News

HERE'S THE LATEST NEWS from Northern Eye Books.

2009

November

The long-awaited Mountain and Hill Walking in Snowdonia - Vol. 2 , by Carl Rogers is now available, either from book shops and other outlets, or direct from this website.

The second of a two part series, the full-colour pocket size book covers the southern half of the Snowdonia National Park, and explores every summit of note including: Cadair Idris, the Rhinog and Arenig hills, Moelwynion (the Moelwyns), the Aran and Dyfi hills, the Berwyns, the Tarrens, and the Hirnants.

October

A new, wholly revised 5th edition of the popular Circular Walks along the Sandstone Trail, by Carl Rogers, is now widely available. The book contains thirteen linked circular walks along Cheshire's premier walking trail, and includes some exciting new routes, new photos and a new, larger sixteen page colour section.

September

Walking in the Clwydian Range, by Carl Rogers, is reprinted.

August

The new revised edition of Walking in the Conwy Valley, by Carl Rogers, is published, featuring a new cover, new photographs and a new colour section. All the routes have been rewalked, checked and rewritten, and the maps updated too.

May

Mountain and Hill Walking in Snowdonia - Vol. 1, by Carl Rogers, is published to widespread acclaim. The full colour, pocket-sized book is the first volume in a two part, in-depth series that explores every summit of note in the Snowdonia National Park. Each recommended route is described in detail and is accompanied by a full colour relief map. All routes are circular and include information on parking, distance and height gained. .

January onwards

Many of the best walks from our books are featured in weekly pieces in the Friday supplement of the North Wales and Chester Evening Leader. See the 'Reviews and Book Endorsements' page for downloadable PDFs of all the articles.

2008

December

A dedicated website, Walking Cheshire's Sandstone Trail -- www.sandstonetrail.co.uk -- is launched to support our new book of the same name. As well as a wealth of information about the Trail, the site also features simple PayPal buttons, allowing customers to buy the book online. Encouragingly, they have been, ever since day one. The book is selling fast, and copies have been posted not only around the region but also to London, south-east England, and even Canada.

November

Walking Cheshire's Sandstone Trail -- the Official Guide is published and launched just in time for the Christmas market. Feedback from readers and booksellers is excellent.

Both the book and website are featured in Cheshire County Council's latest Sandstone Trail Newsletter, which is displayed on the Sandstone Trail's distinctive blue Information Boards. You can download a copy here.

September

New on Welsh bookshelves this month is Best Walks in North Wales, by Carl Rogers. The evocative montage cover alone will make you want to pick up this lovely book. Here are twenty-eight of the very best, reliable, tried-and-tested circular routes through some of the loveliest landscapes in North Wales. Paperback, 160 pages, £8.99. ISBN 978-0-9553557-3-8.

Pressbox link

July

Coastal Walks around Anglesey, also by Carl Rogers, is an attractive new title from Northern Eye Books featuring twenty-two of the best circular walks exploring the Isle of Anglesey Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Generously illustrated with superb black-and-white photographs and a full-colour section, these carefully selected walks will take you to the very best Anglesey has to offer. Paperback, 128 pages, £5.99. ISBN 978-1-902512-20-4.

March

Two new books are published this month.

The first is a wholly revised edition of a classic mountaineering title: The Day the Rope Broke, by Ronald W Clark. It's the exhilarating, yet ultimately tragic story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and his party, in July 1865. The remarkable ascent and its terrible aftermath form one of the key events in mountaineering history. Available in both hardback and softback.

The second book is a potential future mountain classic: A Pocket Guide to Snowdonia's Best Mountain Walks, by Carl Rogers. Gathered together here are some of the very best high level walks and scrambles throughout Snowdonia, with at least one walk in each of the nine main hill groups: the Carneddau, Glyderau, Snowdon, Eifionydd, Moelwynnion, Rhinogydd, Arenig, Cadair Idris, and the Arans. In full colour, with detailed route descriptions, coloured relief maps, and extensively illustrated with superb photographs.

February

Waterstones in Chester are so pleased with the record sales of two of our new books, Walks in Mysterious Cheshire and Wirral, and Walks in West Cheshire and Wirral, that they dedicate a whole display exclusively to our walking titles. It's close to the entrance and the paydesk.

2007

December

Walks in West Cheshire and Wirral, by well-known Cheshire author Jen Darling, is launched. Following a successful press and publicity campaign, the book becomes the Number Two bestseller in Waterstones, Chester, pipped to the post only by the 'Richard and Judy' book of the week. Amazing!

November

New, full colour, revised edition of A Pocket Guide to Snowdon, by Russell Roberts, reaches the shops, now with stunning new colour photographs.

August

www.northerneyebooks.co.uk goes live. As site visitor numbers climb, the first sales and author enquiries arrive.

2006

September

Walks in Mysterious Cheshire and Wirral, by Tony Bowerman, is published. Publicity includes a series of six monthly themed articles in Cheshire Life magazine.

January

Full colour, bilingual English/Welsh The Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path, by Carl Rogers, is launched and soon becomes a Welsh bestseller. Produced in partnership with Anglesey Borough Council.

2005

June

New Cheshire publishers, Northern Eye Books Limited is formed by Carl Rogers of Mara Books, and Tony Bowerman of Wordplay Publishing, to publish a new range of quality outdoors and walking books. Quality is our watchword.