Ingrid Horrocks

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Ingrid Horrocks


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I am a nonfiction writer, critic and poet from Aotearoa New Zealand. My latest book, Where We Swim, a blend of memoir, travel and nature writing, is published in New Zealand and Australian editions in 2021.
My previous books include the genre-bending Travelling with Augusta: 1835 and 1999, part memoir, part love story, part history of women’s travel. I’m pretty obsessed with what happens to people on the move and I’ve written a book on the history of women wanderers in fiction, poetry and travel books, Women Wanderers and the Writing of Mobility. As part of this, I got to edit a new edition of pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft’s dazzling 1796 travel book. I’ve also published two poetry books, and co-edited a collection of personal ess
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Average rating: 3.84 · 179 ratings · 28 reviews · 9 distinct worksSimilar authors
Letters Written during a Sh...

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Where We Swim

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Charlotte Smith: Major Poet...

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Extraordinary Anywhere: Ess...

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Mapping the Distance

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Travelling with Augusta: Pr...

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Women Wanderers and the Wri...

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All Her Lives

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