Books Local author’s Alaskan salmon odyssey nets him prestigious literary prize Adam Weymouth, who lives on a barge in the River Lea, has won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for his debut book Author: Hackney Citizen
Books Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey – review From his houseboat on the Lea, it takes Weymouth three days to reach McNeil Lake, the salmon spawning ground most distant from the Bering Sea where the Yukon eventually emerges Author: Sarah Birch
