Where can a walk take you? It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground and inspire new thinking. In this beautiful collection, twenty outstanding writers set out with old memories and new adventures. 'I've always hated walking,' Harland Miller offers as his precis, while Ingrid Persaud and Agnes Poirier consider the rituals of pilgrimage and protest march. 'It isn't a walking city,' Kamila Shamsie writes of Karachi, though she strides across it regardless. On the shores of Foulness Island, Will Self hopes to avoid landmines. In a forest north of Berlin, Jessica J. Lee gets soaked, then lost. And pacing around Delhi, Keshava Guha is interrupted by a husky. 'During the pandemic of 2020,' he writes, looking back. 'He was the only thing I hugged.' These are stories to dip into, from all walks of life. Together they capture the magic and opportunity that can arrive when you put one foot in front of the other. This collection features Tim Parks, Kamila Shamsie, Will Self, Nicholas Shakespeare, Irenosen Okojie, Ingrid Persaud, AL Kennedy, Cynan Jones, Sally Bayley, Joanna Kavenna, Kathleen Rooney, Richard Ford, Harland Miller, Keshava Guha, Agnès Poirier, Josephine Rowe, Sinead Gleeson, Pico Iyer, Patrick Gale and Jessica J. Lee. • A DIVERSE GROUP OF TWENTY STAR WRITERS. Full list: Will Self / AL Kennedy / Tim Parks / Cynan Jones / Irenosen Okojie / Sally Bayley / Nicholas Shakespeare / Joanna Kavenna / Kathleen Rooney / Kamila Shamsie / Richard Ford / Harland Miller / Keshava Guha / Agnès Poirier / Josephine Rowe / Ingrid Persaud / Sinead Gleeson / Pico Iyer / Patrick Gale / Jessica J Lee. • INTERNATIONAL SCOPE. The walks are based around the world — Japan, Italy, Scotland, Berlin, France, USA, Pakistan, India, Australia, Canada, Wales, Spain. • CAPTURES THE MAGIC OF WALKING. Getting outdoors has become especially essential during lockdown, a lifeline for mental health and a way of finding freedom and mental space. This book brings those issues to the reader in a joyful, beautiful way. Competition: At the Pond, Waterlog, Turning, Why We Swim, I Belong Here, Wildwood, Floating, Walking, In Praise of Walking, Thinking on my Feet, The Way Home. Roger Deakin, Jessica J Lee, Bonnie Tsui, Anita Sethi, Joe Minihane, Erling Kagge, Shane O'Mara, Kate Humble, Mark Boyle, Rebecca Solnit, Robert Macfarlane
