loveliverpoolbooks - Mersey Minis

Landing is the first volume of Mersey Minis, a series of small books celebrating Liverpool's 800th anniversary.

Bursting with brilliant writing inspired by Liverpool and the River Mersey, Landing includes writers ranging from the extremely famous to the completely unknown, from well-loved novelists to young arrivals, from poets and princes to maidservants. What they have in common is Liverpool. Some of the writers were born in the city, others are strangers passing through, or experiencing their first footfall in Europe. But they have all visited or lived in (and in one notable exception merely dreamed about) Liverpool, and, luckily for us, committed their impressions to paper.

The notion of bringing all this amazing output together into one series was irresistible. It seemed a simple enough idea, but as I started digging deeper, I was awed by the sheer volume and variety of people who had recorded their time in Liverpool.

Deborah Mulhearn, Editor

There was enough material for a shelf full of books, and how to select and present it all became the challenge. Landing is about first impressions, new encounters, beginnings, meetings and openings particular to Liverpool. They are funny, fascinating, touching, churlish, bemused, sad, or downright surreal, but all memorable accounts of this singular city and the often quixotic experiences it offers.

Writers include:
Prince Albert John Audubon John Betjeman Henry Booth Karel Capek James Chadwick Daniel Defoe Charles Dickens Paul du Noyer Dr Duncan Celia Fiennes Allen Ginsberg Robert Graves John Hamilton Washington Irving King John Bishop James Jones		Carl Jung John Lennon Malcolm Lowry Paul McCartney Herman Melville Nicholas Monsarrat Edmund Morel Libor Pesek Ronald Ross George Stephenson Harriet Beecher Stowe Margaret Thatcher Paul Theroux John Wesley William Wordsworth

From politicians and philosophers to architects and musicians, scientists, sailors, servants and satirists, Landing encompasses the pride and passion, shock and sadness of visitors, natives and residents of the city alike.

If you live in Liverpool, come from Liverpool, or simply love the city, Landing will have you bursting with pride. Mersey Minis are unmissable...