literature

Jane Austen is one of the nation’s most beloved classic novelists. Her characters converse in parlours and gallivant across the land, but what was her life like? Here is our expert Jane Austen guide which looks at her family history, locations that inspired her novels and places you can visit.

With the Bath festival kicking off the season of literature events, here are the unmissable happenings for book lovers throughout the UK this year.

After a long and careful selection process, the judges have made their decision. It's time to announce the winner of our first Nature Writer of the Year competition - and our fantastic runners up.

The popular Hay Festival is heading online in 2021, but there is still an inspiring programme of digital events to enjoy. Acclaimed authors taking part in this year’s online Hay Festival select their most inspiring and beloved books about nature, walking and the great outdoors

Our pick of the greatest novels and best autobiographies set in the British countryside.

For Countryfile presenter Ellie Harrison, the poetry of the Pennines voices our powerful bond to wild places

This grand Regency spa town in Gloucestershire hosts a lively literary festival. Rachael Stiles went in search of books for outdoors lovers.

The Hobbit was published on 21st September 1937, on its 80th anniversary of J. R. R. Tolkien's famous fiction, we look at alternative 'Lonely Mountains' to inspire budding Tolkien’s. Plus our pick of the best mountain walks.