Litfest is delighted to announce a very special event to celebrate the launch of Lancaster writer Jenn Ashworth’s brilliant new book.

On Wednesday 23 July at 7.00pm, for one night only in The Lecture Theatre at The Storey Lancaster, Jenn Ashworth and Clive Parkinson will together explore Jenn’s account of walking the Wainwright ‘Coast to Coast’ route from St Bees Head to Robin Hood’s Bay.

While Jenn walks in the stifling summer of 2022 and Clive makes plans for future art projects, life intervenes harshly for both of them and they find themselves on other journeys on parallel tracks. The Parallel Path is the story of a long walk across the North, of conversation conducted by letters, and a memoir that explores how artistic and creative friendships can help us encounter illness and grief.

Tickets are £5 from the The Dukes, Lancaster: https://bit.ly/43TK3Bl

Jenn will sign copies of The Parallel Path (RRP £20) after the event, and if you buy a ticket+book combination for £20 in advance from The Dukes you will save £5 and be able to collect your book on the night.

‘Reading The Parallel Path feels like going on a long walk with an old friend: Jenn Ashworth is exceptionally good company. I loved it’ Mark Haddon

‘Touching, thoughtful and frank – Jenn Ashworth is a wonderful writer’ David Nicholls

‘Whatever Jenn Ashworth turns her hand to, I’m there to read it’ Benjamin Myers

‘Beautifully realised and powerful’ Catherine Taylor

“Full of intelligence and wisdom, searing self-awareness and humour… Jenn Ashworth is an incredibly talented writer’ Lily Dunn