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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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    • Glass and Stone by Chris Baker

      The stone wall was broken. The sides were bulging outwards, elbowed aside by tree roots snaking through the wall’s interior.

      January 30, 2023
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Canticle for the Creatures by Ian Tattum

      the symbols…have a life of their own; they shape shift with time and experience. 

      January 3, 2023
      Essay, The Clearing
    • A walk along Chesil by Sarah Acton

      A new podcast in which the writer Sarah Acton takes a walk along Chesil beach.

      December 13, 2022
      Podcast, The Clearing
    • Waiting for the bird apocalypse by Jasmine Donahaye

      The first dead guillemot was on its back, plump and shining, its white breast and belly glossy and wet.

      November 14, 2022
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Protected: White Horses, Kiwi, Trench by Susannah Walker

      There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

      November 7, 2022
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Ends the Land Suddenly by Paul Gamble

      This was our unfenced existence, among crumbling towers and tunnels; we scampered up, clambered around, and investigated all manner of half-ruins

      October 3, 2022
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Luskentyre by Ian Grosz

      I can hear the distant sound of the ocean, smell the ozone in the air and feel the fine mist of salt-spray against my skin.

      August 31, 2022
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Algiz by Nick Hayes

      I went picking and sawing fallen, seasoned boughs, that lay scattered on the valley slopes of the river Avon.

      August 2, 2022
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Stories 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, 2022
      Diary, Essay, Film, The Clearing
    • Patterjacks by Benjamin Myers

      He cocked his head and listened, and for a moment the cool morning was perfectly still and silent.

      July 19, 2022
      Essay, The Clearing
    • Seen Dead by Mike Parker

      I try the church door, and much to my surprise, it creaks open.  I can’t remember the last time I found one unlocked.

      July 11, 2022
      Essay, Short Story, The Clearing
    • Perhaps All Art Is Ritual by Jackie Morris

      Is this giving back of the stones ritual; back to the land, to the sea, to the living, to the dead?

      July 4, 2022
      Essay, illustration, 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)
    • Short Story (1)

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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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