Author and journalist David Mould will be visiting the Dover Public Library this Thursday to discuss his latest book, "Monsoon Postcards: Indian Ocean Journeys," documenting his journey across the Indian Ocean. (Dover Public Library) 

DOVER - The Dover Public Library will be hosting journalist and world traveler David Mould for the next installment of the Nights at the Roundtable Author Series.

Mould will be at the library this Thursday at 6:30 pm discussing his latest book, "Monsoon Postcards: Indian Ocean Journeys," documenting his travels across the Indian Ocean and the people he meets along the way. For more information or to register for the free library event, contact the Dover Public Library at 330-343-6123. The Dover Public Library is located at 525 N. Walnut St., across the street from Dover High School.

About the book 

In "Monsoon Postcards: Indian Ocean Journeys," journalist David H. Mould, notebook in hand, traverses the Indian Ocean—from Madagascar through India and Bangladesh to Indonesia. It's an unpredictable journey on battered buses, bush taxis, auto-rickshaws, and crowded ferries. Mould travels from the traffic snarls of Delhi, Dhaka, and Jakarta to the rice paddies and ancestral tombs of Madagascar's Central Highlands; from the ancient kingdom of Hyderabad to India's so-called chicken neck—the ethnically diverse and underdeveloped northeast; and from the textile factories and rivers of Bangladesh to the beaches of Bali and the province of Aceh—ground zero for the 2004 tsunami. Along the way, in markets, shops, roadside cafes, and classrooms, he meets journalists, professors, students, aid workers, cab drivers, and other everyday residents to learn how they view their past and future. 

About the author

Born in the United Kingdom, David Mould has visited more than 40 countries in his career as a journalist, historian and college professor. He worked as a newspaper and TV journalist before moving to the U.S. in 1978 for post-graduate study. He is Professor Emeritus of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University, where he had a 30-year career as a teacher and administrator. For the last 25 years, he has worked in Central and South Asia and Southern Africa as a teacher, trainer, researcher and media consultant, most recently for UNICEF. He has produced public radio and TV documentary series and is the author of books on news film in World War I, transportation history and oral history. He has written for Times Higher Education, The Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek's online section on travel and culture, History Today, American Heritage, History News Network, Transitions Online, and other print and online outlets. His first book on travel, history and culture, "Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia", was published in 2016.

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