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Act of Birdsong by Sheena Graham-George
WATCH: Act of Birdsong, a beautiful short film by Sheena Graham-George.
February 18, 2025The Sensory Attunement Coracle by Ryan Powell
Each spring a coracle king or queen would be chosen through a lottery and this person given to the river as a symbolic offering.
March 25, 2024Stories in the Woods by Martin Maudsley
Like a rolling river, seasonal changes can pass us by unless we intentionally immerse ourselves in the outdoor elements; feel the flow.
August 2, 2022An audience with Richard Mabey
A filmed conversation with Richard Mabey to launch the Library.
November 17, 2021Mike Parker’s Season Salon with Pamela Petro
A filmed conversation between Pamela Petro and Mike Parker, discussing hiraeth and belonging.
October 25, 2021Jeff Young in conversation with Horatio Clare
A conversation between Jeff Young and Horatio Clare, to celebrate the paperback publication of Ghost Town.
October 21, 2021Unfamiliar Territories: Ken Worpole and Patrick Wright in conversation
A conversation between Ken Worpole and Patrick Wright at Swedenborg House, summer 2021.
October 11, 2021Simon Moreton at the Festival of Nature 2021
Simon Moreton discusses his book WHERE? in this film for the Festival of Nature
June 15, 2021To draw in the footsteps of ghosts by Christine Mackey
Christine Mackey explores the relationship that communities have with newly-planted woodlands.
February 3, 2021Shap to Plumgarths by David Banning
a song scattering a trail of columns and façades throughout the north of England.
September 7, 2020Beyond the Fell Wall by Richard Skelton
Richard Skelton has spent nearly half a decade living in a small valley, high in the Furness hills of Cumbria, in northern England. Beyond the Fell Wall is a distillation of his thoughts and observations on this particular patch of land.
March 6, 2018
About
THE CLEARING is an online journal published by Little Toller Books that offers writers and artists a dedicated space in which to explore and celebrate the landscapes we live in. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive visions that startle us, rural or urban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural, political, however they come. But each must be meaningful, surprising, felt.
Submissions
The editors welcome original submissions in written, audio and visual genres. Submission should reflect The Clearing/Little Toller’s concern with the natural environment, but within this broad subject-matter we encourage a diversity of interpretation and approach.
If you’d like to submit work to The Clearing, please email theclearing@littletoller.co.uk. Please refer to the submission guidelines. While we receive many submissions we will get back to you as soon as we are able.
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