{"product_id":"smoke-hole","title":"Smoke Hole","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A modern-day bard.’\u003c\/strong\u003e Madeline Miller, author of \u003cem\u003eCirce \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores.’\u003c\/strong\u003e John Densmore, The Doors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘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.’\u003c\/strong\u003e David Keenan, author of \u003cem\u003eXstabeth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘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.’ \u003c\/strong\u003ePaul Kingsnorth, Booker shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, 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 \u003cem\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/em\u003e – 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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.’ \u003cem\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable now as a podcast! Subscribe to \u003cem\u003eSmoke Hole Sessions\u003c\/em\u003e 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 (\u003cem\u003eDerry Girls\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395154223486,"sku":"NW9781915294630","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781915294630.jpg?v=1778629623","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/smoke-hole","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}