Little Peak Podcasts
In our podcast we discuss books with their writers. Some of these will be Little Peak books, others will be books published elsewhere. We're aiming to mix it up a bit and share some interesting conversations.
Katie Ives discusses her book 'Imaginary Mountains'.
Katie Ives, the celebrated and recently outgoing Editor-in-Chief of Alpinist discusses her first book Imaginary Peaks, published in October 2021 by Mountaineers Books.
In this podcast Katie talks about the inspiration for Imaginary Peaks, how mountains fire creativity as well as inspire climbers, and her plans for future writing, editing and climbing. She also reads some sections from the book.
We stock Imaginary Peaks and all orders currently include a bookplate signed by Katie.
John Porter and his poetry collection 'A Path of Shadows'
John Porter discusses his poetry collection A Path of Shadows
Exploring the natural world, family ties and physical science as well as his climbing life, A Path of Shadows is a reflection of Porter's sharp and broad intellect, and of his desire and ability to express his feelings, beliefs and life experiences through poetry.
In this podcast John talks about his inspiration for writing poetry and reads a few poems from the collection.
Geoff Cox and Heather Dawe discuss Heather's book 'A Cycling Year'
Geoff and Heather discuss Heather's book 'A Cycling Year'.
Taking inspiration from an old map and her love of cycling, Heather Dawe spends a year exploring the roads and trails on her doorstep in and around Wharfedale in the heart of Yorkshire.
Geoff and Heather discuss the journeys Heather went on while making this book.