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Chris Smaje
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Writer, small-scale farmer, social scientist. Seeking low-energy localism by design so it doesn't arrive by default. New book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age' just published.
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New essay coinciding with the US publication of my book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age' today

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Pirates of the latter day: or, lights for a dark age | Chris Smaje
To coincide with the US publication today of my new book Finding Lights in a Dark Age, I think it’s time to start writing some blog posts about it. I have a bit of unfinished business in relation to o...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Nice review of my book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age' by Hadden Turner at Front Porch Republic
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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New essay 'Words and worship'
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Words and worship | Chris Smaje
A brief note here on a topic that’s been in the news lately – namely, the news. Or, more specifically, the so-called ‘legacy media’ such as national newspapers and television. And, alongside that, dec...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Happy Publication Day!
Grow a New Garden by Becky Searle 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Finding Lights in a Dark Age by @chrissmaje.bsky.social 🇬🇧
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October 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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My book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age' is published in the UK today. I'm looking forward to seeing its travels in the world.

Order information here: chrissmaje.com/book/finding...

Short blog post here: chrissmaje.com/2025/10/find...
Finding Lights in a Dark Age | Chris Smaje
My new book Finding Lights in a Dark Age is being published in the UK in October 2025 and the US in November 2025. Global society is unquestionably heading into a period of grave crisis, when the mode...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Thoroughly enjoyed "Finding Lights in a Dark Age" by @chrissmaje.bsky.social, which for unknown reasons arrived with me before the official launch date. I might try to write a longer review at some point, but not tonight.
October 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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New essay 'My constituents are ... leaving town' chrissmaje.com/2025/10/my-c...

Agrarianism, urbanism, religion, nationalism & the problems with parliamentary politics all in one post!
My constituents are ... leaving town | Chris Smaje
I’ve shared platforms with Westminster parliamentarians twice in the last few months, and more than that in the last few years, who’ve been dismissive in one way or another of my case for agrarian loc...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Enjoying "Finding Lights in a Dark Age" by that @chrissmaje.bsky.social which arrived a good week before the official publication date, but I need to stop reading now and go to the allotment...

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October 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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David Bollier's blog post about the podcast I did with him is here: www.bollier.org/blog/chris-s...
Chris Smaje's Vision of a Post-Capitalist Eco-Localism that Works | David Bollier
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October 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Here's a pod I did with commoning expert @davidbollier.bsky.social, just out. It was a pleasure speaking with him

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Chris Smaje's Vision of a Post-Collapse Eco-Localism that Works | Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier
What might the world look like if capitalist growth and carbon emissions continue, and modern civilization collapses? Chris Smaje, a small farmer and writer in England, extrapolates from existing tren...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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New essay 'In common'

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In common | Chris Smaje
It’s time for me to break my silence here – thanks for keeping the discussion going in my absence. Among other reasons for the pause was a long trip away, at least by my standards – mostly recreationa...
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September 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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My essay 'Open country: romanticism, modernism & the meta-crisis' is at #Romanticon

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Open Country
Romanticism, modernism and the meta-crisis
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September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I enjoyed talking with Lucy Ridge about my new book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age' on Agroecology Radio Hour

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Episode 6 - Chris Smaje - Agroecology Radio Hour
In this months episode we chat with Chris Smaje; he is an aspiring woodsman, stockman, gardener, and peasant in Somerset, southwest England. Chris is also an author who writes urgently about the need ...
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September 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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New essay 'Aiee, AI! Or, feeling the story' chrissmaje.com/2025/09/aiee...

A tangled tale of artificial intelligence, global crisis & what keeps an author awake at night
Aiee, AI! Or, feeling the story | Chris Smaje
With the publication of my new book Finding Lights in a Dark Age fast approaching but not yet arrived, I’m at that awkward stage in an author’s journey with a book where it’s too late to change anythi...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Just finished recording the audiobook of my 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age' at the excellent Bert Jansch studio in Frome
August 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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New essay, 'From Glastonbury to Gaza: no direction home' chrissmaje.com/2025/08/from...
From Glastonbury to Gaza: no direction home | Chris Smaje
The year moves through its seasons, and so does the farm over longer cycles. In recent days, I’ve been stepping off the veranda and plucking greengages, figs and apples from the surrounding trees for ...
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August 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Thank you, and nicely put
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In Small Farm Future, Smaje makes a compelling case for a future centred on local, small-scale, agroecological farms providing not just our food, but central points around which we can reconnect with each other & the land. It is a future I want to be in.
August 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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New essay 'From Frome to Glastonbury', telling tales of my walk to the Glastonbury Festival, of cities, singers and how we seek home
From Frome to Glastonbury | Chris Smaje
I was invited to give a couple of talks at the Speaker’s Forum in the Glastonbury Festival in June, which I’ve just reprised at the Green Gathering this weekend. In this post, I’m going to tell some s...
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August 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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New essay 'Livestock & climate change further explained', building on my previous essay in response to some queries about it

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Livestock and climate change further explained | Chris Smaje
I mentioned in my previous post the recent kerfuffle about animal agriculture and climate change associated with the work of Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop (see this podcast and this paper). I also mention...
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July 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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New essay 'Go solar, go vegan & still collapse: beyond the global environmental problems framework'

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discussing new data on fossil fuel emissions, strange data on livestock agriculture emissions and the need for localism
Go solar, go vegan and still collapse: beyond the global environmental problems framework | Chris Smaje
The end of June is usually an exciting time for me. Summer holidays approaching? No, it’s when the Energy Institute publishes its annual Statistical Review of World Energy. Who doesn’t love a big fat ...
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July 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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New essay O! Enkidu!

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with news of Gilgamesh, authoritarian states & my friend Eric Farnsworth's new book
O! Enkidu! | Chris Smaje
Happy news if you’re bored of me trailing my new book – I’m shortly going to hand over to a much valued long-term commenter here at Small Farm Future, Eric Farnsworth, so that he can trail his instead...
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July 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I should have mentioned in my previous post that the Barnes & Noble preorder offer for my book applies in the US only. Today is the last day of the offer!
July 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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You can now preorder my new book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age' from Barnes & Noble.

Rewards members (it's free to sign up online) get 25% discount, premium members get a further 10% off: barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-li...

Use PREORDER25 at checkout.

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Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Sharing Land, Work and Craft|Paperback
How we can meet the challenges of our age by moving away from the political and economic philosophies of both the left and right to a more equitable re-organization of society, economy, land and food ...
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July 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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I enjoyed speaking with Robert on this podcast, now available:

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Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future: Chris Smaje on Why Real Food Still Matters
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July 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Looking forward to talking about #DarkAgeLight & #FoodSecurity @ #GlastonburySpeakersForum #Glastonbury2025. The last chapter of my forthcoming book involves a fictional walk to Glastonbury, so I decided to walk there for real😀 Maybe I'll post as I go!
June 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM