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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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        • Harry and Pierse by Hana LoftusWhat drew Becker to crouch in the fields day after day, obsessively documenting his neighbours as they worked?
        • Montol and Midwinter Light by Ysella SimsWe wind through the streets, the rain giving way to the winds of the next winter storm.
        • The Lost Dens of Leicester by Sharon TyersSixty years later, I often find myself deep within our den in my dreams.
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    • A Field with a View by Jane Ryan

      I knew that ownership was one key to the sense of safety that this meadow was offering us.

      May 6, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Leaf Litter by William Rowlandson

      And that is where the pain is. Like a medic in a war, patching up the wounded to patch up the wounded.

      April 22, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • The Man of Blackmore Vale by Jonathan Law

      How do we separate the reality of a place, a region, from our private hopes and nostalgias?

      April 7, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Nature Writing by Jeremy Hughes

      You see your childhood in your green-leafed head.
      Sticklebacks and newts in a stringed glass jar

      April 1, 2025
      Poetry, The Clearing
    • Watermark by Davina Quinlivan

      I stand on the threshold to her flat and watch myself close the door.

      March 21, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • In Pursuit of Today’s Spring by Ned Vessey

      It troubles me still, a year later, this state of knowing only through absence.

      March 17, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Pilgrim by Graham Mort

      We shake hands and he walks on uphill, limping slightly, bent against the wind.

      March 6, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • The Weight of a Dog by Pippa Marland

      I’m here to collect the ashes of my dog Nina.

      February 25, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Act of Birdsong by Sheena Graham-George

      WATCH: Act of Birdsong, a beautiful short film by Sheena Graham-George.

      February 18, 2025
      Film, The Clearing
    • Raptors of the Concrete Cloverleaf by Christopher Brown

      The idea of rewilding is sometimes coupled with fantasies of depopulation, but it needn’t be that way.

      February 10, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Catchment by Julia Brigdale

      chiffchaffs mark the time, blackcaps pour their song.

      January 31, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Aqua Vitae by Kirsteen McNish

      A trickle of water dances over my feet, releasing a barely audible sound.

      January 13, 2025
      Essay, The Clearing
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    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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    • Reading (2)
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    Whats in the name

    Tollern river valley in West Dorset. Recorded in the Domesday survey as Tolre, derived from a Celtic word for stream in a hollow valley.

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