Charlotte Du Cann

Reveal! The cover of my new book 'After Ithaca - Journeys in Deep Time' with artwork by Meryl McMaster and design by Christian Brett. Essays & memoir on a journey of descent in a world on the tip of crisis, based on the 4 mythic tasks of Psyche. Out this May @SumeruBooks @darkmtn

JUST OUT! A harvest post for the week of Lughnasadh on bakers and makers, growers and grain, time, alchemy, and paying attention to the magical staff of life. charlotteducann.substack.com/p/bread-of-hea…

This is where I will be tomorrow. On the beach with fellow Earth defenders. Come and join us if you are in Suffolk!

Wrote an introduction to our exciting new Substack, a curated glimpse into the work of @darkmtn Do check our new front page: news, artwork and poetry, book offer, long read essays, and more. Come and join us! We publish each week.

News from the Mountain! We’re on Substack! For our inaugural ‘front page’ we highlight essays by Dark Mountain’s co-founders, laying the tracks for the project’s key themes: a creative resistance to the machine and the myth of progress. See you there! darkmountainproject.substack.com/p/welcome-to-t…

'The dance was in the timing, the rhythm, the positions in which we placed ourselves in order to feel and understand the other bodies with which we were moving’ Our final extract from Issue 27 by Dana Iova-Koga shares one of the book’s dance practices. dark-mountain.net/dancing-ground/

Do check out the video for the Issue 27 launch event where contributing writers and artists share pieces on the theme of 'bodies'. You can also find the book here (go grab yourself a copy!): dark-mountain.net/product/dark-m…

Meanwhile #SizewellC has cut down over 23,000 trees so far, nearly all in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (National Landscape) @StopSizewellC edition.cnn.com/2025/05/09/uk/…

Lord Deben on how @ESWH2O can't service new/expanding businesses and is tankering in water for #SizewellC's offices “How on earth can we build this ridiculous #SizewellC when we do not have enough water to provide the office with drink?” #StopSizewellC #contribution-CB539179-8776-4096-9EA5-A3BA874B261F" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-05-…

DARK MOUNTAIN: ISSUE 27 LAUNCHES! Our latest issue is a hardback anthology of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, interviews and artwork that explores bodies in all their forms; human, creaturely, plant and mineral. Read the editorial and get yourself a copy: dark-mountain.net/introducing-da…

HAPPY SPRING EQUINOX ALL! A long year now since our much-missed @markinflowers was buried under an oak and a birch, a white violet in his lapel. My piece this week in memory of him - on absence, homeland, transforming silver, and a poem called 'the only god i ever loved was pan'.

Latest story on holding a place practice in uncertain times, getting your feet wet, lighting an Imbolc fire, and saying goodbye, so long and thanks for all the flowers.

I've been an @darkmtn art ed for 17 issues. This retrospective for #18 will be the most visual yet. Begins here with this piece 'Seeing Through a Glass Darkly: on the aesthetic of uncivilised art ...

Charlotte Du Cann @52Flowers two wet feet and a practice of living with Earth - a heartful of aligned planets, an envelope of seeds and energetic kinship with all and everything including one @Markinflowers open.substack.com/pub/charlotted…

Do swoop down to Barleybird seed & plant swap this Sat 8th Feb @Hodmedods Bean Store. The Plant Pamphlets will be on sale, along with @markinflowers's star seeds, Mexican marigold and anise hyssop. Hope to see you there!

In this week's online edition, David Lauer investigates the fate of a spiky desert agave called sotol, and its alliance with generations of artisans who distil a fiery spirit from its heart. dark-mountain.net/a-spirit-never…

Fires are raging through California, with tens of thousands of people evacuated. Homes and livelihoods are being burnt to the ground. Meanwhile, the UK has imprisoned a family doctor for taking part in nonviolent civil resistance to protect people from climate breakdown.

Great news - the campaign to #FreePaulWatson has just succeeded! He is being freed from jail In Greenland

While the number of people crossing the border increased exponentially since Trump’s wall went up a new study reveals an 86% reduction in wildlife crossings. At well over $20 million a mile, Trump’s wall is both a wastefully expensive tactical failure & an ecological disaster.

This absolute beauty just arrived today. Based on the practice & writings of the late Mark Watson ⁦@markinflowers⁩ & put together by his life partner Charlotte du Cann ⁦@52Flowers⁩ this pamphlet is an invitation to us all to engage with … (1)

WINTER BOOK SALE! ❄️ Don’t miss our great gift offers on two of our recent books, Issue 23 – Dark Kitchen and Issue 22 – ARK... perfect for a winter evening by the fire! dark-mountain.net/books/