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          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.
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      • On Noise by David Higgins

        I’ll tolerate the groan of earth, the crack of stone, the whispering of worms.

        November 1, 2021
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Mike Parker’s Season Salon with Pamela Petro

        A filmed conversation between Pamela Petro and Mike Parker, discussing hiraeth and belonging.

        October 25, 2021
        Film, Interview, The Clearing
      • Jeff Young in conversation with Horatio Clare

        A conversation between Jeff Young and Horatio Clare, to celebrate the paperback publication of Ghost Town.

        October 21, 2021
        Film, Interview, The Clearing
      • Dead Man’s Lane by Georgina Gardner

        Yet, people stood here once, posies with herbs and rose petals in hand.

        October 21, 2021
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Unfamiliar Territories: Ken Worpole and Patrick Wright in conversation

        A conversation between Ken Worpole and Patrick Wright at Swedenborg House, summer 2021.

        October 11, 2021
        Film, The Clearing
      • Hiraeth and Hwyl: Backwater Boy by Manoel de Barros (translated by Malcolm K McNee)

        My grandpa courted the solitude.
        He was a bouquet of lonesomeness.

        September 27, 2021
        Poetry, The Clearing
      • Hiraeth and Hwyl: The Sea of Content by Kumari Tilakawardane

        The ocean doesn’t care one iota about you, or your body, your mind, your problems or your poorly thought-out grudges.

        September 27, 2021
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Hiraeth and Hwyl: Neighbours/Cymdogion by Marged Pendrell

        New work, a flotilla of boats constructed from the natural minerals of Snowdonia.

        September 21, 2021
        illustration, The Clearing
      • Hiraeth and Hwyl: Vanish by Kathy Miles

        Maps are useless now, in a world of blinded
        signs. Mountains pull up roots, drift away
        to the vanishing point like wandering erratics.

        September 20, 2021
        Poetry, The Clearing
      • Hiraeth and Hwyl: The Home Path by Jane Brox

        There is a lot for me to love in this town along a harder, colder coast.

        September 20, 2021
        Essay, The Clearing
      • Hiraeth and Hwyl: Escaping Ophelia by Richard Taylor

        Abduction from a dream takes time tugging,
        as love does

        September 13, 2021
        Poetry, The Clearing
      • Hiraeth and Hwyl: Last Gilt by Menna Elfyn

        In her spell on the air, on a wing, fierce rain.
        Breath soared over clouds, crossing time as in heaven

        September 1, 2021
        Poetry, The Clearing
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