The Farthest Shore reading list
Here’s my current bibliography of titles that have influenced my thinking (or which I plan to read) during the creative process for my book The Farthest Shore. Updated…
Month: October 2019
What I’ve been reading this week, 25 October 2019
Animal society on the move, the mountaineer’s Google Doodle, and you are fine without advice and suggestions. Environment and nature Country diary: a whole animal society is on…
The Blue Hour
This year, I’ve been starting my morning walks half an hour earlier, and as autumn progresses I find myself a daily observer of that quiet time just before…
What I’ve been reading this week, 19 October 2019
Land of ghosts, what went wrong on the Cape Wrath Trail, tips for lightweight walking, and the most exciting mountain in Ecuador. Environment Land of Ghosts – ‘It’s…
Exciting news – I have signed a book deal with Vertebrate Publishing
I am delighted to announce that I have signed a book deal with Vertebrate Publishing, who will be publishing my first non-fiction book: The Farthest Shore. There was…
Summits & Skylarks
After a winter of painful loss, Alex Roddie returned to the hills early in 2018 for a poignant journey over Fairfield and Helvellyn. This feature was first published…
In praise of active reading
Active reading is the act of annotating, highlighting and making notes on a book as you read it. As a writer, here’s why it’s one of the most…
What I’ve been reading this week, 11 October 2019
This is actually a list of worthwhile links I’ve collected over the last two weeks, edited down to a manageable size, because I was away last Friday and…
I’m leaving the role of Online Editor at TGO magazine
It’s the right time. After more than two years, I’ve decided to move on from the front line at The Great Outdoors – but it’s very much the…
OWPG Award for Excellence for my TGO magazine feature ‘Summits and Skylarks’
This weekend, my wife Hannah and I headed to the Norfolk Broads for the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild AGM and awards dinner. Updated 2019-10-11 with corrected information…
Change is afoot
Many things are about to change for the better in my writing and work, or are in the process of changing. Although I can’t share details publicly just…
Top wild camps on the Haute Route Pyrenees
I camped every night during my 2019 thru-hike of the Haute Route Pyrenees, and 23 of those camps were ‘wild’ camps. In no particular order, here are a…