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31st July 2020Onwards :)
Ernest Journal: help launch our 10th edition!
by Jo Tinsley in Bristol, England, United Kingdom
We did it
On 24th November 2021 we successfully raised £14,917 with 434 supporters in 497 days
Ernest is a journal for enquiring minds. Having been impacted by the current crisis, we are raising funds to send our 10th edition to print.
by Jo Tinsley in Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Donna Bevan
31st July 2020I adore Ernest first bought at the YSP Wonderful publication
Arjan Gosal
31st July 2020Looking forward to another great issue 🙌
Catherine Greaves
29th July 2020Slow journalism. What I and much of our world needs right now.
Lindsey Shaw-Miller
27th July 2020I love the care and thoughtfulness that goes into Ernest; the creativity of other people's lives and their relationships with the world and with nature that is explored.
Colin Bartlett
27th July 2020I love the independent, free-spirited nature of this publication and am happy to support its underlying principle of 'slow reading'.
Katrina Tamblyn
25th July 2020Best of luck!
Jane Wheatley
24th July 2020Looking forward to the next copy
Kerry Bradshaw
24th July 2020NICE ONE TINSLEY!!! big love to u and Tina and all the insects that help make the magazine
sarah-bodman
24th July 2020This looks wonderful, good luck!
Ugo Faralli
23rd July 2020It's a different one in the worldwide stage of magazines and reviews.
Alex Badino
23rd July 2020Great publication - look fwd to receiving it soon!
Thomas McAnea
23rd July 2020A beautiful Journal and well worthy of support.
Geoffrey Greene
23rd July 2020Astounding journal that's more important than ever to bring the magic of travel and discovery to a world that's (hopefully temporarily) closed to it. Keep up the excellent work!
Sarah Williams
23rd July 2020Such a fantastic, creative, inspiring magazine. Long may it live!
Emma Phillips
22nd July 2020Good luck with the crowdfunding. Ernest is a wonderful magazine and independent print must always be supported.
Nicholas Buck
22nd July 2020What a fascinating journal. Every turn of the page is a wonderful surprise. Publications like this deserve all the support they can get
Elif Smith
21st July 2020Best wishes...Elif
Amy Won
20th July 2020Slow adventure. Curious wanderers. ALWAYS. Thank you for the work you do.
Cheri Percy
20th July 2020Here's to sustaining beautiful indie publishing like Ernest in these wild and wooly times!
Elizabeth Casey
19th July 2020Keep publishing Ernest Journal!
Ali Groves
18th July 2020Cant wait to read my first copy!!
Kenneth Bills
17th July 2020Love the Ernest Journal!
N Maclachlan
17th July 2020Love the sound of Ernest and looking forward to reading no.10! Good luck with raising the funds...
Alicia Ernest
16th July 2020The wanderlust inspired by the Ernest Journal keeps me dreaming of and planning for adventures to come! Keep the issues coming please!
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Rewards
This project offers rewards in return for your donation. Please select a reward below.
£12 or more
A copy of issue 10
Get our 10th edition delivered to your door. Price includes UK delivery.
£20 or more
16 of 20 claimedJuniper Ridge trail wash gift set
Transport yourself into Wild West landscapes with scents gathered in the Mojave Desert, Eastern Sierras and temperate rainforests of Cascadia. Juniper Ridge’s versatile, concentrated body wash is handcrafted in Oakland with 100% natural and biodegradable ingredients. This gift set is kindly donated by our friends at Wingfield’s and includes one bottle of body wash plus a copy of issue 10. (UK delivery only)
£20 or more
Buy one, gift one
Help us spread the word to your friends and family by buying one copy of issue 10 for yourself, while we post the other to your chosen recipient. Includes UK postage. (We will contact you after the campaign closes for the addresses).
£20 or more
20 of 30 claimedOutside Lies Magic bundle
These beautiful recycled paper notebooks, designed by Studio in the Sticks, are a hat tip to the great outdoors and the endless inspiration it offers us. The cover displays a bespoke piece of hand-lettering, ‘Outside Lies Magic’, and is printed using holographic/iridescent gold foil. The covers are made from upcycled coffee cups and the plain inner pages are 100% recycled paper. The gift set includes issue ten of Ernest + three notebooks.
£25 or more
Subscribe for two issues (UK)
Subscribe to Ernest to help secure the future of our independent journal and get issues 10 and 11 delivered to your door. UK delivery only.
£25 or more
10 of 50 claimedOutdoor Provisions energy bar gift set
We love these all natural energy bars by Outdoor Provisions, which come in compostable wrappers and in flavours inspired by our national parks. Try Cherry Bakewell flavour, inspired by the Peak District; fiery Parkin from the Yorkshire Dales; fruity Bara Brith of Snowdonia; or the unexpected peppermint and bitter cocoa nib flavour of Kendal Mint Cake, inspired by the Lake District. Set includes an 8-pack of bars plus issue 10. UK delivery only.
£25 or more
7 of 14 claimedNatural beauty gift bundle
Treat that special someone to a bundle of organic toiletries from our friends at The Future Kept. This gift set includes a copy of issue 10, a Savon Stories charcoal and blackseed soap and invigorating 70% linen exfoliating pad. (UK delivery only).
£25 or more
‘Breath of the wild’ wooden postcards
Recorded in history and mythology and feared for thousands of years, our ‘named winds’ have whipped up deserts, rained ‘blood’ and plagued people to insanity. In issue eight, author Nick Hunt explores stories behind the Meltemi of Greece, Sirocco of the Sahara and Tramontana of the Alps – and illustrator Ruth Thorpe created these artworks to accompany the feature. This gift set includes three wooden postcard prints and a copy of issue 10.
£32 or more
47 of 50 claimedTrail tea enamel mug gift set
Long-standing Ernest contributor Aidan Meighan has designed these exclusive enamel mugs, inspired by foraged teas you can make in the great outdoors – including common gorse and Norway spruce. This set includes two enamel mugs engraved by Cut by Beam in Cornwall, together with a copy of issue 10.
£45 or more
Subscribe for four issues (UK)
Subscribe to Ernest to help secure the future of our independent journal and get issues 10-14 delivered to your door. UK delivery only.
£120 or more
3 of 10 claimedThe Millican rucksack bundle
Fraser the Rucksack (15L) is the ideal size for everyday use – a ‘grab and go’ bag for short trips across town and further afield. Kindly donated by our long-standing partners Millican, this bundle comes with a copy of issue 10 and you can choose the bag colour from Gorse, Tarn, Graphite Grey, Heather or Slate (stock dependent). UK delivery only.
£500 or more
2 of 10 claimedBecome an Ernest patron
Help secure the future of our independent magazine by becoming an Ernest patron. As well as the knowledge that you are helping the journal to thrive through difficult times, you will receive a lifetime subscription starting from issue 10, a thank you in the upcoming edition plus a framed lithographic print of the cover.
£1,000 or more
1 of 3 claimedBecome an Ernest patron - plus a very special gift
Help secure the future of our independent journal by becoming an Ernest patron. As well as a lifetime subscription starting from issue 10 and a heartfelt thank you in the upcoming edition, we will frame the original CMYK aluminium cover plates from the printing of issue 10* as a very special gift. Thank you so much for supporting our journal and helping it to thrive through difficult times. *Only three available.
£20 or more
5 of 5 claimedErnest & The Living Mountain book bundle
In this masterpiece of nature writing, which the Guardian calls “The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain”, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. This gift set includes a beautiful, collectable gift edition of The Living Mountain, introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson, plus issue 10 of Ernest.
£20 or more
5 of 5 claimedErnest & Outpost book bundle
Dan Richards has been a long-standing contributor to Ernest Journal and we would highly recommend adding his books to your reading list. In Outpost, Dan explores the appeal of far-flung outposts in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans and deserts, and the effect of such places on the human spirit. This gift set includes a signed copy of Outpost and issue 10 of Ernest.
£20 or more
5 of 5 claimedErnest & Icebreaker book bundle
One of the most enjoyable books we read last year, Icebreaker document’s Horatio Clare’s voyage through the ice-packs of the far north. Described by the Observer as “Nimble, vital and unexpectedly affecting”, the book touches upon Finland’s history and character, as Horatio comes to understand something of the complexity and fragile beauty of sea ice. This gift set includes a copy of Icebreaker (unsigned) plus issue 10 of Ernest.
£20 or more
5 of 5 claimedErnest & The Outrun book bundle
At the age of 30, Amy Liptrot finds herself washed up back home on Orkney. Standing unstable on the island, she tries to come to terms with the addiction that has swallowed the last decade of her life. As she spends her mornings swimming in the bracingly cold sea, her days tracking Orkney’s wildlife, and her nights searching the sky for the Merry Dancers, Amy discovers how the wild can restore life and renew hope. Includes a copy of issue 10.
£20 or more
10 of 10 claimedErnest & tales from Greenland
A copy of issue 10 with Death of a Foster Son – a limited edition small press publication by poet Nancy Campbell, created during a residency at Ilulissat Museum, Greenland. Death of a Foster Son explores the uncanny point at which the lives of bears and humans meet, merging two Arctic stories: a contemporary encounter with a polar bear in Upernavik, Greenland, and a traditional Inuit folk tale ‘The old woman who had a bear for a foster son’.
£22 or more
22 of 22 claimedSea salt chocolate & mountain tea bundle
Delve into your copy of issue 10 while indulging in Ocelot Sea Salt Chocolate and Rhoeco Mountain Herbal Tea, courtesy of our friends at The Future Kept. (UK delivery only).
£25 or more
10 of 10 claimedA copy of issue one
Grab yourself a copy of the much sought-after issue 1, originally published in 2014. Inside our inaugural issue: awaken the monsters of our northern seas; enter the world of Serbian super-scientist Nikola Tesla; travel to remote islands in the Outer Hebrides; join the slow coffee movement; peep inside a glass etcher’s workshop.
£25 or more
6 of 6 claimedThe Northern Lights bundle
To tie in with her story ‘Chasing Aurora’ in issue 10, photographer Rebecca Douglas has donated six fine art mounted prints captured at Jökulsárlón in Iceland's Vatnajökull National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The bundle includes a copy of issue 10 plus a 6”x4” Fine Art Mounted Print of ‘Jökulsárlón Finally’ – a shot that took eight visits to the glacier lagoon – printed sustainably on the finest quality matte fine art paper.
£28 or more
5 of 5 claimedErnest & The Library of Ice book bundle
This gift set comprises a copy of issue 10 together with two Arctic-related books by writer and poet Nancy Campbell: a signed hardback copy of The Library of Ice – a perceptive book combining memoir, scientific and cultural history with a bewitching account of remote Arctic settlements – and a signed copy of Death of a Foster Son – a limited edition small press publication created during Campbell’s residency at Ilulissat Museum, Greenland.
£35 or more
8 of 8 claimedWild swimming gift set
Conjure scents of crisp ocean air, sweet cedar resin, snapped Fir needles and citrusy conifer with Juniper Ridge’s body wash. This gift set, courtesy of Wingfield’s, includes a travel towel – a lightweight, hammam-style that packs down to the size of a 1 litre water bottle – plus a 100% biodegradable body wash and a copy of issue 10. (UK delivery only).
£50 or more
5 of 5 claimedThe Ernest book club bundle
A copy of issue 10 plus four of our favourite books, reflecting themes of curiosity and slow adventure: The Living Mountain, Nan Shepherd’s celebration of the Cairngorm mountains; Icebreaker, documenting Horatio Clare’s voyage through the frozen Bay of Bothnia; The Outrun, a brave memoir about how the wild can restore life and renew hope; and Outpost, in which Dan Richards explores the appeal of far-flung shelters.
£70 or more
11 of 11 claimedHolloway single print & journal bundle
Stanley Donwood has kindly donated eight of these remarkable letterpress prints, created for the book Holloway by Stanley Donwood, Robert Macfarlane and Dan Richards. This gift set includes a signed, open edition letterpress print (27 cm x 38 cm) plus issue 10 of Ernest. You will receive one of the five artworks created for the book.
£75 or more
7 of 7 claimedThe Ramblers Roll bundle
‘Ramblers Rolls’ by Moorswood are a portable picnic blanket for one, made in Devon using natural fibres, lined with organic wool felt and a water resistant wax cotton base. These ‘Dartmoor Fern’ rolls are the last seven of an extremely limited edition run, made with beautiful fern green tweed woven on the outskirts of Dartmoor. Plus a copy of issue 10. UK delivery only.
£100 or more
5 of 5 claimedThe completist set (issues 1-10)
Get a complete set of journals delivered to your door, including the sold out issues 1 and 2, plus our brand new issue 10.
£225 or more
3 of 3 claimedHolloway print & signed book gift set
This remarkable collection comprises three signed, open edition letterpress prints (27 cm x 38 cm) by artist Stanley Donwood, a hardback copy of Holloway signed by all three authors, plus issue 10 of Ernest. The prints are taken from the plates used to print the first edition of Holloway, a book by Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood and Dan Richards, which was published in an edition of 277 copies by Quive-Smith Press in 2012.
£250 or more
1 of 1 claimedA wild Welsh break with Fforest
Treat yourself to a break in West Wales with Fforest. This very special gift set includes a £250 voucher for a Fforest holiday (for a break before 1 July 2021), plus a goody bag worth over £70 with two pairs of cosy Fforest forager woolly socks, a copy of issue 10 to read beside an open fire, two Ernest ‘trail tea’ mugs to have a brew on the beach and a set of Ernest ‘slow adventure’ postcards.