COMING SOON – MY NEW NOVEL

HERE’S THE PRESS RELEASE

Published 28th June 2026
The new music-infused novel by the author of Homeward Bound and
I’m Still Standing and 77-year-old TikTok and Instagram sensation
(with posts reaching up to ¾ million views!)

• In turn hilarious and moving, Made for Walking is a captivating
  novel about generational warfare, the meaning of friendship and
  finding your place in the modern world.
• Author Richard Smith started writing at age 71 and now, at 77, has
  become a TikTok and Instagram sensation, talking about his extensive
  vinyl record collection. He also does regular DJ sets on The BoAt Pod –
  an independent radio station broadcasting from a narrow boat in Little
  Venice, London. Find out more about what he is up to here.
  
• When veteran actor Syd Price is dumped from a long-running TV soap, he needs to find anew way forward in a media landscape that he no longer recognises. But when a rising star, model and Instagram sensation, Chloe Anderson, suggests filming a riverside ramble together, what starts as a mutually beneficial partnership turns into a vicious battle of the generations.
  Filled with music, MADE FOR WALKING is a heartfelt cross-generational story of ageing, modern life, friendship and retribution.

• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  RICHARD SMITH wrote his first book, Homeward Bound, at age 71. He enjoyed it so much (and it was so well received) that he kept going. Before embarking on his writing career, Richard was a producer of TV commercials, sponsored documentaries and educational and
  promotional films. It took him around the world and into places not normally accessible to visitors – up to the top of the Elizabeth Tower to see Big Ben strike twelve, on a speed boat around the Needles and North Sea oil platforms, and to the Niger Delta in Africa to name but a few. Richard Smith lives in London.
  
• MADE FOR WALKING will be available in paperback (£10.99) and ebook (£4.99) at all good bookshops and online booksellers.

Author: Richard Smith

I'm a writer and storyteller and for much if my life produced sponsored films and commercials. Subjects were as varied as bananas in Cameroon, oil from the North Sea, fighting organised crime and caring for older people. Their aim was always to make a positive difference, but, worryingly, two commercials I worked on featured in a British Library exhibition, ‘Propaganda’. View all posts by Richard Smith