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The Road is LongCharlie Sanderson

Charlie Sanderson — Sat, 25 May 2024 12:06:54 +0000

The winning entry in our flash fiction competition, ‘The Road is Long’, weaves threads of grief, resilience and hope into a haunting piece of poetic prose. The judges unanimously agreed it deserved to win, and we hope you are equally moved and inspired by it. Charlie is a voice artist and writer living [...]

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TRANSFORM YOUR PAIN INTO ACTIONMargaret Klein Salamon

Margaret Klein Salamon — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 08:00:18 +0000

In 2012 I was living in New York City, working as a therapist, and finishing my Ph.D. in clinical psychology. For years, I avoided thinking or reading about the climate because it made me feel terrified and helpless. I would read the first sentences of articles about global warming, and say to myself, [...]

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STRANGER THAN FICTION Melissa Gismondi

Melissa Gismondi — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:59:27 +0000

A few weeks ago, I was working on a story which features a character overwhelmed at the crises facing our world. I typed the words livable future because I wanted the character to engage with the absurdity of such a phrase, the fact that the possibility of it is still — shockingly — up [...]

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After Reading the Lorax as a Bedtime StoryJessie Tomlinson

Jessie Tomlinson — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 09:13:24 +0000

When I was in high school, I babysat for my next-door neighbours, and one time – I was about fifteen – their seven-year-old daughter came downstairs after I’d put her to bed, unable to sleep. I picked out a story to read to her for comfort and – unthinkingly – chose The Lorax. At [...]

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All The Feelings Under the Sun: how to deal with climate change | Leslie Davenport with illustrations by Jessica Smith

Katie Percival — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 20:11:38 +0000

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