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It's not you, it's the mental health system. You are normal. Anyone in your position would feel the same. This is the seemingly radical premise of Your Journey, Your Rules - but scratch the surface, and nothing in mental health treatment is as it seems. For example, did you know that despite the labels we use to diagnose people, there is a wide and growing acceptance that no one's condition is quite the same? Did you know that there is no evid...

An exploration of ten stories of myth and legend based in Wales'' famous Brecon Beacons. Written by award-winning author Horatio Clare, this book celebrates the extensive history and supernatural mystery that resides in these beautiful hills. With hand-drawn illustrations and maps of the region.

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When Aubrey is stung by a very polite wasp he realises there is something strange going on in Rushing Wood. With help from his friends Ariadne the house spider, Silvio the silverfish and Lupo the husky pup, the young warrior sets out to fight the Terrible Spiders and their genius creator and, just maybe, save the world.

Deeply moving, darkly funny and hugely powerful' Robert MacfarlaneAfter a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act. From hypomania in the Alps, to a complete breakdown and a locked ward in Wakefield, this is a gripping account of how the mind loses touch with reality, how we fall apart and how we may heal. 'One of the most brilliant travel writers of our day takes us now to tha...

Horatio Clare is the author of Running for the Hills (nominated for the Guardian First Book Award 2006 and shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award), Sicily through Writers' Eyes and Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope. The journey for this book was partly financed by a Somerset Maugham Award. He has made radio features in Morocco, written about Ethiopia for the New Statesman, and been commissioned by CondeNast Travell...

Heavy Light is the story of a breakdown: a journey through mania, psychosis and treatment in a psychiatric hospital, and onwards to release, recovery and healing. After a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act. From hypomania in the Alps, to a complete breakdown and a locked ward in Wakefield, this is a gripping account of how the mind loses touch with reality, how we fall ap...

In the winter of 1705 the young Johann Sebastian Bach, then unknown as a composer, set off on a long journey by foot to Lubeck, a distance of more than 250 miles. This journey was a pivotal point in the life of the great composer. In Something of his Art, Horatio Clare follows in his footsteps.

The acclaimed winter diary that reveals the healing power of the natural world

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs

A contemporary retreading of Bach's 1705 trip on foot to Lubeck, taking into account the way that the journey corresponds with the young composer's artistic development.

The bestselling travel writer joins an icebreaker for a voyage through the ice-packs of the far north to celebrate Finland's one-hundred years of independence. Chimes with interest in Nordic culture.

I'm going to tell the truth', I said suddenly, 'about what we did and why, and what it did to us.

An exploration of ten stories of myth and legend based in Wales'' famous Brecon Beacons. Written by award-winning author Horatio Clare, this book celebrates the extensive history and supernatural mystery that resides in these beautiful hills. With hand-drawn illustrations and maps of the region.

Travelling through Europe in search of the Slender-billed Curlew, this is a beautiful story of triumph, the struggles of conservation and paying tribute to a bird that now only exists in rumour.

JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic

Do you want to spend your whole life on the tube? Wouldn't you rather live somewhere wild and beautiful and free?

With Wales and Pakistan the only countries left in the free world, award-winning author Horatio Clare filters politics and religion through ancient British myth.

The acclaimed nature writer Horatio Clare travels the great oceans on cargo ships, and witnesses the collision of man and the sea in this book, now in paperback. A moving tribute to those who live and work on the great waters, far from land. From the author of "Running For The Hills". 'This is a warm and lyrical book...' Sara Wheeler, "Observer

An illustrated story which captures the difficult subject of depression obliquely, with verve and vigour. With artwork by Jane Matthews.