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The Dark Mountain Project
2nd July, 2026
Issue 26: Dark Ocean Dark Ocean is a collection of essays, stories, artwork and poetry,...
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Two Poems from the Bestiary
Kelly Shepherd and Diane Raptosh
29th April, 2026
Our next offering in this series of extracts from the new Spring issue is two poems by Kelly Shepherd and Diane Raptosh, accompanied by Terese Tubman's shamanic 'Dance Then.'
Birubi
Abi Andrews
24th April, 2026
In the latest of our series of extracts from our new issue, we bring you Abi Andrews' essay on the intimate cohabitation between Australian ecophilospher Val Plumwood and Birubi, a rescued wombat. Accompanied by Ibby Lanfear's close-up portrait of a mole's foot.
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Introducing Dark Mountain: Issue 29
The Editors
15th April, 2026
Welcome to our new Spring anthology, the first issue we've devoted entitely to animals, now available in our online shop. Today we share the editorial and a glimpse of Amy Guidry's eye-catching cover image.
Our Sweet Flesh
Nickole Brown and Emily Hasler
26th April, 2023
In our third Dark Kitchen post, poets Nickole Brown and Emily Hasler serve up disconcerting dishes from the realms of fairy tales and rural Kentucky. With artwork by Peter Cameron and Superflux.
Bread in the Times of Plague
Kate Long and Simeon Ayres
20th April, 2023
For our first Dark Kitchen dish: Simeon Ayres and Kate Long tell a heartening tale about baking sourdough loaves for their pandemic-struck hill community in Australia. With foraging and fermentation artwork by Pascal Baudar.
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Dark Kitchen
An ongoing exploration of the culture of food in times of fall. We travel through different kingdoms and terrains, sharpening our appetites and cooking knives, in the company of artists, filmmakers, writers and activists. In spring 2023, Dark Kitchen became a book.
Plant People
9th February, 2026
Sea Beet, Sugar Beet
26th December, 2025
A Spirit Never to Betray
5th February, 2025
Dark Mountain: Issue 29
Our Spring 2026 anthology is a hardback collection that steps outside the human bubble and puts animals at its heart