Retreat

Ep 13: Nature Writing Special

To celebrate publication of Tools for Surviving a Storm, we discuss nature, writing and women, and chat with author of the collection Nadia Henderson. Read More

One Breath

By Jess Costello

Explore the grounding power of breath and the many tiny miracles that exist in existing. Read More

Airplane Mode

By Eimhear O’Toole

On the healing powers of romantic comedies. Read More

Our Time Entangled

By Anna Kerr

An imagining of idealised love – safe, soft and sun-kissed. Read More

In Darkness

By Dominique Gracia

Step onto Medusa's island with Dominique Gracia's retelling, in which her island refuge itself turns men to stone. Read More

My Therapist Asks Me How My Week’s Been

By Scarlett Ward

Scarlett Ward's poem explores the necessity of retreating, specifically as a woman. TW: assault Read More

Everything We Lost

By Naomi Wood

Naomi Wood reflects on all the ways we are encouraged to retreat, and how we persist, regardless. Read More

Azul

By Safa Maryam

Explore the strange comfort in 'retreating' into sadness. Read More

Our current theme | RETREAT

By Team DD

Where do you go when you want to return to yourself? Our next theme is RETREAT.