Division Street
- 80 pages
- 3 hours of reading
SHORTLISTED FOR THE T.S ELIOT PRIZE 2013 `A stone is lobbed in '84, hangs like a star over Orgreave.
Helen Mort Books
Helen Mort's poetry delves into explorations of the body, female experience, and history. Her style is both raw and lyrical, incisively capturing the complex interplay between nature, the human psyche, and social structures. Mort often employs demanding forms and linguistic experimentation to illuminate seemingly ordinary moments, revealing their deeper significance. Her work is acclaimed for its intellectual depth and emotional resonance.
Ink Tales: Bedtime Stories for the End of the World
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Five powerful retellings of classic fairy tales, myths and folklore, written by some of the most ground-breaking UK poets and illustrated by Amandeep Singh, AKA Inkquisitive.
Guardian Books to Watch 2022 Evening Standard Books to Watch 2022 Bookseller Editor's Choice 'This book is beautiful' Emma Jane Unsworth Climbing gives you the illusion of being in control, just for a while, the tantalising sense of being able to stay one move ahead of death. Helen Mort has always been drawn to the thrill and risk of climbing: the tension between human and rockface, and the climber's powerful connection to the elemental world. But when she becomes a mother for the first time, she finds herself re-examining her relationship with both the natural world and herself, as well as the way the world views women who aren't afraid to take risks. A Line Above the Sky melds memoir and nature writing to ask why humans are drawn to danger, and how we can find freedom in pushing our limits. It is a visceral love letter to losing oneself in physicality, whether climbing a mountain or bringing a child into the world, and an unforgettable celebration of womanhood in all its forms.
'The hills bring into focus just how much we love being with dogs.' In Never Leave the Dog Behind, award-winning writer Helen Mort explores the relationship between dogs, mountains and the people who love them. She meets search and rescue dogs, interviews climbers, and tells her own transformative story of falling in love with a whippet named Bell.
Black Car Burning
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Their polyamorous relationship - which for years felt so natural - is starting to seem strained. Leigh, who works at a local gear shop, watches Caron climb and feels complicit. Black Car Burning is a brilliant debut novel of trust and trauma, fear and falling, from one of our best young writers.
The Owl and the Pussycat
Poems Every Child Should Read
This beautiful anthology brings together a collection of must-read poems for children to treasure. There are light-hearted and informative introductions to some of the poems, which range from well-loved favourites to modern classics. This gorgeous book is sure to inspire and delight children and adults alike
No Map Could Show Them
- 96 pages
- 4 hours of reading
A Poetry Book Society Recommendation 2016*'When we climb aloneen cordee feminine,we are magicians of the Alps -we make the routes we followdisappear'The poems of Helen Mort's second collection offer an unforgettable perspective on the heights we scale and the distances we run, the routes we follow and the paths we make for ourselves.
Lake District Trail Running by Helen Mort is a comprehensive guide to off-road running in the Lake District National Park. With 20 runs, from 5.1km to 17km in length, this book is suitable for runners of all abilities. Full colour throughout with Ordnance Survey maps.
Exire is not a novel. It is not a collection of short stories. It is, instead, both of these things: stories that may stand alone whilst being inextricably tied together. It is Helen Mort's first foray into the world of fiction beyond poetry. Exire: Dystopian Britain, the year unspecified. A new website, Exire, offers those who feel disconnected from their lives one last act of choice, packaged as a bespoke service. In this unsettling collection, voices fade in and out, people connected by Exire's troubling appeal. At the heart of it all is Lorna, a young musician who has made a painful decision. We hear her story in reverse.