Richard Askwith
Author, journalist, runner
Home
Welcome to my website. You can use it to find information about my books, my journalism, my public appearances – and even, occasionally, what I’ll be doing next.
It isn’t the world’s most exciting website: I’m very bad about updating it. But I hope it gives you some sense of what my work is like – and, if you like what you see, of how to find out more.
Thanks for visiting, anyway.
About
Richard Askwith is a Northamptonshire-based journalist and author whose passions include running, outdoor adventure and the traditions and ordinary people of the English countryside. His cult book about fell-running, Feet in the Clouds (2004), won him the Best New Writer prize at the British Sports…
Books
Since 2004, I’ve written six books in my own name, and collaborated on a seventh. To read more about any of these, use the drop-down menu or click on the text next to the book that interests you. I’ve also edited various books for The Independent and others….
Journalism
I’ve been earning my living from journalism since 1980. Most of those decades have been spent as a sub-editor, commissioning editor or editor, but I’ve also done my share of writing. Mercifully, much of my output has long since been consigned to landfill, via…
