Between
Exploring Borderlands, Boundaries, and Edges
Will be published approx. on 3. November 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-80341-862-9 (ISBN)
Description
Welcome to the spaces between.
Forget any idea of a fixed, dependable centre ground. The suggestion in this book is that the real story of modern life is found in and along edges, cracks, and boundaries. It’s in these places of ambiguity and glorious uncertainty where the richness is, and often where the fun stuff happens. By providing a wide-ranging look at a variety of contexts, Martin Lee invites readers to step into a broad set of distinctive borderlands — some physical and geographic, some emotional and personal, some having to do with the world of ideas, nature, time, or language and stories — and reflect on what it means for us to live our lives in these contemporary transitional zones.
Forget any idea of a fixed, dependable centre ground. The suggestion in this book is that the real story of modern life is found in and along edges, cracks, and boundaries. It’s in these places of ambiguity and glorious uncertainty where the richness is, and often where the fun stuff happens. By providing a wide-ranging look at a variety of contexts, Martin Lee invites readers to step into a broad set of distinctive borderlands — some physical and geographic, some emotional and personal, some having to do with the world of ideas, nature, time, or language and stories — and reflect on what it means for us to live our lives in these contemporary transitional zones.
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Person
Martin Lee is the co-founder of Acacia Avenue, a London based research and strategy agency. He is the co-author of a collaborative novel called Keeping Mum, written by 15 members of the Dark Angels writing network. Between is the first book written in his own name, and is the result of a lifetime of trying to figure out what it means to be a Midlander. He lives in Twickenham, United Kingdom.