The Language of Landscape
Sat 28 Sept
|Ashley Court
Join us for an unforgettable evening at Ashley Court. Davina Quinlivan, author of Shalimar, will interview award winning author Tom Bullough and award winning poet, Fiona Benson.
Time & Location
28 Sept 2024, 13:00 – 14:00
Ashley Court, Ashley Court, Ashley, Tiverton EX16 5PD, UK
About The Event
Join us as we discuss all things language and landscape. An event not to be missed!
Tom Bullough
WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2023
From the author of Addlands, and featuring illustrations by Jackie Morris, an immersive and evocative non-fictional journey through Wales and a revelatory meditation on the nation's past, present and future.
Sarn Helen - Helen's Causeway - is the old Roman Road that runs from the south of Wales to the north. As Tom walks the route, sometimes alone, sometimes in company, he describes the changing landscape around him and explores the political, cultural and mythical history of this country that has been so divided, by language and by geography. Running alongside this journey is the story of Tom's engagement with the issue of the climate crisis and its likely impact on the Welsh…