Outpost

Informationen zum Autor Dan Richards is the co-author of Holloway (with Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood), and the author of The Beechwood Airship Interviews , Climbing Days and Outpost . He has written for the Guardian , Economist , Caught by the River , Monocle and Quietus . Dan teaches creative non-fiction at the National Centre for Writing and Arvon Foundation. His next book, Overnight , is set to be published in 2023. @Dan_Zep Klappentext From the co-author of "Holloway", a unique investigation of the man-made shelters in the middle of wild, silent and isolated environments, journeying between these and considering the relationship between nature, inspiration and creativity. Zusammenfassung An exploration of the outposts set along the edges of civilisation and their impact on the human spirit, from the co-author of Holloway

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Dan Richards is the co-author of Holloway (with Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood), and the author of The Beechwood Airship Interviews, Climbing Days and Outpost. He has written for the Guardian, Economist, Caught by the River, Monocle and Quietus. Dan teaches creative non-fiction at the National Centre for Writing and Arvon Foundation. His next book, Overnight, is set to be published in 2025.

@Dan_Zep

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From the co-author of "Holloway", a unique investigation of the man-made shelters in the middle of wild, silent and isolated environments, journeying between these and considering the relationship between nature, inspiration and creativity.

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There are still wild places out there on our crowded planet.

Through a series of personal journeys, Dan Richards explores the appeal of far-flung outposts in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans and deserts. Following a route from the Cairngorms of Scotland to the fire-watch lookouts of Washington State; from Iceland's 'Houses of Joy' to the Utah desert; frozen ghost towns in Svalbard to shrines in Japan; Roald Dahl's writing hut to a lighthouse in the North Atlantic, Richards explores landscapes which have inspired writers, artists and musicians, and asks: why are we drawn to wilderness? What can we do to protect them? And what does the future hold for outposts on the edge?