Books by Helen Mort
Helen Mort was born in Sheffield. Her first collection Division Street was shortlisted for the Costa Prize & the T.S. Eliot Prize. In 2014, she won the Fenton Aldeburgh Prize. Her new collection No Map Could Show Them is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. She writes a blog called ‘Freefall.’
“This is an amazing collection. It’s radical, what she is doing. To create this book, she did a lot of research into archives, looked up some of the female pioneers and brought out a lot of untold histories of the women who were involved in early alpinism and mountaineering, sharing some of these stories that have been overlooked or deliberately hidden.” Read more...
The best books on Mountaineering
Anna Fleming, Memoirist
Interviews with Helen Mort
Best Poetry of 2016, recommended by Helen Mort
It may not have been a good year for many things, but 2016 was a great year for poetry. British poet Helen Mort talks us through her favourite new poetry collections.
Interviews where books by Helen Mort were recommended
The best books on Mountaineering, recommended by Anna Fleming
Mountaineering is a thrilling, mind-altering pastime that brings the climber into direct contact with some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. But it is also one that carries significant risk, explains Anna Fleming, author of the rock-climbing memoir Time on Rock. Here, she recommends five fascinating mountaineering books that combine history, nature, and sheer adventure.
