{"product_id":"celebrating-climbing-days-by-dorothy-pulley-with-kim-sherwood-and-dan-richards-wednesday-17th-july-2024","title":"Celebrating Climbing Days by Dorothy Pilley - with Kim Sherwood and Dan Richards - Wednesday 17th July 2024","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis event is SOLD OUT. If you would like to be placed on the waitlist, please email us at mail@goldenharebooks.live and we will let you know if a spot becomes available. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Event\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen: Wednesday 17th July at 6.30pm (doors open from 6:10pm).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere: Golden Hare Books, 68 St Stephen Street, EH3 5AQ.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWe are delighted to be hosting an event to celebrate Canongate’s republication of Dan Richards’ great grand-aunt Dorothy Pilley’s much-loved, trailblazing memoir \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eClimbing Days.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAs part of Dan’s series of in-conversation events with brilliant women around the UK – some adventurers, some artists, some writers – who embody something of Dorothy’s buccaneering, transcendent spirit, join us when the very brilliant Kim Sherwood talks about Dorothy Pilley’s legacy with Dan.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrder a copy of \u003cem\u003eClimbing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDays \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand receive a free ticket to the event! Just select \"Book \u0026amp; Ticket\" option. Alternatively, choose our \"Ticket-Only\" option for £5 (which can be used towards a copy of \u003cem\u003eClimbing Days\u003c\/em\u003e or one of our other featured titles, at the event).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe will follow up on your booking with a confirmation email - please be sure to check your junk folder!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eClimbing Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhen Dorothy Pilley first began climbing in the 1910s, female mountaineers were seen as a dangerous liability, their achievements ignored, unrecorded or disbelieved. Undeterred, Dorothy proved herself on the vertiginous slopes of Wales, Scotland and the Lake District before tackling rock faces in the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Rockies, Mount Fuji and the Himalayas. Her tireless championing of fellow women climbers and her own trailblazing example helped establish female alpinists as serious mountaineers with impressive records on bravery, skill and endurance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1935, \u003cem\u003eClimbing Days\u003c\/em\u003e tells a daredevil tale of adventure, near-death slips and rapturous achievement in high places, interleaved with moments highlighting the particular challenges of being a woman in a sport seen as the province of men.\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Kim Sherwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eKim Sherwood is an author and creative writing lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, where she lives in the city. Kim Sherwood’s first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTestament\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2018), won the Bath Novel Award and Harper’s Bazaar Big Book Award. It was longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize and shortlisted for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Pick. In 2019, she was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Her second book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouble or Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2022), is the first in a series commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to expand the world of James Bond. The follow-up, A Spy Like Me, is out now. Her latest literary novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Wild \u0026amp; True Relation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2023), was described by Dame Hilary Mantel as “a rarity – a novel as remarkable for the vigour of the storytelling as for its literary ambition. Kim Sherwood is a writer of capacity, potency and sophistication.”\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003ephoto credit: Rosie Sherwood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Dan Richards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDan Richards is an acclaimed non-fiction writer specialising in art, travel and adventure. His first book, \u003cem\u003eHolloway\u003c\/em\u003e – co-authored with Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Stanley Donwood – was published by Faber and became a Sunday Times bestseller. Dan’s second book, \u003cem\u003eThe Beechwood Airship Interviews \u003c\/em\u003etook a journey into the creative process, headspaces and workplaces of some of Britain’s celebrated artists and craftsman including Bill Drummond, Dame Judi Dench, Jenny Saville, Manic Street Preachers and Stewart Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClimbing Days\u003c\/em\u003e is an exploration of the writing and climbing lives of Dan’s great-great-aunt and uncle, Dorothy Pilley and I. A. Richards. Using Dorothy’s 1935 mountaineering memoir as a guide, Dan climbed across Europe, ending with an ascent of the mighty Dent Blanche in the high Alps of Valais.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis latest title is \u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eOutpost\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003ea book about far-flung shelters and eyries, isolation and wilderness. Asking what draws people to the ends of the world, \u003cem\u003eOutpost\u003c\/em\u003e features visits to Cairngorm bothies, French lighthouses, Japanese shrines, Icelandic \u003cspan\u003esæluhús\u003c\/span\u003e, and polar bears in Svalbard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDan’s next book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOvernight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, will be published by Canongate in March 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Golden Hare Books","offers":[{"title":"Book \u0026 Ticket","offer_id":48826976436538,"sku":"9781805302537","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/ClimbingDayscoverBIG.jpg?v=1718115899","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.live\/products\/celebrating-climbing-days-by-dorothy-pulley-with-kim-sherwood-and-dan-richards-wednesday-17th-july-2024","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}