Adam Weymouth

Adam Weymouth is a writer and journalist. His first book, Kings of the Yukon, tells the story of his 2000 mile canoe trip down the Yukon River in Alaska, exploring the decline of the king salmon and how their disappearance is impacting on the many people and ecosystems that depend on them. The book won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, The Lonely Planet/ Stanfords Adventure Travel Book of the Year and the Prix Paul-Emile Victor. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Granta, The Observer and the BBC, and he was selected by the National Centre for Writing as one of 10 writers shaping the UK's future. He is a visiting professor in creative writing at Warwick University. His new book will be published by Penguin in 2024.

“Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological understanding, with the most beautiful writing reminiscent of a young Robert Macfarlane. He is, I have no doubt, a significant voice for the future” Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times' Literary Editor

"Dazzling . . . [Weymouth is] a nuanced examiner of some of the world's most fraught and urgent questions about the interconnectedness of people and the natural world” Kamila Shamsie

“Adam Weymouth takes his place beside the great travel writers” Susan Hill