Helen Mort

Helen Mort is one of the UK’s most exciting young voices. She came into the SPL to talk about her second book No Maps Could Show Them (Chatto & Windus) and to read poems from the collection. During the course of the interview, she talks about female pioneers of mountaineering, the strange health risks men believed running posed women, and the historical characters she’s drawn to writing about.

You can order Helen’s second collection No Maps Could Show Them from the SPL shop.

If you would prefer to read, rather than listen to, our podcast with Helen Mort, click here to see a transcript of the interview.