{"product_id":"book-gydw","title":"Writers on Walks: A BBC Radio 3 Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 writers talk about their memorable excursions and the act of walking, and share their creative observations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these six series, taken from BBC Radio 3's \u003ci\u003eThe Essay\u003c\/i\u003e, an array of novelists, poets, journalists and biographers chart the varied and inspiring walks they have taken around Britain and elsewhere. Here are treks taken at daybreak and after dark; in winter and in spring; in the footsteps of the past; and - in the case of Robert Macfarlane - along the ridges of the South Downs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDawnwalks\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNight Walks\u003c\/b\u003e find Nicholas Shakespeare, Nicola Barker, Kamila Shamsie, Ian Sansom, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Owen Sheers, Janice Galloway and John Walsh taking early morning and late-night strolls around locations ranging from their back garden and local cemetery to Manhattan, Paris, Tasmania and the Antarctic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpringwalks\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWinterwalks\u003c\/b\u003e feature Michele Roberts, Ross Raisin, John Walsh, Kirsty Gunn, Philip Hoare, Deborah Levy, Christopher Hope, Scarlett Thomas, Erica Wagner and Owen Sheers, as they sample the transforming qualities of spring and the wonders of winter. From Poland and the Languedoc to Hampstead Heath and the Yorkshire Wolds, they delight in the details of the landscape and reflect on what it means to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrange Strolls\u003c\/b\u003e sees Jenn Ashworth, Michael Donkor, Stephanie Victoire, Nat Segnit and Sophie Coulombeau embarking on walks of entertaining eccentricity, revisiting favourite places including Wandsworth Bridge, the Blue Ridge mountains of Appalachia and Ibiza.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd in \u003cb\u003eA Five-Day Journey\u003c\/b\u003e, Robert Macfarlane walks the length of the South Downs in monsoon rain and in sunshine, discovering its chalk trails and its ghosts. He ponders the relationship between paths and stories; explores the poet Edward Thomas' love affair with tracks; considers the concept of the Aboriginal Australian songline; re-imagines the life of artist Eric Ravilious; and contemplates the sometimes eerie relationship between walking, collecting and creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntimate, evocative and immersive, these 30 uplifting programmes transport us to a wealth of wonderful places, and offer fascinating personal insight into the inner worlds of our walker-writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Duncan Minshull, Ciaran Bermingham and Tim Dee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on the following dates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDawnwalks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Shakespeare 28 March 2016\u003cbr\u003eNicola Barker 29 March 2016\u003cbr\u003eKamila Shamsie 30 March 2016\u003cbr\u003eIan Sansom  31 March 2016\u003cbr\u003eLucy Hughes-Hallett 1 April 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNight Walks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Shakespeare 27 October 2008\u003cbr\u003eOwen Sheers  28 October 2008\u003cbr\u003eJanice Galloway  29 October 2008\u003cbr\u003eKamila Shamsie  30 October 2008\u003cbr\u003eJohn Walsh  31 October 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpringwalks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichele Roberts in Poznan  31 March 2014\u003cbr\u003eRoss Raisin in the Yorkshire Wolds 1 April 2014\u003cbr\u003eJohn Walsh 2 April 2014\u003cbr\u003eKirsty Gunn in Sutherland 3 April 2014\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Hoare in Sholing 4 April 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinterwalks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeborah Levy on Hampstead Heath 18 February 2013\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Hope in Languedoc 19 February 2013\u003cbr\u003eScarlett Thomas 20 February 2013\u003cbr\u003eErica Wagner 21 February 2013\u003cbr\u003eOwen Sheers in Poland 22 February 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrange Strolls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenn Ashworth - The Abiding Mental Riches of Preston 10 February 2020\u003cbr\u003eMichael Donkor - On Westminster Bridge 11 February 2020\u003cbr\u003eStephanie Victoire - Dark Hollow Falls 12 February 2020\u003cbr\u003eNat Segnit - The Other Ibiza 13 February 2020\u003cbr\u003eSophie Coulombeau - Walking Matilda 14 February 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Five-Day Journey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarking 2 November 2009\u003cbr\u003eHaunting 3 November 2009\u003cbr\u003eSinging 4 November 2009\u003cbr\u003eFlying 5 November 2009\u003cbr\u003eCollecting 6 November 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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