Rob Cowen: The North Road

Presented as part of Durham Book Festival

The A1, the Great North Road, is Britain’s grand highway: a Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a backbone through Britain for the last 2,000 years. The discovery of a skull near this great road leads Rob Cowen to explore the hidden secrets of the past, kept concealed for millennia. While journeying through history, place, people and time, Rob weaves his own history and memories into the story of the landscape around him in The North Road.

Rob Cowen is the award-winning author of books including Skimming Stones, Common Ground and best-selling debut book of poetry The Heading.

Chaired by James Routledge, OptIndie Books