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November 30, 2024

A festive evening, gifts and last posting dates

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýA Night of Winter TalesThis will be an evening of Christmas magic and Arthurian Romance in Devon UK, to include Gawain & The Green Night and other gems of antiquity.

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...
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Published on November 30, 2024 09:26

November 23, 2024

Festive new arrivals and Christmas posting dates

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Ìý Ìý Fresh in for the Festive SeasonÌý

There’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...

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Published on November 23, 2024 11:14

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 poitín.

On Thursday 14th November is an intimate evening of stories and conversations wi...

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Published on November 09, 2024 10:16

November 25, 2023

The Christmas Love Bundle

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...

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Published on November 25, 2023 08:33

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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Published on January 05, 2023 17:40

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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Published on January 05, 2023 17:32

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 ...

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Published on January 05, 2023 17:19

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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Published on January 05, 2023 16:53

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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Published on January 05, 2023 16:41

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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Published on January 05, 2023 16:22