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian Islands. In Theroux’s latest, India-set, novel, A Dead Hand, a travel writer with writer’s block is intrigued when he receives a letter from a seductive American philanthropist with news of a scandal involving her son’s Indian friend.
Eleanor Wachtel is the host of CBC Radio's award-winning Writers & Company and Wachtel on the Arts, and her latest book is Random Illuminations: Conversations With Carol Shields. Wachtel has received many honours for her contributions to Canadian cultural life, including the Jack Award for the promotion of Canadian books and the Order of Canada.
