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Stories to Listen To. Stories to Hold.
The Listening Room, our audio story subscription, lives quietly in your headphones.
Take the stories walking, listen beneath a blanket on a rainy afternoon, or make them part of your evening.
The Print Circle, our monthly print subscription, brings a little piece of that world through your letterbox. Each month the newest literary zine dòigh beatha arrives alongside a collectable art print and a letter from The Cottage — Listening Room subscription included.
THE LISTENING ROOM
A weekly audio story subscription for adults who still love being told a story.
A$8.95 Per Month
Original audio stories written and narrated by Julie Ann, brought to life with immersive sound design.
✓ Full access to the growing story library
✓ A new story each week
✓ Listen privately whenever you like
✓ Cancel anytime
Digital subscription · Listen anywhere
in the world
THE PRINT CIRCLE
A monthly literary zine + audio story subscription for those who still love stories, paper and real mail.
From A$34.95 Per Month
Each month, a little piece of The Cottage
arrives through your letterbox.
✓ The newest issue of dòigh beatha
✓ A collectible art print
✓ A letter from Julie Ann
✓ Full Listening Room membership included
✓ BONUS monthly Audio Story
**A Special Gift for Founding Members**
Receive the special printed edition of
"The Lost Art of Slow Living" (The Cottage Guide)
With issue #1 only. A special gift for founding members
Australia and International postage included · Cancel anytime
Something to Look Forward To
A Wild and Simple Life is not another place you need to keep checking. Membership simply gives you something quieter to return to.
A new story waiting in The Listening Room. A familiar envelope arriving through the post. A new issue of dòigh beatha
to read slowly with a cup of tea. Something small, thoughtful and human to look forward to.
That's really what membership to The Cottage is about.
A Little Note From
The Cottage
I created A Wild and Simple Life because I missed things that seemed to be quietly disappearing from ordinary life — stories listened to without doing three other things at once, letters through the post, printed pages, evenings that actually felt like evenings.
The Cottage is my way of making a little more room for those things.
Whether you join me in The Listening Room or wait for an envelope to arrive through your letterbox, I'm so glad these stories have found their way to you.
Made Slowly.
Supported By Readers.
A Wild and Simple Life is independently written and published through WSL Publishing.
There are no advertisers inside dòigh beatha. No sponsored stories. No algorithms
deciding what should be made next.
Your subscription allows new stories to be written, recorded and sound-designed, new issues to be printed, and this small publishing world to continue growing. The Cottage exists because readers and listeners like YOU choose to keep its doors open.
Which Room Feels Like Yours?
THE LISTENING ROOM
Choose The Listening Room if you want the stories themselves — original audio fiction you can listen to wherever you are.
Listen while walking, cooking, resting beneath a blanket. stories whenever you need somewhere to disappear for a while.
THE PRINT CIRCLE
Choose The Print Circle if you love physical books, paper, meaningful mail and having something tangible arrive at your door each month.
Each month brings something to read, something to keep and the complete Listening Room alongside it.
Join us as a founding subscriber
and receive a printed copy of The Lost Art
of Slow Living
You Don't Have To Decide Forever
Begin with whichever room feels right for you now.
Stay as long as it brings something good to your days.
Both subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.
A Few Things You Might Be Wondering
