Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass 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.

Martin asks that we journey together, and let these stories be our allies, that we breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture. He writes, ‘It is not good to be walking through these times without a story or three by your side.’

Smoke Hole by Martin Shaw available from Chelsea Green Publishing (2021), paperback (2024).