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Where There’s A Will – Emily Chappell

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Where There’s A Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent

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Where There’s A Will – Emily Chappell

Emily Chappell is an author, adventurer and advocate, known for her long-distance bicycle journeys and the words with which she shares them.

She has cycled across Asia, Iceland and North America, and won the formidable Transcontinental Race, across Europe. Along the way she has become known for the eloquence with which she reports her challenges, the passion with which she advocates for inclusion and improvement in her sport, and her dedication to sharing the benefits she has gained from cycling with as many people as possible.

Emily’s first book, What Goes Around, was described by The Guardian as “a lovely lyric poem to the city,” and told the story of her years as a London cycle courier – the hidden corners of the city, the honest agony of cold toes and tired legs, the blissful moments when bike and body and city fall into harmony, and the endless encounters with London’s rich and ever-changing cast of characters.

Her second book, the [not now so] newly published Where There’s A Will, follows Emily’s journey into the curious world of long-distance self-supported bike races and gives a unique insight into how it feels to race across a continent: cycling through both sunrise and sunset, sleeping only for snatched minutes in fields and forests, navigating through mountain ranges and along remote unpaved roads, and searching out food along the way.

Emily captures the loneliness and unexpected camaraderie of long-distance racing and intricately describes the moments of joy, despair, confidence and self-doubt that her mind cycles through as she pushes her body to the limit.

Emily will be in conversation with Shannon Galpin, the Edinburgh-based explorer, artist and global activist.

Online ticket sale now over. Tickets: Adult £12, Concession £10. If you would like to order a copy of one (or both) of Emily’s book(s) please indicate below so that we know how many books to bring (payment for books will be collected after the talk at the book signing).

Tickets will be available on the door.

Where There’s A Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent

Emily Chappell Where There’s A Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent Book cover

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