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THE LOST ART OF SLOW LIVING
The Cottage Guidebook
Begin with our beautifully illustrated guide to A Wild and Simple Life — The Lost Art of Slow Living. This 56 page book-a-zine written by Julie Ann is about slower days, life beyond screens, nature, old ways and finding beauty in the ordinary.
Consider it something to tuck beneath your arm as you wander through the Cottage and discover what lives here.
Free instant download + a few quiet letters from the Cottage.
If the Cottage feels like home,
there are two ways to stay
The Listening Room
Original stories for quieter moments.
Step inside the Listening Room for literary fiction short audio stories for adults, made for quiet moments when you want something gentler than another screen.
Written and narrated by Australian author Julie Ann, each story is brought to life with immersive soundscapes — inviting you to pause, listen and reconnect with nature, solitude and the simple pleasures of ordinary life.
A small weekly ritual for those drawn to simple living and the quiet magic of ordinary moments.
Weekly cozy story · Access to the full library · Cancel anytime
The Letter Box
Home of The Print Circle
Once each month, subscribers of The Print Circle receive a carefully made 35 page literary zine through the post, along with a collectible print and personal letter.
Your subscription also opens the door to The Listening Room, with full access to the growing library of original audio stories.
Something to read. Something to display. Something to keep.
Something real.
A Place For Those Who
Miss Analogue Ways
A Wild and Simple Life inspires people to reconnect with slower, more meaningful and deeply human ways of living.
The Reading Room
A growing library of independent literary zines
and books to read, collect and keep.
Here you will find individual issues of dòigh beatha, along with books and occasional publications from A Wild and Simple Life and WSL Publishing.
Dòigh beatha — meaning "a way of life" — is our beautifully illustrated zine exploring nature, storytelling, old ways, seasonal rhythms and the quiet details of everyday life.
Begin with whichever issue calls to you, discover earlier editions, or slowly build a collection of your own.
Beautifully printed zines PLUS more! Inspired by slow living.
It's Time to Check The Letterbox
Soon another collection of stories, paper treasures, and quiet moments will leave the cottage and begin travelling to homes around the world.
Perhaps next month, one of them will be addressed to you.
WILD WOODS
WALK THE FOREST PATH
A SHORT STORY BOOK-A-ZINE
A beautifully illustrated reflective short story about a woman who returns to the forest she once explored with her late great-aunt and rediscovers the memories, skills and quiet wisdom she thought she had lost. Through the simple act of making a crooked pine-needle basket, she finds a way to carry the past into her present life and begin something of her own.
The Almanac
The cottage's journal of stories, essays, seasonal observations and practical ideas for slow living, simple pleasures and reconnecting with nature.
