Lose yourself in a flurry of wintery words from some of my favourite writers across food writing, nature writing, fiction, creativity, poetry and more. These are words to soothe the soul. There's also a special seasonal writing exercise for you, and we look into the tradition of the Christmas pudding.

Episode 5 includes:

• The benefits of reading inspiring words, and writing your own, in the dark season
• Snippets of some wonderful writing from words that make you notice more to words that celebrate the human spirit
• A writing prompt for you to try
• Exploring the origins of the Christmas pudding
• This week’s ‘Get ahead tips’

Download the transcript here.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Almanac 2021 by Lia Leendertz
A Year of Good Eating: The Kitchen Diaries III by Nigel Slater
JRR Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas edited by Baillie Tolkien
The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the legendary hermit Hanshan, translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
One Day in December by Josie Silver
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Drinking From the River of Light by Mark Nepo
Divine Beauty by John O’Donohue
The Light in the Dark by Horatio Clare
The Wild Remedy by Emma Mitchell
Making Winter by Emma Mitchell
Wild Embers by Nikita Gill
Rhythms and Roads by Victoria Erickson

For more details of my book Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year and some free goodies with purchase, go to bethkempton.com/Christmas

Take good care,
 Beth 
 (@bethkempton on Instagram)

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