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We have a new podcast episode out with the fabulous @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social ✨ In this episode, Wendy joins us to talk about her essay, ‘Clobber’, published in Tolka Issue Ten 👚

Was lovely to write for Tolka. And great to be on the podcast.

We have a new podcast episode out with the fabulous @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social ✨ In this episode, Wendy joins us to talk about her essay, ‘Clobber’, published in Tolka Issue Ten 👚

#London pals - the wonderful @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social will be at Bard Books in E3 next Thurs (21st May 7pm) talking to the equally wonderful Caoilinn Hughes - do book a seat & go - bookings currently low & they deserve support & you can talk about me. Bx

Submissions are for Tolka Issue Twelve are now open 💥 This submission window will close at midnight on Sunday 31 May. We accept all kinds of non-fiction, including essays, biography, auto-fiction, and more besides... tolkajournal.org/submit-to-to...

Submissions are for Tolka Issue Twelve are now open 💥 This submission window will close at midnight on Sunday 31 May. We accept all kinds of non-fiction, including essays, biography, auto-fiction, and more besides... tolkajournal.org/submit-to-to...

📚 We are pleased to announce our May publications: — AMBIVALENCE by Brian Dillon, out 7 May; — YOUR PRESENCE IS A DANGER TO YOUR LIFE: VOICES FROM GAZA by Samar Yazbek, tr. Leri Price, out 21 May; — MER DE GLACE by Małgorzata Lebda, tr. Mira Rosenthal, out 21 May.

Tolka Issue Eleven contains an excerpt from Samar Yazbek’s deeply moving book of testimonies ‘Your Presence is a Danger to Your Life: Voices from Gaza’, translated by Leri Price and forthcoming with @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

We had the loveliest week at Cúirt Festival☀️☀️☀️ Already looking forward to next year 🌊

Now published online, Declan Toohey’s ‘The Housesit’. A writer housesits during a funeral, and begins to take his role very seriously... tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

Join us in Galway @cuirtfestival.bsky.social! We'll have ghost stories, sports stories, and stories about stories. 1pm at Mick Lally on Thursday.

Just published 🌊 A new online-exclusive piece: ‘Breach’ by Mary Wilkinson details a relationship breakdown through cooking, crosswords and cleaning (or lack thereof...). tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

Unveiling our Issue Eleven Cover: ‘The Long Way’ by artist Jessica Brilli 🌊🚙🌵 Issue Eleven is out in late May, and features new writing by Sara Baume, Liadan Ní Chuinn, Lola Olufemi, and an interview with Rashid Khalidi. You can pre-order a copy here: tolkajournal.org/shop/

1/2 When @irishwriterscentre asked me to do a masterclass I realised I'm not at all sure about mastery. Instead I wanted to think about the roles of doubt, risk, opposition, destruction and refusal, which can also be kinds of confidence, enthusiasm, construction and curiosity.

Unveiling our Issue Eleven Cover: ‘The Long Way’ by artist Jessica Brilli 🌊🚙🌵 Issue Eleven is out in late May, and features new writing by Sara Baume, Liadan Ní Chuinn, Lola Olufemi, and an interview with Rashid Khalidi. You can pre-order a copy here: tolkajournal.org/shop/

We've a new podcast episode on the way, coming very soon . . . You can catch up with our last episode with John Patrick McHugh here: open.spotify.com/episode/5ijO... Or on Apple Podcasts here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Our translator-in-residence Polly Barton, discussing her incredible novel, WHAT AM I, A DEER? 🦌

*State, In Relation | Readings & Conversation* - Books Upstairs - Tuesday 5th May 2026 at 6:00pm. Featuring: Clare Bell, Oein DeBhairduin, Sonya Gildea, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Nithy Kasa, and my lovely wife Susan Tomaselli! booksupstairs.ie/all-events/s...

Delighted to have an essay included in the new issue of @tolkajournal.bsky.social alongside so many great writers

Unveiling our line-up for Tolka Issue Eleven... Publishes in late May. Pre-order now via our SHINY NEW WEBSITE ✨💫 tolkajournal.org

Unveiling our line-up for Tolka Issue Eleven... Publishes in late May. Pre-order now via our SHINY NEW WEBSITE ✨💫 tolkajournal.org

My essay on production and the shambolic games industry is featured in this book which launches in April in Books Upstairs in Dublin! Attendance is free but booking is essential. Launch event here 😄 booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l...

🚨Breaking news 🗞️ We've just launched another incredible batch of courses on our website! Flash fiction, beginner's creative writing in Irish, writing magical realism and more all await at the link 👇 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/

Would highly recommend reading!

Great new cover of a wonderful book. You can read our interview with Liadan here: www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

In case you missed it, our new episode of The Tolka Podcast with John Patrick McHugh is out now. open.spotify.com/show/6HwKfms...

We'll be talking at this, alongside our pals @stingingfly.bsky.social & @howlwriting.bsky.social. There are also authors, publishers, literary agents all speaking to demystify their mysterious processes . . . Grab a ticket here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-writ...

In case you missed it, our new episode of The Tolka Podcast with John Patrick McHugh is out now. open.spotify.com/show/6HwKfms...

Our latest episode of The Tolka Podcast features John Patrick McHugh reading from his piece 'Voice, voice, voice.' We chat about self-confidence, the difference between voice and style, and what your football position says about your literary instincts ⚽️ Listen here open.spotify.com/episode/5ijO...

Our latest episode of The Tolka Podcast features John Patrick McHugh reading from his piece 'Voice, voice, voice.' We chat about self-confidence, the difference between voice and style, and what your football position says about your literary instincts ⚽️ Listen here open.spotify.com/episode/5ijO...

HOWL 26 submissions are now open. We’re accepting poetry and prose (fiction and nonfiction) in English agus as Gaeilge from February 13th – February 23rd. We want the raw and the real. If it excites you, send it to us. Full guidelines + submission details: 🔗 www.howlwriting.ie#submit

📢Join us for the launch of 'Contentious Spaces' by Rosaleen McDonagh with Sinéad Burke on Thursday, March 12th, at 6 PM @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social. Our friend and first reader, Anne Burke, will chair the event, and Sinéad Burke will join Rosaleen in conversation about her remarkable debut novel!

Ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful. There are few clearer examples of how no one is free until Palestine is free: if unchallenged this ban would have destroyed civil liberties across the board. Solidarity with everyone who risked years of incarceration to fight it

Dublin, we are launched. Huge congrats to Tim MacGabhann on this gorgeous collection & to @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hoating us. Found in a Context of Destruction is available from all good bookshops & from @bansheepress.bsky.social Next stop Belfast - Thurs 19th at No Alibis!

💕 Valentine’s Day #giveaway! 📕 Like and share to enter the draw to win a copy of Contentious Spaces, the brilliant new novel by award-winning writer Rosaleen McDonagh! Signed and dedicated by the author, postmarked to you by February 14th 💕 * Entries will close at 23:59 GMT on Sunday February 8th*

Caelainn Hogan joins us on the latest episode of the Tolka Podcast to read her piece House Share (published in Tolka Issue Nine). We discuss the commodification of housing and Caelainn’s bad history with birds 🦆 Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🔗

Caelainn Hogan joins us on the latest episode of the Tolka Podcast to read her piece House Share (published in Tolka Issue Nine). We discuss the commodification of housing and Caelainn’s bad history with birds 🦆 Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🔗

We are delighted to announce the brilliant Polly Barton as our Translator-in-Residence for 2026 🎊

We are delighted to announce the brilliant Polly Barton as our Translator-in-Residence for 2026 🎊

Great interview 👇

This film based on my story from Dance Move is now BAFTA longlisted. There was such an incredible group of people, all playing their parts, so that this project actually happened. Just brilliant.

Have you ordered a copy of @tobiasvryan.bsky.social's debut novel yet? As the founder of minor lits, F. Sdrigotti, noted: "the quiet horror of existence runs through this unsettling and beautifully restrained novel; Tobias Ryan turns silence into revelation, every omission charged with meaning."

'One of the best things about receiving the Nobel is that I will never receive it again.’ - Jon Fosse, interviewed by Rónán Hession in Tolka Issue Ten. You can order Issue Ten via our website. @ronanhession.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social www.tolkajournal.org/shop/p/issue...

@rickoshea.bsky.social and I had a good natter about translated fiction on Arena @rteradio1.bsky.social earlier in the week. You can listen back here if you fancy it. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

I loved doing this interview with Jon Fosse. Available in @tolkajournal.bsky.social Issue Ten – out now!

'One of the best things about receiving the Nobel is that I will never receive it again.’ - Jon Fosse, interviewed by Rónán Hession in Tolka Issue Ten. You can order Issue Ten via our website. @ronanhession.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social www.tolkajournal.org/shop/p/issue...

"I ignored them for months, but the paranormal investigators insisted on my attention." Ghost Bait - Writer and poet Maija Makela discusses paranormal encounters she recently endured via @tolkajournal.bsky.social www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

Looking for a (slightly) last minute Christmas gift? 🎄 Gift a TOLKA subscription and your lucky pal will receive two issues per subscription year, each one brimful of great writing ♥️ www.tolkajournal.org/shop/p/tolka...