Amy Liptrot

Amy Liptrot grew up on a farm in Orkney and studied at the University of Edinburgh.{{cite web |title=Student talent in the limelight at Edinburgh International Film Festival |url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2024/student-talent-in-the-limelight |publisher=The University of Edinburgh |access-date=23 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923082042/https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2024/student-talent-in-the-limelight |archive-date=23 September 2024 |quote=Saoirse Ronan stars in opening film The Outrun, adapted from University alumni Amy Liptrot's memoir |url-status=live}} She lived in London for ten years, resorting to alcohol and drug use. After losing her job, her home, and her boyfriend because of her alcoholism, she returned to Orkney to rehabilitate. She recorded her experiences there in her first book, The Outrun, published in 2016.{{cite web |last=Richardson |first=Simon |title=The Outrun: Amy Liptrot on connecting with nature |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1m1jPTGVPBxx9PkSDbBZBKJ/the-outrun-amy-liptrot-on-connecting-with-nature |publisher=BBC Arts |accessdate=6 July 2017 |date=15 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116112643/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1m1jPTGVPBxx9PkSDbBZBKJ/the-outrun-amy-liptrot-on-connecting-with-nature}}{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Matthew |title=Amy Liptrot interview: How the writer drowned in London - and rescued herself on the shores of Orkney |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/amy-liptrot-interview-how-the-writer-drowned-in-london-and-rescued-herself-on-the-shores-of-orkney-a6815016.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115225459/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/amy-liptrot-interview-how-the-writer-drowned-in-london-and-rescued-herself-on-the-shores-of-orkney-a6815016.html |archive-date=2016-01-15 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |accessdate=6 July 2017 |work=The Independent |date=15 January 2016}}{{cite news |last=Liptrot |first=Amy |title='I swam in the cold ocean and dyed my hair a furious blue… I was moving upwards slowly' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/17/amy-liptrot-outrun-i-swam-in-the-cold-ocean-orkney-alcoholism |accessdate=6 July 2017 |work=The Guardian |date=17 January 2016}} She gave birth to a child in December 2018. {{As of|2019}} Liptrot had been without alcohol for eight years.{{cite news |last=Liptrot |first=Amy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/03/further-reading-best-books-about-new-beginnings |title=From Cinderella to Patrick Melrose: the best books about new beginnings |date=3 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 September 2021}} As of 2024, Liptrot lives in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, England.{{cite news |last=Stripe |first=Adelle |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/hebden-bridge-a-magical-town-full-of-writers-and-poets-and-an-independent-streak-3111436 |title=Hebden Bridge - a 'magical' town full of writers and poets and an independent streak |date=25 January 2021 |work=The Yorkshire Post |access-date=25 October 2024}}

She contributed an essay on wild swimming to Antlers of Water, a compendium of Scottish nature writing produced during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |last=McDonald |first=Sally |title=A wild year: Writer on why lockdown has helped Scots enjoy the everyday wonders of nature |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/a-wild-year-writer-on-why-lockdown-has-helped-scots-enjoy-the-everyday-wonders-of-nature/ |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=The Sunday Post |date=8 September 2020}} Includes an extract from Liptrot's essay{{cite web |title=Antlers of Water by Kathleen Jamie - Canongate Books |url=https://canongate.co.uk/books/2966-antlers-of-water-writing-on-the-nature-and-environment-of-scotland/ |website=canongate.co.uk |access-date=12 September 2021}} Her book The Instant was published in 2022. It describes a year she spent living in Berlin after the period covered in The Outrun.{{cite news |last=Comerford |first=Ruth |title=Canongate acquires Liptrot's Outrun follow-up |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/canongate-acquires-lipcots-ecology-love-1249354 |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=The Bookseller |date=24 March 2021}}{{cite book |last=Liptrot |first=Amy |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1294144859 |title=The Instant |year=2022 |publisher=Canongate Books |isbn=978-1-83885-428-7 |location=Edinburgh |oclc=1294144859}}

• Wainwright Prize, 2016
• PEN/Ackerley Prize, 2017

• The Outrun
• The Instant

In January 2022, it was announced that Nora Fingscheidt would direct a film adaptation of The Outrun, and that Saoirse Ronan would star in it as Liptrot, and produce it.{{cite web |last=Yossman |first=K. J. |title=Saoirse Ronan Set to Star in Adaptation of Alcoholism Recovery Memoir 'The Outrun' |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/saoirse-ronan-the-outrun-nora-fingscheidt-1235167394/ |date=31 January 2022}} Filming began in 2022 in Orkney.{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Brian |title=Hollywood star Saoirse Ronan heads for Orkney for adaptation of recovery memoir The Outrun |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/hollywood-star-saoirse-ronan-heads-for-orkney-for-adaptation-of-the-outrun-3550051 |date=1 February 2022 |access-date=26 August 2022 |newspaper=The Scotsman}}{{cite web |title=Excitement as film crew arrives in Orkney |url=https://www.orkney.com/news/the-outrun |date=25 August 2022 |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=Orkney.com}} The film The Outrun premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |last2=Patten |first2=Dominic |date=6 December 2023 |title=Sundance Unveils Packed 2024 Lineup That Includes A.I., Pedro Pascal, Kristen Stewart, Satan, Devo & Steven Yeun |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/2024-sundance-film-festival-lineup-movies-1235652869/ |access-date=29 February 2024}}

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