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Smoke Hole

Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass

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By: Martin Shaw
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For more Smoke Hole content subscribe to the Smoke Hole Sessions podcast to hear amazing conversations between Martin Shaw and some of our most admired writers, actors, comedians, and musicians like Sir Mark Rylance, John Densmore, and others...

“With potent, lyrical language and a profound knowledge of storytelling, Shaw encourages and illuminates the mythic in our own lives. He is a modern-day bard.” (Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles)

At a time when we are all confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our modern lives - identity, technology, trust, politics, and a global pandemic - celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers Smoke Hole: three metaphors to help us understand our world, one that is assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a health crisis that has brought loneliness and isolation to an all-time high.

Smoke Hole is a passionate call to arms and an invitation to use these stories to face the complexities of contemporary life, from fake news, parenthood, climate crises, addictive technology, and more. Shaw urges us to reclaim our imagination and untangle ourselves from modern menace, letting these tales be our guide.

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This book will transport you to places you didn't know even existed. Excellent work from Shaw. Buy it, you won't regret!

Grow them back!

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Thank you for this audio book. I liked the tales highlighting modern dilemmas. The explanations were useful, I just wonder if they would have been better after the unabridged tales.

Insights on modern issues using stunning tales.

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Liked isn’t good enough I loved everything, I felt moved and changed, and marvel my new hands. Thank you Martin.

Wonderful windings through mystery, subtle, generous, wise.

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Love this, the depth, the aha relating moments and the truth of reclamation of ourselves from this technological world.

Such beauty and magic

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Beautiful folklore told with commentary, grounded in the now with Shaws intelligent observations. I wish his whole collection was available in this form, his writing is highly suited to being read out loud - especially by him!

A balm for our times

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