Fifty years after making Burlington his home, British author Tim Brookes examines what drew him to the city and what it means to leave.
Tim Brookes
Tim Brookes was born in London in 1953. He was educated at the University of Oxford and moved to Burlington in 1974. He has worked as a singer-songwriter-guitarist, a soccer coach, a tour guide, a newspaper deliverer, a teacher, writer, editor and publisher. He has written 23 books; more than 1,000 articles, columns, reviews and radio essays; and created three board games. He is the former director of the Professional Writing program at Champlain College and the founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project.
