Tolka

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...

Thanks Caroline! We're big fans too!

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!

Not official, but some recommended Irish rates here that could be converted/adjusted bmacevilly.com/match-in-the...

💕 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 🔗

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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...

Fiction in Translation Writer and columnist Rónán Hession joins the show to be quizzed about best foreign fiction hitting the shelves, as well as the art of literary translation.

@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...

Ghost-bait — TOLKA by Maija Makela

"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...

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...

We had such a wonderful time celebrating Tolka Issue Ten in London, hosted by Deleted Scenes at Trisha’s Soho 🎷
Photos by Damian Wiecek 📸
If you've not got Tolka Ten yet, you can get one here: www.tolkajournal.org/shop

Delighted to have my interview with Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse included in this issue, along with many other fine contributors.