Yorkshire: A lyrical history of England's greatest county

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Simon Armitage was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, and grew up in the village of Marsden, where his family still live. Armitage was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds and succeeded Geoffrey Hill as Oxford Professor of Poetry when he was elected to the four-year part-time appointment from 2015 to 2019. Our adopted poets… Philip Larkin (1922 – 1985) Born in York, Kate’s first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year. Since then, she has published another six novels, one play, and one collection of short stories. Born in York, Mike Pannett is an author of novels which recount his experience as a rural beat officer in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire.

The first three full-length books in this best-selling series are brought together for the first time in this great value set. Swaledale: Valley of the River by Andrew Fleming is a great book if you’re interested in the history and geology of the landscape , similarly David Johnson’s full history Ingleborough: Landscape and History . a large collection relating to the Yorkshire Dales and other parts of North Yorkshire, and the East Riding. We also have a collection of Yorkshire Parish Registers. Gissing CollectionThe Stripey Badger opened recently in Grassington and also has a cafe next door so you can enjoy the heady combination of culture and cake. What more could anyone want? Well obviously, there are no limits to how many books a true bibliophile can hoard. If that sounds like you, you could do worse than head to Sedbergh, England's book town where you'll find the wonderful Westwood Books and several other great book shops or shops that sell books among other items. I bought Haytime in the Yorkshire Dales edited by Don Gamble & Tanya St. Pierre some time ago and still love to dip into the pictures and descriptions of our wonderful flower-rich hay meadows. It covers their biodiversity, traditional farming methods and how they’ve inspired creative people for generations. Anne, Charlotte and Emily are known worldwide due to their passionate literary classics. Born in Thornton, Bradford, they later moved to Haworth where the majority of their work was written and where you can find the Parsonage Museum. The trio wrote their initial works under pen names due to the misogynistic nature of the publishing industry at the time. The three sisters were not the only Brontë sisters as they had older sisters Elizabeth and Maria, who both unfortunately died before reaching adulthood. Charlotte Brontë (1816 -1855) For fantastic social history dip intoMarie Hartley & Joan Ingilby's Life & Tradition in the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Cottage by Ella Pontefract and Marie Hartley as welll as Swaledale , and Wensleydale .

Born in Mytholmroyd, near Hebden Bridge, he lived in Yorkshire until 1937. He wrote a number of poems about his early life in the area. Hughes, consistently described as one of the 20th century’s greatest English poets, was also a prolific children’s author and translator. He was married to the poet Sylvia Plath and became Poet Laureate in 1984. W H Auden (1907 – 1973)

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After all that crime, you'll probably be ready for something a little more upbeat such as Mary Jane Baker'sromantic comedies set in the Dales - the Love in the Dales series including A Bicycle Made for Two and The Perfect Fit.