Forest fables
A series of sound rich stories commissioned by the Guardian to reinvent the forest fable. Each piece is set in a particular British Woodland and was recorded on location with award winning sound recordist Chris Watson and Pascal Wyse. The series is sponsored by The Woodland Trust and features new stories from Ali Smith, Alan Garner, Evie Wyld and Alec Finlay
Chanterelles by Evie Wyld – Forest fables podcast
In our fourth exclusive sound story celebrating Britain’s forests, the Granta young British novelist Evie Wyld reads her unsettling tale of marital tension at the end of times
The Princess Forest by Alec Finlay - Forest fables podcast
In the third of our series of exclusive sound stories celebrating Britain’s forests, the Scottish poet and artist Alec Finlay reads his tale of a mythical submerged woodland
The Common Dean by Alan Garner - Forest Fables podcast
In the second in our series of sound stories celebrating Britain’s forests, a newcomer finds ‘ancient noise’ beneath the choked underlife of of Cheshire’s woodlands• Listen to The Green Stuff by Ali Smith
The Green Stuff by Ali Smith – Forest Fables podcast
In the first of a series of exclusive sound stories inspired by the UK’s woodlands, the award-winning writer weaves a spellbinding tale from an encounter between a boy and a strange green child
