Coming Soon
Category: Coming Soon
Number of pages: 250
ISBN: 9781911752141
Publication date: September 1, 2026
Price: £14.99
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What would a mountain say if it could tell its own story? In Cader Idris: Let the Mountain Speak, Julie Brominicks explores this question. Interweaving her own experiences with what she learns through her research, she creates a fascinating biography of the mountain. Humanity appears fleeting but significant, captured through interviews with farmers, hikers, rescuers and other regular visitors. Their stories become part of the landscape, contrasting with the deep history and evolution of the mountain itself. The result is an expressive portrait of a place which holds deep significance to communities across Wales, and which awes and inspires those who know it.
Julie Brominicks
By sharing her passion for the landscape, people, wildlife, culture and languages she encounters on the road, Julie Brominicks aims to generate excitement for slow and sustainable travel. Her writing is informed by her previous career in environmental education. She is the author of The Edge of Cymru (Seren Books, 2022) and contributes to publications including BBC Countryfile Magazine and Nation Cymru. As a Welsh learner she champions Cymru, Cymraeg and cymreictod. Her second book Cader Idris: Let the Mountain Speak is forthcoming in September 2026.
“Living at the foot of Cader, I thought I knew this mountain. This extraordinary book made me see it in a completely different light, revealing the stories, people, wildlife and history that makes this landscape so much more than the beautiful rock in my back garden. Diolch am gael bod yn rhan fach o’r stori.”
Ffion Dafis, author of Mori
“With a painter’s sensitivity Julie Brominicks builds a kaleidoscopic portrait of Cader Idris and its complex, magnetic personality. Her relationship with the mountain is close and informed, and she draws on the insights of other people for whom Cader is special: farmers and shepherds, hikers and climbers, geologists and botanists, paragliders and jet-watchers.”
Andrew Green, author of Cader Idris and the Artists
