COLIN THUBRON in conversation with Martin Latham | 'The Amur River'

COLIN THUBRON in conversation with Martin Latham | 'The Amur River' | Author Talks

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Filmed at Waterstones Rose in Canterbury on 2nd December 2021.
At this event, travelling author Colin Thubron talks through his adventures through South Asia, Siberia and Mongolia as research for his book on 'The Amur River'.
Colin Thubron is an acclaimed travel writer and novelist. His first books were about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled by car into the Soviet Union, a journey he described in Among the Russians. From these early experiences developed his classic travel books: Behind the Wall, The Lost Heart of Asia, In Siberia, Shadow of the Silk Road and To a Mountain in Tibet. Colin’s latest book, The Amur River, Between Russia and China, was published by Chatto & Windus in September 2021.
Interviewed by: Martin Latham
Filmed and Edited by Emily Stay & Kai Newton:
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@mrfantastic407 Жыл бұрын

An excellent travel book, one of the best I've read. I live for writers like Thubron, who trammel the lesser-known corners of the world and write perceptively and insightfully about it.

@pseudostratified1 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. As a young Japanese dreaming about the world, I just happened to pick up one of his books on Central Asia. And his writing just captured my imagination. Then I read one more of his books. That was 25 years ago. Life got in the way…then last month, I stumbled upon his name again, ‘KZfaqd’ him and learned he’s still writing. The Amur…life has come a full circle for me, and I’m reading this book by Thubron. Fully immersed in the view of the world he described. What an amazing writer. The interviews really shows what a humble, warm, humorous person he is.