This month we talk literary peaks and mighty vistas in some of our current favourites, starting with an interview with author Dan Richards. Dan is a long-time friend of Mr B’s and author of Climbing Days, a remarkable journey in the foot-steps of the pioneering mountaineer Dorothy Pilley. Our Juliette Bottomley and Lucinda Corby also share some striking examples of novels in which mountains represent the utmost freedom as well as the depths of the underworld.
Hosted by Jessica Johannesson
Music by The Bookshop Band
Books and authors mentioned in this podcast:
Climbing Days by Dan Richards
Down to the Sea in Ships by Horatio Clare
Trieste & The Meaning Of Nowhere by Jan Morris
A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
Hell is Empty by Craig Johnson
Mountains of the Mind by Robert MacFarlane