Walking The Invisible

Michael Stewart is Head of Creative Writing at the University of Huddersfield, and author of Ill Will, as well as 3 other novels and a selection of poetry. His debut novel, King Crow, won the Not the Booker Prize in 2011.He is also the creator of the Brontë Stones project, four monumental stones situated in the landscape between the birthplace and the parsonage, inscribed with poems by Kate Bush, Carol Ann Duffy, Jeannette Winterson and Jackie Kay.

An ‘imaginative and elegant trek through the landscape of the Brontës’ Grazia‘An essential companion’ Lancashire Post‘Literary but unpretentious’ My Weekly‘Stewart’s passion and enthusiasm for the Brontes’ lives and work and the landscape that shaped them is palpable and infectious. If you weren’t struck […] with “Bronte Fever” before, after reading this you may well be’ Yorkshire Post‘A terrific tribute to the Brontës – and to the landscapes that shaped their literature’ Guardian‘For those who wish to follow in the footsteps of the Brontës, however the surroundings might have shifted over 200 years, Michael Stewart is an engaging and knowledgeable guide to have leading the way.’Brontë Studies‘An authoritative, inspirational and often humorous companion to a great Yorkshire family and the landscape that shaped them – and many others – throughout history’ Yorkshire Life