Inscribing the Landscape: The Curious Connection between Cycling and Writing

Emily Chappell: Cyclist and Creative Writer

10.30am, Bayley Room, £6.50

Emily Chappell is an author, adventurer, and an advocate for diversity in cycling. She spent several years as a cycle courier in London before setting out to cycle across Asia; a journey that took her through some of the highest mountains, coldest winters and hottest deserts the continent has to offer. Having discovered a penchant for cold weather, she has completed winter journeys across Iceland and North America, enduring temperature as low as -40°C. Alongside her adventures, Emily has worked constantly to help other people realise their own ambitions, however lofty or humble they might be.

She is a popular public speaker, has put together numerous events, workshops, rides and training camps, and worked for three years as a director of The Adventure Syndicate; an organisation that inspires, encourage and enables people (especially women) to challenge what they are capable of. Emily is an award-winning blogger, whose work has featured in Vogue, National Geographic, The Guardian, and almost every cycling publication there is. Her first book, What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier’s Story was published by Faber in 2016, and her second book, Where There’s a Will is due out in November.