Jo Bell on Boater - Manchester Book Launch Event

Jo Bell joins us to discuss Boater: A Life on England's Waterways - the debut memoir written by the UK’s inaugral Canal & River Trust poet.

After decades of calm aboard England’s historic canals, a turbulent relationship finds Jo Bell embark on a year-long odyssey navigating the country’s canals. Exploring the past and present, Boater is both her story and the story of the living waterways – told with wit, wisdom, and deep insight into a culture found on the other side of the map.
Book will be on sale at the event.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jo Bell is an award-winning poet, writer, and archaeologist whose collections include Kith and Navigation . She was the UK's inaugural Canal Laureate and is a former director of National Poetry Day.
Originally from Sheffield and raised on the edges of the Derbyshire Peak District, she has spent the past twenty years living a life afloat on the waterways of England.
She can usually be found on a mooring somewhere in Cheshire. Boater is her first memoir.

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