Dr Kerri Andrews
Way Makers

Dr Kerri Andrews talks about her book Way Makers, the follow-up to the best-selling Wanderers, and the first anthology of women’s writing about walking.

Moving from the eighteenth century to the present day, and across poetry, letters, diaries, novels and more, she traces a long tradition of women’s walking literature. Walking is, for these women, a source of
creativity and comfort, a means of expressing grief, longing, and desire. It is also a complicated activity: it represents freedom but is also sometimes tinged with danger and fear.

This anthology is testament to the rich literary heritage created by generations of women walker-writers over the centuries.

“Way Makers is a scintillating and exciting collection of women’s voices.” Katharine Norbury, author of The Fish Ladder