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Turning wild places into being, through a short poem

Write a haiku - post it to Bluesky - a chance to win books by Wainwright Prize nominees Chantal Lyons, Polly Atkin and Sophie Yeo

Andrew Stuck
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West North East (inc Edgelands)

2013. 96-page hardback collection. Matthew Clegg’s first full-length collection is a book in three parts, each comprising a different approach to ideas of crisis, journey and imaginative crossing. Includes ‘The Walking Cure’ and the sequences ‘Edgelands’ and ‘Chinese Lanterns’. £12 (+P+P) A great book. – Helen Mort. Edgelands is a sequence of poems adapted from the classical Japanese tanka form.

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New writing on walking – Walking Together shortlist announced

From scores of submissions our volunteer judges have selected a shortlist of six poems and six stories in our Write about Walking competition.

Andrew Stuck
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Hand-in-Hand: the 2024 writing competition long list

Hand-in-hand immediately brings to mind an image of two people, young or old walking together side-by-side. We’ve borrowed the title from a story written by Australian Annette Lyons, one of 27 poems and stories, long listed in our annual Write about Walking writing competition, that this year had the theme of “Walking together”. Intriguingly, Annette

Andrew Stuck

What a book! Walking-writing as a collective act, as it should be.  Robert Macfarlane

The Footing is an anthology of specially commissioned poems on the theme of walking, with substantial contributions from Angelina AyersJames Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones and Fay Musselwhite. A beautifully produced 96-page hardback book, it is available from Longbarrow Press for £12 (+ P&P).


jaywalking

Crossing a street or highway not at an official cross walk or signalled controlled junction; in North America it is an offence for which you can be fined.

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