Member Recent Publications

OWPG members publish over 100 books every year: guidebooks, large-format picture books, manuals, equipment guides, literary works and even the occasional book of verse. They supply photos, illustrations and sketch mapping for many others. Below is a selection of the most recent ones.

Clarion Call: Sheffield’s Access Pioneers

Dave Sissons, Terry Howard and Roly Smith
Pennine Way Map Booklet

Paddy Dillon
The Pennine Way

Paddy Dillon
Kiwi Legends (ebook)

Jon Sparks

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Outdoor Focus | Autumn 2017

In this issue of Outdoor Focus, you’ll find tributes to Walt Unsworth and Nick Channer, two prolific writers and steadfast champions of the outdoors who have sadly passed away. You can also read about the The Man from Alaska and his friendship with Kev Reynolds; Andrew White talks about Walks around Britain and the challenges […]
A gentle walk in memory of Nick Channer

We were saddened to hear that Nick Channer, a Guild member for more than 20 years and a former Committee member, died last July following a short illness. Destiny decreed that Nick would write about the history of the countryside and intriguing houses. He was born at Home Farm Cottage in the grounds of […]
Media News Bulletin | Summer 2017

The summer 2017 OWPG Media Bulletin can now be viewed online (not suitable for Android or iOS devices) or downloaded as a PDF. If you are an editor or publisher and want to know something about somewhere or you want somebody to go somewhere, then the chances are that someone from the OWPG is there […]
Walt Unsworth, Father of Outdoor Writing

Walt Unsworth, who has died after a short illness at the age of 88, could justly be regarded as the father figure of British outdoor writing. He founded the respected Cicerone Press with his climbing friend Brian Evans exactly 50 years ago this year. Frustrated at the lack of practical climbing guides to the Lake District, […]