Charlie Carroll is the author of The Lip (John Murray, 2021), The Friendship Highway (Summersdale, 2014), No Fixed Abode (Summersdale, 2013) and On the Edge (Monday Books, 2010).
He has twice won the K Blundell Trust Award for writers ‘who aim to raise social awareness with their writing’, has written for the likes of the Guardian and the Big Issue, been featured in the Telegraph and The Times, has discussed his books on Front Row, BBC Radio 5 live and various local radio stations, and has appeared at a number of literary festivals across the UK.
The Lip
Away from the hotels and holiday lets, there is an unseen side of Cornwall where Melody Janie is hidden.
She lives in a caravan in Bones Break, a small clifftop on Cornwall's north coast, and spends her time roaming her territory, spying on ...
The Friendship Highway
A compelling and unforgettable encounter on the roof of the world.
Hoping to reach Tibet after a twenty-year obsession, Charlie Carroll travels to China. Contending with Chinese bureaucracy, unforgiving terrain and sickness-inducing ...
No Fixed Abode
Finding himself jobless, with no money but with all the time in the world, Charlie Carroll takes on the daunting task of tramping from Cornwall to London. On foot with basic supplies and a commitment not to spend any money on travel or accommodation, he pushes his body and his resolve to the limit ...
On the Edge
Charlie Carroll is a successful young teacher in a great school. He loves his job, but he wants to see the tougher side of British education. So he hands in his notice, takes to the road in a beat-up old camper van and spends a year travelling round England's most deprived areas, teaching in dozens of the ...
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