More than a sport, bouldering is a craft that demands equal fine-tuning of the mind and body. It calls for total commitment and attentiveness. Here, climber, writer, and philosopher Francis Sanzaro brings the discipline into conversation with other sports and arts including architecture, dance, skat… →
Final Approach: My Father and Other Turbulence
Final Approach charts the turbulent flightpath between a jetsetting father and a planespotting son. The 1970s were the final gasp of the Golden Age of Flying. Mark Blackburn grew up amidst this fuel-guzzling splendour, with airports his playground of choice. He came to adulthood well-heeled and well… →
Black Tea: Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize 2020 Highly informed with a unique perspective, Stephen Morris’ Black Tea chronicles the changing face of Russia over thirty years. Both memoir and travelogue, Stephen hauntingly explores love and identity, commitment… →
Daisy Chain: Shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2024
Shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2024 It’s the Great Depression. The world is tilting towards war. In the White House, nothing is as it seems. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the married president of the United States, has started a long and passionate affair with his cousin Daisy, and move… →
Climbing is a sport of perception, and our level of attainment is a matter of mind as much as body. To be successful in climbing, the art of focused awareness must be perfected alongside physical fitness, strength and technique. Written by philosopher, essayist, and lifelong climber Francis Sanzaro,… →
Born in Kilmarnock, Graeme Macrae Burnet is among the UK’s leading contemporary novelists, having achieved both critical acclaim and best-selling status around the world. He lives in Glasgow, where he studied film and English literature. After teaching English overseas and working as a researcher in… →
As well as being a whisky connoisseur, Mike Billett is a leading peatland scientist with a background in geology, soil and water science. During his 40-year career in research and education – at the Universities of Edinburgh and Stirling and at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology – he researched… →
Rozie Kelly is a prose writer based in West Yorkshire. After reading English Literature and Creative Writing she moved to Hebden Bridge, where she works for the Arvon Foundation, hosting creative writing courses. She was shortlisted for the PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2023 and is one of the eight partic… →
From the author of The Zen of Climbing and The Craft of Bouldering, a manifesto for a new approach to connecting meaningfully with the wildness around and within us. As we live increasingly urbanised lives, we seek out wilderness and green space in times of hardship and turmoil, or simply during our… →
Button Bog: Voices and Treasures From A Traveller’s Kist
Button Bog is about the power of ‘Story’ and those who keep it alive. For every tale has a beating heart, and in many cases, wings with which to fly beyond its origins and to be told and heard across the world. As a writer from the Travelling community, one thought in particular that has plagued Jes… →