@smpierce
Author: The Green Hill, a memoir about the sudden death of my son Felix. Rock Idols, a guide to Dartmoor in 28 tors; various wild swimming guides. Co-organiser, Dartmoor Tors Festival 23-25 May 2025 https://linktr.ee/sophiepierce
Dawn at Sharpham Meadow where my son Felix rests. My memoir #TheGreenHill is out in paperback in April with @wiltonsquare.bsky.social - I’m doing some events with @foldedorset.bsky.social @goodgrieffest.bsky.social and others next month - talking love, landscape and loss - more info in bio
Thank you Jon ! Xx
Thank you @terriwindling.bsky.social
Thrilled to launch the 2nd #DartmoorTorsFestival - celebrating Dartmoor’s nature and culture. We’ve got talks, walks, performances and more .. shorturl.at/8ROTt
@visitdartmoor.bsky.social @dpadartmoor.bsky.social @dartmoorcollective.org @dartmoorac.bsky.social
Quoit questing in West Penwith… a magical megalithic landscape. Pix show outside and inside of Chun Quoit. And a natural rock balance on the cliffs nearby….a pre-echo of these ancient graves ?
Sunday November 2nd
11-3 Moor Imaginations Centre, Buckfastleigh
I’ll be selling Dart Map tea towels etc in aid of SUDEP Action and in memory of our dear Felix who died of SUDEP aged 20. Hope to see you there !
A huge thank you to everyone who's already ordered a copy - it really means the world to us.
All the money raised by the zine goes directly back in to supporting future events, projects and publications promoting the work or artists and photographers working on Dartmoor.
Have a great evening !
Delighted that #TheGreenHill will be out in paperback from @wiltonsquare.bsky.social in April. And you can get 25% off if you pre order by Friday from @waterstones.bsky.social with code OCTOBER25 - link in bio
Emma and Sophie sitting in candlelit St Lawrence chapel telling stories of the moor
An enchanting evening listening to tales of Dartmoor told by Emma Cunis… enjoying not just the stories themselves but exploring why they still resonate with us today. And wonderful to be in such a historic and atmospheric venue - St Lawrence Chapel in Ashburton…whose walls could tell a few tales …
Spent a morning clearing vegetation around one of Dartmoor’s strangest oddities - the Rev Bray’s inscribed stones. 200 years ago he decided to carve poets’ names into boulders in the Cowsic valley. Some of the stones also have lines from the poems and others have Bardic runes….
The coach of bones : one of Dartmoor’s stranger stories .. I’ll be chatting to Emma Cunis about the moor’s many myths and legends at historic St Lawrence Chapel, Ashburton 9/10/25 - do join us! Tickets : dartmoortorsfestival.co.uk/tall-tales-a... @dartmoorcollective.org @visitdartmoor.bsky.social
Great new project : @ourdartmoor.bsky.social
This is coming up next Tuesday here in Chagford: a remarkable evening with one of my favourite people, Alan Weisman (author of World Without Us, Gaviotas, etc.). If you're anywhere near Dartmoor, please come. And please share to help spread the word.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624630...
Thank you Terri!
Dartmoor has many weird and wonderful myths and legends - I’ll be delving into them with Emma Cunis aka Dartmoor’s Daughter - do come and join us 9/10 at atmospheric St Lawrence Chapel, Ashburton 7pm dartmoortorsfestival.co.uk/tall-tales-a...
@visitdartmoor.bsky.social @dartmoorcollective.org
Huge congratulations @guyshrubsole.bsky.social !
Your tireless and meticulous research as well as brilliant writing is creating real social change .
Thank you !
A 5 hour swim/scramble down the Dart from Buckfast to Staverton. It’s the only way to see the river as both banks on this stretch are private. Now rather tired ….,
Love the dog ! And also the place of course !
Excellent to hear @lewis-winks.bsky.social on the Today programme this morning discussing his research on 'Who owns the River Dart' - and why this shows we need a right of responsible access
Listen here (45mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Guardian story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This Sat - 5 July at 11am at Bude Methodist Church join Matt and I for swimming stories and amazing images of swim locations across the West Country - and after for a dip at Bude Sea Pool … @tessread.bsky.social @outdoorswimmer.com
ICYMI: What Unbound’s demise has shown, to a quite alarming degree, is how little tangible, active advocacy is available to authors in this situation, say the authors affected by the collapse of Unbound in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Unbound authors’ statement on the collapse of the publisher. Please read it and share. If you want to know what really went on, here are some answers:
More salt bath than salt path....Matt Newbury and I will be recalling our aquatice adventures in upcoming talks.. we'll be in Bude 5/7/25 (and swimming at #BudeSeaPool of course). The next day we'll be in Fowey - venue TBA. Tix shorturl.at/pjNoM @outdoorswimmer.com @tessread.bsky.social
A logo of a book and the title Great Books, that deserve better
Being part of the whole Unbound saga has not been fun; one consolation has been the support of the many other authors involved.
And so, in that spirit, we've put together a list of some of the great books that now need publishers and agents. Please do share!
open.substack.com/pub/therebou...
The banner’s up… the #DartmoorTorsFestival starts today! Lots to enjoy inc talks with writers, archaeologists, artists incl @lisaschneidau.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social , @lewis-winks.bsky.social and walks shorturl.at/Oomce
Much to say, but for now: hurrah!
Congratulations to the relentless campaigners that made this happen and to Dartmoor National Park Authority for pursuing the case. A rare victory for people over property.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Win or lose in the Supreme Court, we now want the government to step up and pass a right to roam act, to protect and extend public rights of access to nature across England.”
@lewis-winks.bsky.social ahead of this morning’s verdict on wild camping on Dartmoor:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This weekend the #DartmoorTorsFestival will explore and celebrate #Dartmoor - with talks and walks with fascinating people incl @lisaschneidau.bsky.social @lewis-winks.bsky.social @campaignerkate.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social - thanks BBC for coverage .
