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Lessons in Travel Writing: A Lunchtime Workshop with Paul Theroux

Join acclaimed travel writer Paul Theroux for a lunchtime workshop to learn how to transform your travel experiences into compelling narratives.

8/20/2025
12 pm – 2 pm
DOC House, 10 Hilton Field Lane
Intended Audience(s): Students-Graduate, Students-Undergraduate
Categories: Dartmouth Dialogues, Dialogue Project, Workshops & Training

Join acclaimed travel writer Paul Theroux for a lunchtime workshop where Dartmouth students will learn to transform their travel experiences into compelling narratives.

Described by The Daily Mail as “the world’s most perceptive travel writer,” Theroux is the award-winning author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975) and the adventure novel The Mosquito Coast (1981). His many honors include the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award, the Whitbread Prize, and the James Tait Black Award. He will lead a public talk following this workshop at 4 p.m.

Lunch will be served during the workshop. Registration is required

The workshop is co-sponsored by the Dialogue Project, Outdoor Programs, and the Literary Arts Bridge.

Register here.

 

For more information, contact:
The Dialogue Project
dialogue.project@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://leslie.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=78686

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