Jul 8-13
IOU Hostel
Residential Writing Week: Poetry and Walking
Encounter and expression
Steve Ely
Kirsten Norrie (MacGillivray)
Guest: Emily Oldfield
Emily Oldfield
Emily Oldfield is a writer and poet whose work often explores the North of England, in particular, the layers of time and touch embedded in the landscape. She is particularly interested in the imprint of the past upon the present and future of a place, and how we may experience this physically when walking.
Published poetry includes Grit (2020) and Calder (2023), informed by the Rossendale Valley and Calder Valley respectively, whilst she is currently working on a creative non-fiction book, Scraps, exploring the Lancashire-Yorkshire edgelands on foot and through traditional food culture.