LTC Rolt Events by the IWA

The UK's Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has set up a number of centennial events this year in honor of L.T.C. Rolt. There's even a reenactment of a cruise he took along Britain's inner channels during his lifetime, which resulted in him writing a log that helped generate interest in these inland waterways. Like his contemporary, Robert Aickman, Rolt was fascinated by the old network of rivers and locks throughout Britain. Rolt will always be remembered for his ghost story collection Sleep No More, which proved something of a high quality one shot in weird literature.

These events by the IWA help celebrate an important part of Rolt's life. They also remind weird aficionados that many great weird writers have interests outside a niche genre of literature. In L.T.C. Rolt's case, his devotion to preserving inland waterways was even more of a priority than writing ghost stories.

-Grim Blogger