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Thursday was a special day

26 Feb, 2023

In the UK we write the calendar dates day / month / year which meant that on Thursday last week it was 23/02/2023 of which some were claiming that it was a palindrome - where the numbers can be read backwards or forwards - however, we have to wait 9 years before 23rd February offers that up.

Thursday also happened to be special day for me personally, as I published my first episode of my Talking Walking podcast on the 23rd February 2008 - well before podcasts had become as popular as they are now. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to interview so many people passionate about walking, and my enthusiasm hasn't waned, as last week, I interviewed Julius Smit on a walk along the promenade in Eastbourne, edited an interview with Clara Gari, I had recorded in Olot in Catalunya last summer, and next week can look forward to meeting Marion Childs, Head of Services at the Alzheimer's Society who is in charge of their walking challenges. Every week, I am doing something linked to the podcast, and all of it has been a delight.

This last week, we brought together the jury for the Marŝarto Award for walking art, inviting them to define the criteria by which they and our online jury will select the winner. It was fascinating to listen to each of them talk so passionately about walking art - this is going to be a fabulous award to be part of, so do please make every effort to submit walking pieces this year.

We have signed up Linda Cracknell for a Walking Writers Salon in early May, she too has been one of my interviewees, and is a terrific writer of landscape, with a collection of essays coming out from Saraband in the Spring. There's more on writing and walking too, with a book launch from the Centre of Urban Cultural Research at Goldsmiths, University of London early in March, and brought by popular demand, Joanna Wolfarth is leading an online workshop on creative ekphrastic writing for the Urban Tree Festival. Last but not least, we have a Walking Detective meet up on Monday evening - do come along and find out what we are researching or bring along your own topic to research - so lots to look forward to.

For now, keep walking!

Co-founder of walk · listen · create

2023-02-26 11:45 · Sint-Veerleplein, Gent, België
As part of the annual Terminalia Festival of Psychogeography, Ienke Kastelein and Witold van Ratingen organize a participative walk in Ghent with choreographic and textual elements: a turning point, with a Janus Head handkerchief as props. Keep reading
2023-02-27 19:00 · Online
We want to uncover the forgotten or not yet revealed walking compositions – will you help us in our detective work as we search through archives and make connections with walking artists, performers and writers across the globe? We recently posted an enquiry on the Walking Artist Network, asking walking artists to ‘fil... Keep reading
2023-02-28 19:00 · 40 Bernard St, London WC1N 1LE, UK
This in-person course hosted by Open City Docs is for beginners looking to work creatively and develop their skills in field recording to produce their own soundscape composition. We will look at fundamental theoretical and conceptual debates in the area, the basics of field recording, acoustic ecology and soundwalking... Keep reading
2023-03-01 23:00 · Philadelphia, PA, USA
What does it mean to walk an edge? Edges can be peripheral. Edges can be liminal. Edges can be edgy. Six writers will read selections from Ways of Walking and discuss the edges they have walked, both literal and metaphorical. Keep reading
2023-03-08 19:00 ·
An informal presentation with discussion referring to a series of walking-with provocations in Bath (UK) The event will be streamed. Registration essential Keep reading
2023-03-08 20:00 · Online
Back by popular demand – for all of you who like DEADLINES – this event is set to run just five days from the closing of this year’s Festival writing competition. How can we use art to inspire words? Ekphrasis translates as ‘description’ in Greek and, today, an ekphrasis is used to mean a literary description... Keep reading
2023-03-09 17:30 · Laurie Grove, London, UK
Launch of the booklet ‘Writing Walking: One day in Spring during global pandemic’ an edited collection from the Centre for Urban and Community Research ‘What happens when nothing happens on a day in late Spring during a global pandemic? And, how might writing walking sociologically help us to make sense of it?’ Join us... Keep reading
2023-03-11 13:00 · Bath, UK
A short walk in a public garden, formerly a private space for the wealthy of the city. Some steps and kerbs. All on hard standing. Working dogs welcome. Registration essential. Keep reading
11 - 26 Mar, 2023 ·
Sunrise walks through 26 March 2023. Walk from fifteen minutes before the sunrise until fifteen minutes after from wherever you are, in consideration of the time change. #WalkBST #WalkingArtistsNetwork Keep reading
13 - 17 Mar, 2023 · Guimaraes, Portugal
The Walking Body 4 (TWB4) is an international gathering of walking artists, organized since 2018, in the Portuguese city of Guimarães, at Bairro C and the Art Gallery Garagem Avenida/EAAD. It includes a week of workshops and a presentation of the work of national and international walking artists. Keep reading
2023-03-16 10:45 · Forest of Dean District, UK
Artist led walk with textile artist Sara Rickard starting from Dean Heritage Museum for easy route around Soudley pond where you’ll be encouraged to explore & respond to nature through various art forms. Keep reading

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2023-02-26 11:45 · Sint-Veerleplein, Gent, België
As part of the annual Terminalia Festival of Psychogeography, Ienke Kastelein and Witold van Ratingen organize a participative walk in Ghent with choreographic and ... Keep reading
2023-02-27 19:00 · Online
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This in-person course hosted by Open City Docs is for beginners looking to work creatively and develop their skills in field recording to produce their own soundsca... Keep reading
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