Kenneth Steven is a widely acclaimed poet, novelist and children's writer who has published more than 25 books. His BBC Radio 4 documentary on the island of St Kilda won him a Sony Award, and he has contributed several series of spoken-word pieces for the BBC Radio 3 programme The Essay. His novel The Well of the North Wind (SPCK, 2016) was a spiritual tale set on 6th-century Iona, and 2020 was longlisted for The Portico Prize. His non-fiction book Beneath the Ice (Saraband, 2016) tells the story of the Arctic Sami people. Another collection of essays describing contemporary pilgrimages in nature, Atoms of Delight, can also be found in the In the Moment series.
Earlier titles: ""A warmly inclusive and decidedly secular series of essays about what it means to make a pilgrimage in the early years of the 21st century."" The Scotsman ""A poetic voice of great sensitivity."" Alexander McCall Smith ""Kenneth Steven has a ready sensitivity to the beauty of small moments."" The Herald ""Kenneth has a rare gift of being able to transmute the mundane into the mesmerizing, in a kind of poetic alchemy."" Countryman ""Kenneth Steven is a bard in the richest and fullest sense of the word."" Carl McColman, author of Eternal Heart