Annemarie Lopez
@wordscaper.bsky.social
Writer, editor, urban explorer, storyteller, correspondent.
Taran Khan talked to me about her beguiling travel memoir. Never more relevant than in these dark times.
Walking the Shadow City: Taran Khan’s path through Kabul’s streets, into its soul.
walklistencreate.org/2025/09/15/walking-the-shadow-city-taran-khans-path-through-kabuls-streets-into-its-soul/
Walking the Shadow City: Taran Khan’s path through Kabul’s streets, into its soul.
walklistencreate.org/2025/09/15/walking-the-shadow-city-taran-khans-path-through-kabuls-streets-into-its-soul/
Walking the Shadow City: Taran Khan's path through Kabul’s streets, into its soul
Between 2006 and 2013 the writer Taran Khan made multiple trips to Kabul, Afghanistan, a city she felt was misunderstood by many outsiders. She decided to get to know it the best way she knew how, by ...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Taran Khan talked to me about her beguiling travel memoir. Never more relevant than in these dark times.
Walking the Shadow City: Taran Khan’s path through Kabul’s streets, into its soul.
walklistencreate.org/2025/09/15/walking-the-shadow-city-taran-khans-path-through-kabuls-streets-into-its-soul/
Walking the Shadow City: Taran Khan’s path through Kabul’s streets, into its soul.
walklistencreate.org/2025/09/15/walking-the-shadow-city-taran-khans-path-through-kabuls-streets-into-its-soul/
A delight to write for this fantastic journal...
‘Walking, here, is a way of exploring artistic possibilities outside of gallery spaces...of conceiving art as a practice of connecting to the landscape.'
Annemarie Lopez joins a gathering of walkers, artists, scholars, and ecologists in Northern Greece www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/wild...
Annemarie Lopez joins a gathering of walkers, artists, scholars, and ecologists in Northern Greece www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/wild...
August 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A delight to write for this fantastic journal...
Reposted by Annemarie Lopez
‘Walking, here, is a way of exploring artistic possibilities outside of gallery spaces...of conceiving art as a practice of connecting to the landscape.'
Annemarie Lopez joins a gathering of walkers, artists, scholars, and ecologists in Northern Greece www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/wild...
Annemarie Lopez joins a gathering of walkers, artists, scholars, and ecologists in Northern Greece www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/wild...
August 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
‘Walking, here, is a way of exploring artistic possibilities outside of gallery spaces...of conceiving art as a practice of connecting to the landscape.'
Annemarie Lopez joins a gathering of walkers, artists, scholars, and ecologists in Northern Greece www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/wild...
Annemarie Lopez joins a gathering of walkers, artists, scholars, and ecologists in Northern Greece www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/wild...
Thank you for your generous and positive spirit Julian... this was a joy to write.
I'm deeply grateful to @wordscaper.bsky.social for this thoughtful piece about my work, walking, climate change and the lessons of a receding lake @walklistencreate.org
walklistencreate.org/2025/08/04/t...
walklistencreate.org/2025/08/04/t...
The Forest That Followed the Lake: Julian Hoffman's path to Prespa's shores
Walking offered what conversation could not yet provide: a way in, a way to begin to belong.
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August 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Thank you for your generous and positive spirit Julian... this was a joy to write.
A piece I wrote about a magical encounter in Prespa, far northern Greece, for one of my favourite journals Caught by the River... www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/wild...
Wild Thyme and Honey: Walking in Prespa | Caught by the River | Caught by the River
www.caughtbytheriver.net
August 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A piece I wrote about a magical encounter in Prespa, far northern Greece, for one of my favourite journals Caught by the River... www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/wild...
I spoke to Lydia Matthews about why she walked out of the classroom and took her students with her... walklistencreate.org/2025/08/01/w...
Walking Between Worlds: how Lydia Matthews stepped out of the classroom and kept walking
“It was risky,” she admits. “I never asked permission. But it was deeply transformative.” The students learned to trust their senses and find an ease with uncertainty
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August 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I spoke to Lydia Matthews about why she walked out of the classroom and took her students with her... walklistencreate.org/2025/08/01/w...
My conversation with artist, writer, educator, Clare Qualmann on the eve of Walking Arts Encounters, Prespa, July 2025. On Walking with Children: walklistencreate.org/2025/07/30/w...
Walking with Children
You don’t call it a “walk”. Instead, say things like “we’re going exploring”, “going on an adventure”, “climbing trees”, “looking for bear traces”, or “playing street games”. These sound much more app...
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August 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My conversation with artist, writer, educator, Clare Qualmann on the eve of Walking Arts Encounters, Prespa, July 2025. On Walking with Children: walklistencreate.org/2025/07/30/w...
It was a great pleasure to edit this wonderful collection of flash fiction inspired by John Buchan's Thirty-Nine Steps for walk · listen · create walklistencreate.org
Fabulous design by Alban Low, published by Sampson Low Publishers sampsonlow.co/chapbooks/
Fabulous design by Alban Low, published by Sampson Low Publishers sampsonlow.co/chapbooks/
June 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It was a great pleasure to edit this wonderful collection of flash fiction inspired by John Buchan's Thirty-Nine Steps for walk · listen · create walklistencreate.org
Fabulous design by Alban Low, published by Sampson Low Publishers sampsonlow.co/chapbooks/
Fabulous design by Alban Low, published by Sampson Low Publishers sampsonlow.co/chapbooks/
Gorgeous art and a lovely interview - Julian Hoffman talks to landscape/nature artist Matina Galati in northern Greece #prespa walklistencreate.org/2025/04/23/artwork-for-lifelines-interview-with-matina-galati-julian-hoffman/
Artwork for Lifelines: Interview with Matina Galati – Julian Hoffman
I first met Matina Galati in a grove of extraordinary juniper trees on a limestone mountain above the Prespa lakes where I live in northern Greece. That day, I’d been walking with the Hungarian gar… S...
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April 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Gorgeous art and a lovely interview - Julian Hoffman talks to landscape/nature artist Matina Galati in northern Greece #prespa walklistencreate.org/2025/04/23/artwork-for-lifelines-interview-with-matina-galati-julian-hoffman/
My review of Annabel Abbs's fascinating Windswept... New link!
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Windswept: why women walk
Review by Annemarie Lopez The reviewer’s well-thumbed copy What’s a woman to do when she wants a change? Where does she turn when the pressures of work, motherhood or societal expectations ge…
journeysmakestories.wordpress.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My review of Annabel Abbs's fascinating Windswept... New link!
journeysmakestories.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/w...
journeysmakestories.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/w...
My review of Annabel Abbs's fascinating Windswept...
walkingpsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/w...
walkingpsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/w...
Windswept: why women walk
Review by Annemarie Lopez The reviewer’s well-thumbed copy What’s a woman to do when she wants a change? Where does she turn when the pressures of work, motherhood or societal expectations ge…
walkingpsychogeography.wordpress.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My review of Annabel Abbs's fascinating Windswept...
walkingpsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/w...
walkingpsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/w...
There’s something extraordinary about these Victor Hugo drawings @Royal Academy, London. It’s cinematic scale - like movie stills or pages from a graphic novel about a dark night of the soul.
April 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
There’s something extraordinary about these Victor Hugo drawings @Royal Academy, London. It’s cinematic scale - like movie stills or pages from a graphic novel about a dark night of the soul.
Writing prize alert: All you have to do is write 39 words.... It could be a mini spy thriller, or a story of an everyday person caught up in intrigue, or just a tale about walking. Cash prizes and publication glory await... #flashfiction
🏃♂️✍️ Write a 39-word story inspired by The Thirty Nine Steps. Celebrate the 110th anniversary of John Buchan’s classic with our micro-flash fiction challenge. Win €100 an illustrated chapbook, and more! Deadline: April 22, 2025 👉 http://dlvr.it/TJY1kK
#WritingCompetition
#WritingCompetition
March 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Writing prize alert: All you have to do is write 39 words.... It could be a mini spy thriller, or a story of an everyday person caught up in intrigue, or just a tale about walking. Cash prizes and publication glory await... #flashfiction
I love this Picasso sugar lift print, from the Print Room - British Museum. #rainydaysinlondon
February 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I love this Picasso sugar lift print, from the Print Room - British Museum. #rainydaysinlondon
There’s always a crowd of people looking at the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum. My favourites are the dads explaining what the Rosetta Stone is to their kids.
February 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
There’s always a crowd of people looking at the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum. My favourites are the dads explaining what the Rosetta Stone is to their kids.
Bjork’s new sound installation at the Pompidou Centre, Paris looks magical.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WoUD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WoUD...
Björk: Nature Manifesto - A sound installation at the Centre Pompidou @centrepompidou, Paris
YouTube video by Creators Faire
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February 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Bjork’s new sound installation at the Pompidou Centre, Paris looks magical.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WoUD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WoUD...
When I look at my scrawl these days, I wonder... www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand?
We are far more likely to use our hands to type or swipe than pick up a pen. But in the process we are in danger of losing cognitive skills, sensory experience – and a connection to history
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
When I look at my scrawl these days, I wonder... www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Lost London Churches is a wonderful project recording the ancient church buildings and parishes of the City of London through collectable cards, books, maps and explorers walks. Here's a page of Lost London Churches walks for you to explore. lostlcp.com/lost-london-...
Walks - Lost London Churches Project
A page of Lost London Churches Walks. Explore the parish boundary markers in the Citythat show where the old vanished churches were.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Lost London Churches is a wonderful project recording the ancient church buildings and parishes of the City of London through collectable cards, books, maps and explorers walks. Here's a page of Lost London Churches walks for you to explore. lostlcp.com/lost-london-...
Wolf moon in London…
January 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Wolf moon in London…
Reposted by Annemarie Lopez
New year's resolution to work on your craft or try something new?
Dive into the #MothArchives for two interviews per issue with your favourite authors, poets, and artists – chatting about influences and processes, break throughs and false starts.
🫧 bit.ly/pastmoths
Dive into the #MothArchives for two interviews per issue with your favourite authors, poets, and artists – chatting about influences and processes, break throughs and false starts.
🫧 bit.ly/pastmoths
January 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New year's resolution to work on your craft or try something new?
Dive into the #MothArchives for two interviews per issue with your favourite authors, poets, and artists – chatting about influences and processes, break throughs and false starts.
🫧 bit.ly/pastmoths
Dive into the #MothArchives for two interviews per issue with your favourite authors, poets, and artists – chatting about influences and processes, break throughs and false starts.
🫧 bit.ly/pastmoths
Moon beams pure delight,
Venus waits silent and sure,
Night longs for the kiss. #wlchaiku @walklistencreate.org
Venus waits silent and sure,
Night longs for the kiss. #wlchaiku @walklistencreate.org
January 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Moon beams pure delight,
Venus waits silent and sure,
Night longs for the kiss. #wlchaiku @walklistencreate.org
Venus waits silent and sure,
Night longs for the kiss. #wlchaiku @walklistencreate.org
Reposted by Annemarie Lopez
Some lovely haikus have already been submitted for our haiku comp. You have until Sunday 5 Jan to submit yours. Write as many as you like. What else is there to do in January!? Check out the hashtag #wlchaiku http://dlvr.it/TH8CPZ
Turning wild places into being, through a short poem
Write a haiku - post it to Bluesky - a chance to win books by Wainwright Prize nominees Chantal Lyons, Polly Atkin and Sophie Yeo
dlvr.it
January 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Some lovely haikus have already been submitted for our haiku comp. You have until Sunday 5 Jan to submit yours. Write as many as you like. What else is there to do in January!? Check out the hashtag #wlchaiku http://dlvr.it/TH8CPZ
Reposted by Annemarie Lopez
To write a haiku, follow these steps:
Create a 3-line poem.
The first line has 5 syllables.
The second line 7 syllables.
The third line has 5 syllables.
Focus on nature, images, emotions. Keep it simple and vivid!
http://dlvr.it/TH59VP
Create a 3-line poem.
The first line has 5 syllables.
The second line 7 syllables.
The third line has 5 syllables.
Focus on nature, images, emotions. Keep it simple and vivid!
http://dlvr.it/TH59VP
Turning wild places into being, through a short poem
Write a haiku - post it to Bluesky - a chance to win books by Wainwright Prize nominees Chantal Lyons, Polly Atkin and Sophie Yeo
dlvr.it
December 31, 2024 at 8:31 AM
To write a haiku, follow these steps:
Create a 3-line poem.
The first line has 5 syllables.
The second line 7 syllables.
The third line has 5 syllables.
Focus on nature, images, emotions. Keep it simple and vivid!
http://dlvr.it/TH59VP
Create a 3-line poem.
The first line has 5 syllables.
The second line 7 syllables.
The third line has 5 syllables.
Focus on nature, images, emotions. Keep it simple and vivid!
http://dlvr.it/TH59VP
Ink flows rivers deep,
Acorns scattered, words take root,
Oaks rise, wildness wakes.
#wlchaiku
@walklistencreate.org
Acorns scattered, words take root,
Oaks rise, wildness wakes.
#wlchaiku
@walklistencreate.org
December 18, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Ink flows rivers deep,
Acorns scattered, words take root,
Oaks rise, wildness wakes.
#wlchaiku
@walklistencreate.org
Acorns scattered, words take root,
Oaks rise, wildness wakes.
#wlchaiku
@walklistencreate.org