Hiking Beyond - by Bronwyn Preece (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

hiking beyond, bronwyn preece's second poetry collection, is a courageous journey through landscapes both external and internal. In these deeply personal pieces, preece brings us along on her adventures through poems, narratives and reflections from her perspective navigating the trail with a crooked knee and a fierce will to keep going. A collection of poetry written wearing muddy boots, in wet tents and with frozen fingers, bronwyn preece's hiking beyond is a collection steeped in the messiness of being alive. With reverence for geology, ornithology, botany, history and all that resists easy categorization, preece captures the soundbites, questions and quiet revelations of solo backcountry travel. From recovery from injury to the realities of living with Wilson's Disease, hiking beyond explores what it means to hike, to heal, and to belong. In this collection, she brings a sensitive awareness of what it means to move through and learn from her experiences as a woman of predominantly settler descent on the unceded ancestral lands of British Columbia and Alberta.

About the Author

Bronwyn Preece is honoured to have the privilege of living on the unceded Traditional Territories of the Lilwat7ú l and Skwxwú 7mesh Peoples in Whistler, BC. This awareness brings with it many levels of responsibility, humbleness, transparency and collaborative possibilities. She is a multi-disciplinary, community-engaged arts practitioner. She holds a PhD in Performance, along with a MA and BFA in Applied Theatre. She has taught, facilitated workshops, and performed internationally. Her publications range from academic chapters to children's books. She is the author of Gulf Islands Alphabet (2012) and Sea to Sky Alphabet (forthcoming 2023). All of her artistic and educational work aims towards cultivating place-based awarenesses and small acts of reconciliatory repair. Bronwyn is an avid, solo backcountry, multi-day backpacker and hiker who writes on the trail. Bronwyn Preece is honoured to have the privilege of living on the unceded Traditional Territories of the Lilwat7ú l and Skwxwú 7mesh Peoples in Whistler, BC. This awareness brings with it many levels of responsibility, humbleness, transparency and collaborative possibilities. She is a multi-disciplinary, community-engaged arts practitioner. She holds a PhD in Performance, along with a MA and BFA in Applied Theatre. She has taught, facilitated workshops, and performed internationally. Her publications range from academic chapters to children's books. She is the author of Gulf Islands Alphabet (2012) and Sea to Sky Alphabet (forthcoming 2023). All of her artistic and educational work aims towards cultivating place-based awarenesses and small acts of reconciliatory repair. Bronwyn is an avid, solo backcountry, multi-day backpacker and hiker who writes on the trail.