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

`A modern-day bard.'�Madeline Miller,�author of�Circe�and�The Song of Achilles`Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores.'�John Densmore, The Doors`Through feral tales and poetic exegesis, Martin Shaw makes you re-see the world, as a place of adventure and of initiation, as perfect home and as perfectly other. What a gift.'�David Keenan, author of�Xstabeth`I can still remember the first time I heard Martin Shaw tell a story. The tale that emerged was like a living thing, bounding around, throwing itself at us there listening. I had never heard anything like it before.'�Paul Kingsnorth, Booker shortlisted author of�The WakeToday, as we are confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives - identity, technology, love, seduction, politics - celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers�Smoke Hole�- three ancient myths that serve as metaphors for our world today. Assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a pandemic that brought loneliness to an all-time high, Martin argues that we are losing our sense of direction, our sense of self. He invites us to use these stories to help find `a commons for the imagination, a place to breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture.'�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 to parenthood, climate crises, addictive technology and more.�Available now as a podcast! Subscribe to�Smoke Hole Sessions�to hear amazing conversations between Martin Shaw and some of our most admired writers, actors, comedians, musicians and more, including Sir Mark Rylance and Tommy Tiernan (Derry Girls).