Gareth E. Rees is a writer, journalist and musician, and founder of the popular Unofficial Britain website. Born in Germany, brought up in Scotland and the north of England, he lived in London for many years before moving to Hastings. The stories, modern myths and folklore of place have always driven his writing. He is the author of a novel and three non-fiction titles, Marshland, The Stone Tide and Car Park Life, published to rave reviews in 2019.
"The mythical and the municipal collide in a weirdly compelling
tour of Britain's built environment" - The Financial Times
"Rees finds soul in these soulless locations, charting stories and
encounters as rich as those found among rolling hills and chocolate
box villages. A delight." - The New European
"Terrific... Britain's urban landscape is just as freighted with
myth and mystery as its castles and ancient monuments and [Rees]
proves it by unearthing a treasure trove of riveting stories."
- Sunday Times, Best Books of the Year, 2020
"Should be required reading in every motorway service station
coffee shop up and down this land" - The Psychogeographic
Review
"A wonderful ramble through the Brexit Britain of today - warts and
all." - Elsewhere: A Journal of Place
"Essential reading if you are interested in the urban wyrd and how
folklore is mutating and developing in modern times." - Folk
Horror Revival
"Unofficial Britain was my book of 2020" - Paul Cheney,
Half Man Half Book
"Effortlessly combining urban folklore and personal memoir, history
and psychogeography, road-trip narrative and gonzo journalism."
- Ends of the World
"Unexpected and fascinating" - Melissa Harrison, author
of The Stubborn Light of Things
"A fascinating and sometimes unnerving book" - Shiny New
Books
"Dry and often very funny" - Bookmunch
"[...] harnesses the personal and philosophical, offering thoughts
that are penetrating yet always entertaining [...] A fresh take on
vistas some may too readily dismiss." - Never Imitate
"You should read this book. It will make you stay up too late,
laugh out loud, and then freak yourself out looking out of the
window at the haunted-looking binbag blowing past Carpet Right in
the dead of night." - Michael Smith, author of Unreal
City
"An appreciation of quotidian, overlooked and sometimes grotty
landscapes; part memoir, part 'hauntology', and a stiff dose of
nearness and weirdness to counter the tweeness that afflicts some
topographical writing." - Will Wiles, author of Care of Wooden
Floors
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