Author: Richard Carter

by Jean Sprackland A Year of Discoveries on the Beach. In Strands (great title!), the poet Jean Sprackland writes about the things she finds during a final year of walks on her local beach, Ainsdale Sands, in North West England before moving down to London: Victorian shipwrecks, beached whales, prehistoric footprints, Cunard liner teacups. My… Continue reading Strands

by Simon Armitage Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way. Walking Home is the poet Simon Armitage's account of trying to walk the Pennine Way the wrong way (north to south), performing poetry readings en route to pay his way. As with Armitage's other non-fiction, the book is entertaining, northern and humorous. As ever,… Continue reading Walking Home