Richard Askwith

Richard Askwith is a British journalist and author.[1] He is best-known for the cult 2004 fell running book Feet in the Clouds, which won him the Best New Writer prize at the Sports Book Awards. The book was also shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.[2][3][4]

Richard Askwith
Askwith in 2010
Askwith in 2010
Born1960
Notable worksFeet in the Clouds
Website
richardaskwith.co.uk

Askwith's book Unbreakable about Lata Brandisová was voted Biography of the Year at the Sports Book Awards in 2020.[5][6]

Bibliography
  • Feet in the Clouds. Aurum Press. 2004.[7]
  • The Lost Village: In Search of a Forgotten Rural England. Ebury Press. 2008.[8]
  • Let IT Go: My Extraordinary Story, from Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist. Andrews UK. 2012.[9] (co-written with Stephanie Shirley)
  • Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature. Yellow Jersey Press. 2014.[10]
  • Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero. Yellow Jersey Press. 2016.[11]
  • People Power: Remaking Parliament for the Populist Age. Biteback Publishing. 2018.[12]
  • Unbreakable: the countess, the Nazis and the world's most dangerous horse race. Yellow Jersey Press. 2019.[13]
  • Toymaker: the autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods. 2021.[14] (co-written with Tom Karen)

References
  1. "About". Richard Askwith. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. Higgins, Mike (6 February 2005). "Feet in the Clouds by Richard Askwith". The Independent. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. Graham, Frank (20 June 2004). "Review of Feet in the Clouds". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. Askwith, Richard (8 August 2004). "The Joy Of Pain". The Observer. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. "Biography of the Year 2020". Sports Book Awards. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. "The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2020". Waterstones. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. "Feet in the clouds: a tale of fell-running and obsession". British Library. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. "The Lost Village: In Search of a Forgotten Rural England". British Library. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. "Let IT go". British Library. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  10. "Running Free: A Runner's Journey Back to Nature". British Library. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  11. "Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero". British Library. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  12. "People Power: Remaking Parliament for the Populist Age". British Library. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  13. "Unbreakable". British Library. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  14. "Toymaker: the autobiography of the man whose designs shaped our childhoods". British Library. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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