#theperimeterbook
Get to know some of the people I met while walking around the coast of Britain for #theperimeterbook at my Hatchards Piccadilly talk next Wednesday, 6.30pm 🎟️ is.gd/Xazks7 #London
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Missed last year? Your final chance to catch #ThePerimeterBook at @hatchards.bsky.social London’s oldest bookshop. 🎟️ Book now! is.gd/Xazks7
January 29, 2026 at 11:23 AM
In London? Head to @hatchards.bsky.social for a talk by @quintinlake.bsky.social on his fascinating travels published in his #ThePerimeterBook

📍187 Piccadilly, London , W1J 9LE
🗓️ Wed 4th Feb
🕡 6:30pm

#ReadingList #Books #Photography #Travels
Next Wednesday, the 4th February, is your last chance to hear me talk about #ThePerimeterBook in London.
I’ll be sharing hundreds of photographs and the stories behind them at @hatchards.bsky.social, Piccadilly—London’s oldest bookshop—starting at 6.30pm.
Secure your tickets here: is.gd/Xazks7
January 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Next Wednesday, the 4th February, is your last chance to hear me talk about #ThePerimeterBook in London.
I’ll be sharing hundreds of photographs and the stories behind them at @hatchards.bsky.social, Piccadilly—London’s oldest bookshop—starting at 6.30pm.
Secure your tickets here: is.gd/Xazks7
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who’s bought #ThePerimeterBook for Christmas — it’s been Amazon’s Landscape Photography #1 bestseller for the past few weeks 🙏
Copies are still available for next-day delivery if you need a last-minute gift: amzn.to/3NcnG5p
December 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#ThePerimeterBook makes Digital Camera magazine's Best Photo Books of 2025. 🎉Get your copy here amzn.to/4qjRICI
December 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In Popsa's latest Memoir of the Month, I talk about what inspired #theperimeterbook, the trials and triumphs along the way, and how this long walk became both an artistic and personal exploration of Britain’s edges. 👉 Read the full story here: popsa.com/en-gb/perspe...
Walking Britain’s Coastline: Quintin Lake’s Epic Memoir
Discover the stories, challenges and beauty of photographer Quintin Lake’s new memoir, The Perimeter.
popsa.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#ThePerimeterBook featured in BBC
Countryfile Christmas Books🎄
Get yours here: is.gd/C2lyDT
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Give the gift of discovery this Christmas. #ThePerimeterBook showcases 1,300 photographs of Britain’s stunning coast, paired with a travelogue from 11,000 km walked over five years. Only 0.003p per km!
Buy from Bookshop.org: is.gd/X1ARxO or Amazon: is.gd/8PckH6
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
To mark the publication year of #ThePerimeterBook my 16 favourite prints are now 20% off – signed cotton gallery prints, available till Dec 21. 🎄

Browse & buy 👉 is.gd/0BATc0
📖 Discover the book here: is.gd/C2lyDT
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ha! Amazing 👏🏼 You should come do a talk in Canterbury! Your #ThePerimeterBook has come up in conversation so many times amongst so many walkers, pilgrims and just general outdoorsy types that gather in the town's cafes.
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Camping out on stage at #CheltLitFest with the seven pairs of shoes I wore out while walking 11,000 km for #ThePerimeterBook. The rainstorm last night added just the right soundtrack to my talk! 📖 is.gd/P2BW67
October 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Wrapping up this year’s #ThePerimeterBook tour in style tonight — at the one and only Cheltenham Literature Festival! 🤞📷🌊⛺️ #CheltLitFest
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-p...
The Perimeter: Walking the Edge of Britain | Cheltenham Festivals
Take a breathtaking photographic tour with Quintin Lake as he shares highlights from his extraordinary five-year walk around the entire British coastline.
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A real highlight yesterday at #CheltLitFest was meeting the legendary photographer Martin Parr, whose work inspired several images in #ThePerimeterBook, from Gourock Pool to Felixstowe Beach. His book pairs 150 photos from his life with trademark humour & insight (Title is from his school report!).
October 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Penultimate stop on the #ThePerimeterBook tour:
Join me in the stunning atrium at The Amelia, Tunbridge Wells, on Thursday 16th October at 7pm.
Stories & photos from my 6,000-mile walk around Britain’s coast—an evening of images & conversation.
🎟 Tickets: theamelia.co.uk/whats-on/aut...
October 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
📚 Next stop on the #ThePerimeterBook tour: the Madhatter Bookshop in Burford this Thursday evening at 7pm.

I’ll be sharing stories and (lots of) photographs from my 6,000-mile walk around the coast of Britain — a journey of landscapes, solitude, and discovery.

Tickets here: is.gd/MU0w6j
An Evening Quintin Lake | The Madhatter Booksh
Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2025 we are delighted to welcome photographer Quintin Lake to Madhatter Bookshop
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October 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Scotland, you’ve been wonderful 💙
It was a joy to share #ThePerimeterBook at @royalscotgeosoc.bsky.social ‘Inspiring People’ talks series last week in Aberdeen, Dundee, Dunfermline, Glasgow & Edinburgh. This time, I learned you can enjoy Scotland without a tent!

Buy the book: is.gd/P2BW67
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Had a fantastic time last week with Klattermusen in London, sharing both printed and projected images from the #ThePerimeterBook and connecting with so many inspiring adventurers and photographers!
September 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Almost half of #ThePerimeterBook —4,481 km (40%)—was in Scotland. Next week I’m thrilled to bring the journey back to Alba with illustrated talks at five Scottish venues thanks to the
@royalscotgeosoc.bsky.social
. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛺️📷Tickets here: linktr.ee/quintinlake
September 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Come and see prints of my favourite photographs from #ThePerimeterBook and hear me share stories from the 11,000 km journey. Join us at Klattermusen King’s Road, London, this Thursday from 6pm — free event! Book here 👉 is.gd/MiJmXz
September 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📚 #ThePerimeterBook autumn tour kicks off this Thursday in London at Klättermusen (free event!) before heading north for five dates in Scotland. In October, I’ll be speaking in Burford, Tunbridge Wells and Cheltenham. Come join the journey—ticket links here: linktr.ee/quintinlake
September 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Oxygen and iron: the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, 1837–1912, was one of the early adopters of iron rather than wood.

A full-page opener introducing the North #London chapter of #ThePerimeterBook Order Here 👉 amzn.to/4mpt9SH
August 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Thank you @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Charing Cross!!😊If you’re in London, pop in and take a look - I signed a bunch last week. #theperimeterbook
August 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Redshank studio, Lee-over-Sands, a cork-clad cabin raised above a tidal saltmarsh. Designed by architect Lisa Shell for artist Marcus Taylor in 2016

A full-page opener introducing the #Essex chapter of #ThePerimeterBook Order Here 👉 amzn.to/4mpt9SH
August 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Bathers by the oak-lined shore of the River Orwell. Novelist Eric Arthur Blair gave himself the pen name George Orwell after the River Orwell in Suffolk, a location of which he was fond.

A full-page opener introducing the #Suffolk chapter of #ThePerimeterBook Order Here 👉 amzn.to/4mpt9SH
August 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM