Max Adams
Novelist, Non-fiction writer
About
Max Adams was born in London in 1961. In a varied career as an archaeologist, woodsman and broadcaster he has explored themes of landscape, knowledge and human connectedness with the earth. His first major work Admiral Collingwood: Nelson’s own hero was published in 2005. His group biography of the maverick artist John Martin and his circle The Prometheans was published in 2010 by Quercus and was a Guardian book of the week.
He has published many articles in both popular magazines and academic journals and written and presented a number of documentaries. His latest biography The King in the North is published by Head of Zeus and was Tom Holland’s book of the year in History Today. His latest book is The Wisdom of Trees, and Max is now working on a series of Dark Age journeys.
A Consultant Fellow for the RLF, he specialises in working with sportspeople and athletes to develop their writing skills and sits on the RLF’s higher education panel. He has lived and worked in North-east England since 1993.
More from Max Adams
The Ransom Of The Golden Gospel
Max Adams pieces together the history of the Golden Gospel, an eighth century illuminated manuscript. The peripatetic history of the…
The Camera
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My True Genre
The RLF takes an inside look at the shoals of literary genre, and how writers navigate them. The RLF takes…
Max Adams’ Walk Through The Wilds
Max Adams takes us on a long-distance walk in this audio travel diary. Max Adams takes us on a long-distance…
Max Adams
Max Adams speaks with Kona Macphee about walking, geography and the joys of generalism. Max Adams speaks with Kona Macphee…
Max Adams – Life-changing Literature
My little universe is archeology, the study of how we are able to get at the past in the absence…
My Other Career
What’s the best day job for a writer? RLF writers explain their other careers. The RLF provides an inside look…
Max Adams & Ann Coburn
Max Adams considers the joys of long-distance walking, and Ann Coburn explores the writer’s sense of place. Max Adams explores…
Max Adams – Why I Write
Released on November 2, 2014
Max Adams
Novelist, Non-fiction writer
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- University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010–2013