Harry Ricketts

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2024 'This entertaining book is gripping reading for any cricket buff' Sunday Times 'An epic contest superbly retold . . . a fascinating slice of social history, it is a spellbinding read' Vic Marks 'You should go out and buy it now, because the book is brilliant’ Spectator David...

CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEARTHE CRICKET WRITERS’ CLUB DEREK HODGSON BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2024 'This entertaining book is gripping reading for any cricket buff' Sunday Times'An epic contest superbly retold . . . a fascinating slice of social history, it is a spellbinding read'...

Awa Book Of New Zealand Sports Writing, The by Harry Ricketts captures the essence of a sports-loving nation with a collection of 80 superb pieces of sports writing. Featuring contributions from many of New Zealand's most acclaimed journalists, novelists, biographers, essayists, and poets, this compilation spans a diverse range of sports—from surfing to cycling, angling to archery, and running to...

It’s getting colder as the flamesrise from the bonfires, real and virtual.See how they flicker in the darkling air. What is happiness in a suddenly unfamiliar world? What happens to us once the old connections spark and disappear? In this new poetry collection, with his characteristic humanity, intelligence and humour, Harry Ricketts writes of youth, hope, books and writers, and...