The North Road is the critically acclaimed new book from the author of Common Ground. All are welcome to enjoy an evening with the very charismatic and entertaining Rob Cowen.

Since the North Road is the primary road, almost everyone in Britain has a story related to it and can relate to journeys along it.  The A1, The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years.

In this genre-defying and profoundly personal book, Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end, journeying through history, place, people and time. Weaving his own histories and memories with the layered landscapes he moves through, Cowen tells the story of an age, of coming to terms with time past and time passing, and of the roads that lead us to where we find ourselves. Written in kaleidoscopic prose, The North Road is an unforgettable exploration of Britain’s great highway.

Rob Cowen is an award-winning writer and author, hailed as one of the UK’s most original voices on nature, place and people. His first book, Skimming Stones, won the Roger Deakin Award from the Society of Authors. His second book, Common Ground, was shortlisted for the Portico, Richard Jefferies Society and Wainwright Prizes and voted one of the nation’s favourite nature books of all time in a BBC poll. His follow-up, The Heeding, was the best-selling debut book of poetry in 2021. Rob has contributed to the New York Times, the Guardian and the Independent and written radio programmes for the BBC. He lives in North Yorkshire.

‘A true epic of the road, tapping the spine of a country and its submerged culture. Hard miles experienced, endured, transformed.’ Iain Sinclair

‘A masterful weaving of time and place. The North Road offers a rare, strong blend of national and personal – sweeping, sensitive and enduring.’ Tristan Gooley

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