2026 Grants

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In Support of Pam’s New Book on Haunts & Hauntings

The Long Field

Wales, and the Presence of Absence – a Memoir

 
* Shortlisted for the 2022 Wales Book of the Year Award
* One of 6 Best Travel Books of 2021! — The Financial Times
* One of the 8 Best Travel Books of the Year! — The Telegraph

 

Podcast Interview:

> March 2, 2024 – Pamela talks with Rick Steves

AVAILABLE FROM:

The U.S. edition of The Long Field:
> Arcade Publishing

> Amazon US

The U.K. paperback or hardcover:
> Little Toller Books

> Waterstones
> Amazon UK

EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Blink of Our Lifetimes

Images by Pamela Petro

at Beverley Street Studio School

An exhibition of moved-camera digital photos taken at dusk in locations from the Shenandoah Valley to Brazil.

26 July – 15 September, 2024

Artist’s Reception:
Friday, 26 July, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

217 W Beverley Street
Staunton, VA 24401
www.bssschool.org

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The Long Field Book Tours

Fall 2023 & April 2024
Read more about the American Book Tour here

 

March 2023 & November 2021

Read more about the UK tours here

Images from the book tours! Click thumbnails to see larger.

The Long Field is “a contender for my favourite book of the year. It’s structured… in a way that reminded me of Nabokov’s Speak, Memory. TLF is a fusion of the intellect and spirit, a book that’s heart beats with a quiet but furious pulse.” 

– Peter Birchenough, Events Manager, Stanfords Bookshop, Bristol, England

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“Pamela Petro’s The Long Field is more than a beautiful memoir of the author’s long-time fascination with Wales. It is a profound and sparking exploration of ideas of home, loss, love, family, and sexuality. You come away from it not just in awe of her ability to seamlessly weave all of these themes into a rich and moving narrative, but with something much deeper: a new view of the world and your place in it.”

– Travel writer Thomas Swick

“Not since Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek have I felt so involved as a reader….This is a beautifully written, un-put-downable book about language, love, and being alive…”

– Gillian Clarke, former National Poet of Wales

The Long Field is a rich meditation on the meaning of hiraeth and memory.”

– Jon Gower, Nation.Cymru

“This is a book about connections…. It is a life story, a celebration of humanity, a discussion of what exactly it means to be human. It was a compelling read, and one that left my brain fizzing.”

– Rhian Pritchard, Rhian’s Rainbow Roundup – Queer Books

“Petro’s extraordinary sensitivity for atmosphere catches the feel, smell and sensation of being in Wales brilliantly.”

– Gwyneth Lewis, former National Poet of Wales