Martin Shaw's Blog
November 30, 2024
A festive evening, gifts and last posting dates
The event at Ashburton Arts will be on Friday December 20th from 7.30 to 9.30pm.Tickets are going fast so don’t delay.
New Limited Collection and Books GiftsCista Mys...November 23, 2024
Festive new arrivals and Christmas posting dates
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Ìý Ìý Fresh in for the Festive SeasonÌýThere’s still time for those who live overseas to order in time for Christmas, and there’s plenty to choose from for festive reading or Christmas gifts in the
Back by popular demand, a limited run of signed editions of has justÌý landed on the shelves. While one of our perennial favourites, , is now available in pa...
November 9, 2024
Martin Shaw INIS OIRR (Inner Seer) Exhibition
In the middle of last winter Martin Shaw braved a three-day storm to go pilgrimaging on the smallest of the Aran Islands Inis Oirr (Inner Seer). This exhibition, November 7th �27th, is a gathering of drawings, paintings and recordings responding to the adventure.
It opens on Thursday November 7th from 6pm at in Ashburton, Devon, with a private view and a nip of poitÃn.
On Thursday 14th November is an intimate evening of stories and conversations wi...
November 25, 2023
The Christmas Love Bundle
A signed trio from Dr Martin Shaw
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A special trio of love stories, each signed by the author, will mark the festive season at Cista Mystica this year.
The Christmas Love Bundle, to include The Night Wages, Tristan & Isolde and the rarely glimpsed The Five Fathoms will make an ideal gift for romantics.
Says Martin: “These three unearth my take on both the glories and despairs of Romantic love. They were ra...
January 5, 2023
London Review Bookshop Podcast � Martin Shaw & Claire Armitstead
LRB Podcast: s t a g c u l t
A storyteller, mythologist and poet, Martin Shaw’s latest collection,Ìýs t a g c u l tÌý(Hazel Press, 2022) lifts a lantern to a kind of haunting we can’t quite exorcise, or don’t wish to. Shaw was joined in conversation by Claire Armitstead, associate culture editor at the Guardian and presenter of their weekly books podcast.
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Mythologist Martin Shaw’s Visionary Conversion
Mythologist Martin Shaw’s Visionary Conversion to Christianity. An interview with Premier Unbelievable? Conversations between Christians and non-Christians, hosted by Justin Brierley.
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Rilke’s Duino Elegies � with Martin Shaw
House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate, Pitcher, Fruit-Tree, Window:
Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies, written between 1912 and 1922, are often considered to be one of the cornerstones of European literature in the 20th Century.
Produced in a time of collapse and change, amidst political turmoil and spiritual flux, the poems grapple with what it means to be human, charting the soul’s ...
Knights & Mystics � Martin Shaw & Jonathan Pageau
Knights and Mystics � Martin Shaw & Jonathan Pageau in conversation, Part Two. Talking Bob Dylan, Bishop Barron, The Grail & Good Art.
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History, Myths, Liturgy & The Power of Story � Martin Shaw & Jonanthan Pageau
History, Myths, Liturgy & the Power of Story, Jonathan Pageau and Martin Shaw, Part One.
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Grail Country with Dr. Martin Shaw
Grail Country interview with Martin Shaw on Parzival, the Grail, the passing of a Queen to a King, and all manner of soulful matters.
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