A passionate open-air swimmer, Roger Deakin travelled around the British Isles in search of the best places for a dip. Waterlog celebrates the magic of water and the beauty and eccentricity of Britain.
Roger Deakin (Author)
Roger Deakin, who died in 2006, was a writer, filmmaker and
environmentalist of international renown. He was a founder member
of Friends of the Earth, and co-founded Common Ground. He lived for
thirty-eight years in a moated farmhouse in Suffolk. Waterlog,
which was first published in 1999, became a word-of-mouth
bestseller, and is now an established classic of the nature writing
canon.
Olivia Laing (Introducer)
Olivia Laing is an internationally acclaimed writer and critic.
They're the author of eight books, including The Lonely City,
Everybody and the Sunday Times number one bestseller The Garden
Against Time. Laing's first novel, Crudo, won the James Tait Black
Memorial Prize and in 2018 they were awarded the Windham-Campbell
Prize for non-fiction. They are an Honorary Fellow of the Royal
Academy of Arts and their books have been translated into
twenty-one languages.
I jumped in with both feet and wanted to stay for more.
Erudite, funky and passionate, a total delight
*Independent on Sunday*
Charmingly and elegantly written
*Daily Telegraph*
A delicious, cleansing, funny, wise and joyful book, so wonderfully
full of energy and life. I loved it
Highly entertaining...Waterlog is a book about a cold, wet subject
written with a warmth and passion it surely deserves, but has
rarely had before
*Guardian*
A wonderful and romantic tale told by a true English
eccentric...think Ratty, think Mole, think three men falling out of
a boat...enchanting
*Financial Times*
A travel book like no other, it is rich and deep with insights on
modern Britain
*The Independent*
Deakin has written an aquatic Songlines.
Roger Deakin is the perfect companion for invigorating armchair
swim. Engaging, thoughtful and candid, he also has a wonderful
eye
*Telegraph Weekend*
A brilliant and compelling view of Britain from a few inches above
its neglected waterways
*The Independent*
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