Amy Liptrot has published her work with various magazines, journals
and blogs and she has written a regular column for Caught by the
River out of which The Outrun has emerged. As well as writing for
major newspapers including the Guardian and the Observer, Amy has
worked as an artist's model, a trampolinist and in a shellfish
factory. The Outrun was awarded the 2016 Wainwright Prize and the
2017 PEN Ackerley Prize and was shortlisted for the 2016 Wellcome
Prize and the 2017 Ondaatje Prize.
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A lyrical, brave memoir. It's Liptrot's aptitude for marrying her
inner-space with wild outer-spaces that makes her such a compelling
writer . . . I enjoyed this book enormously
* * Guardian * *
The sheer sensuality of Liptrot's prose and her steely resolve
immediately put her right up there with the best of the best.
Liptrot is an Orcadian warrior with the breeze in her blood and
poetry in her fingers, and The Outrun may even be a future classic.
Wherever she journeys next, you will want to go with her
* * New Statesman * *
An exhilarating memoir . . . Anyone who has ever been unhappy or
unwise will find much that resonates in this powerful, beautiful
writing
* * Stylist * *
An uncompromising account of addiction and recovery played out
against the blasted fields of Orkney. Liptrot's writing is strong
and sure. The Outrun is a bright addition to the exploding genre of
writing about place and our place in the natural world
* * Observer * *
Remarkable . . . a meditative interior journey which Liptrot
elevates to an art
* * Spectator * *
An unflinching examination of trauma, addiction and the restorative
power of the natural world . . . It is a wild, wind-lashed book,
and you come away from reading with the taste of salt spray on your
lips
* * New York Times * *
Brilliant . . . one of the most scabrously honest, sassy and moving
books about addiction and recovery that I have read
* * Scotsman * *
An astonishingly beautiful book. Amy makes most nature writing seem
flat and pedestrian. Her account of her addiction and recovery is
electric, sexy, immediate and raw, leaving the reader reeling in
her wake . . . This is a luminous, life-affirming book, and I have
no doubt that I'll be pressing it into people's hands for years to
come
*OLIVIA LAING*
There is a great deal of frank, flinch-making writing in this book,
but it is always balanced by a sublimity and graciousness that is
rare. This is a bold-hearted and brave-minded book. It is both
terribly sad and awfully affecting. I look forward to its presence
on some prize lists
* * Scotland on Sunday * *
Clean, clear and impressive . . . a sensuous book, full of summer
nights and winter water. Liptrot swims, walks, lives alone on
uninhabited islands and observes. And from that comes a portrait of
the natural world she is absorbed into
* * Herald * *
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