Yorkshire: A lyrical history of England's greatest county

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Born in Barnsley he is a British poet, journalist, playwright and broadcaster who has continued to live in Darfield. He started performing on the live poetry circuit in the 1970s. He has had several volumes of poetry published for both adults and children and is an enthusiastic advocate of poetry. Tony Harrison (1937 – )

The first English poet was a Yorkshire local. The now ruined Whitby Abbey was established in 657 by Abbess Hilda. From about 670AD it was the home of Caedmon, an Anglo-Saxon herdsman and the first English poet. Caedmon put into English passages from the Scriptures, and wrote the devotional Hymn to Creation. Andrew Marvell (1621 – 1678) From Leeds, ten of her books have been made into mini series and television movies. The No. 1 best-selling author of women’s fiction over the last 30 years. Highlights of her long career include:

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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 . An abandoned car and a desperate call to the police lead Caslin into the heart of two families where secrets and lies are a way of life. What links the fate of an MP's granddaughter and that of a recovering drug addict working in the sex trade? The 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. Born in Barnsley and now living in Huddersfield, Joanne was a teacher for 15 years, during which time she published novels including…

The American born poet, novelist and short story writer, described Heptonstall as ‘wild and lonely and a perfect place to work’, and at least one of her poems (November Graveyard) seems to refer to it. Sylvia responded to Haworth and the Brontë legacy in several poems written after walking the area. Yorkshire playwrights The melodramatic events are underpinned by Peace’s eerie evocation of the psychogeography of West Yorkshire, his characters being haunted with a sense of the area’s violent past, conjured up in his incantatory, mesmerically repetitious prose: he is a novelist who is perhaps best read out loud. Are these books modernist fiction disguised as crime thrillers, or vice versa? They are certainly unlike anything else in crime fiction. Peace’s readers will note that the television series has an infinitesimally happier ending than the books do. The scriptwriter Tony Grisoni explained: “It was an emotional reaction … to two and a half years of being in this inferno that David Peace had constructed. David doesn’t save anyone. Whereas I needed to.”

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Haunted by the ghosts of the past, Caslin is pushed to his limits. Will this case break him or be his path to redemption? 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. Castle Hill Bookshopin Richmond has an excellent collection of books about the local area and helps to organise the Richmond Walking and Book Festival together with Swaledale Outdoor Club and a team of volunteers. The Grove Bookshop in Ilkley on the fringes of the Yorkshire Dales has an excellent selection of books, is a good place to learn more about the Ilkley Literary Festival & has an added benefit - it's very close to a branch of Bettys' Tea Rooms! 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)

A poet, translator and playwright from Beeston in Leeds, Tony Harrison adapted the well known English Medieval Mystery Plays, performed in York and Wakefield. He has also penned many poems and drama for film and television. Simon Armitage (1963 – )We buy and sell second-hand, antiquarian, rare and out of print books on most subjects but specialise in Yorkshire material and George Gissing. Book searches undertaken with no obligation to buy. This was probably because it followed too closely the rhythms of the standard TV crime drama, especially in its focus on Toby Jones’s dogged and capable cop DCS Dennis Hoban. With his Tetley Tea Folk accent and fondness for Emmerdale Farm, Hoban was a thoroughly reassuring presence, fulfilling the familiar TV role of the dedicated detective who will ensure that justice is done in the end. DI Nathaniel Caslin is stable for the first time in years. Now he can look to the future, or so he thought. Granting a small favour to a friend can often be anything but simple....