Roger Morgan-Grenville, The Restless Coast

A fascinating evening with Roger Morgan-Grenville discussing his latest book, The Restless Coast.

The island of Britain has over 10,000 miles of coastline, steeped in history and constantly shifting, changing, adapting and providing.

The Restless Coast is a moving and beautiful account of a journey around it, during which the author travels its length to discover its challenges and opportunities, and to talk to the people trying to protect it.

At once informative, angry and funny, The Restless Coast is a very personal love letter to our island edge.

Friday 27th June, 6.00pm
Venue: Read on Sea, 28 Broadway, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 1AW
Tickets: £5
Box Office: readonsea.co.uk

The Restless Coast: A Journey Around the Edge of Britain

The island of Britain has over 10,000 miles of coastline, steeped in history and constantly shifting, changing, adapting and providing.

The Restless Coast is a moving and beautiful account of a journey around it, during which the author travels its length to discover its challenges and opportunities, and to talk to the people trying to protect it.

At once delightful travelogue and passionate defense, The Restless Coast shines a powerful spotlight into the thin line that surrounds us, and defines our status as islanders. Overarching the journey is the extraordinary natural history of the coastline, together with the story of how man has imprinted himself on its very geology and shape for countless centuries. Into the account, Roger Morgan-Grenville threads the modern challenges that the shoreline faces, and the people who are trying to protect it.

At once informative, angry and funny, The Restless Coast is a very personal love letter to our island edge.

Roger Morgan-Grenville

Roger Morgan-Grenville was a soldier from 1978-86. In 2007, he helped to set up the charity Help for Heroes, and in 2020 he was a founding member of the conservation charity, Curlew Action. His earlier titles, Liquid Gold, Shearwater, Taking Stock and Across a Waking Land are also published by Icon. He lives in West Sussex.