These are two astounding paragraphs from the Guardian.

celebrations for my Bloomsbury Books UK collection UNDER THE BLUE are happening with Jack Thacker at Bookhaus in Bristol tomorrow - FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER!!! 📚📚📚📚📚 get your tickets here: bookhausbristol.com/events/#e135435

For whoever is still on here: I’ve written a long read for Tribune about what happened w Baillie Gifford, Fossil Free Books & the festivals. A lot of fake news has circulated so, whatever side you came down on, I’d be grateful if you read it. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/writer…

New online! Eimear Arthur’s ‘Gan Comhartha Lena Chomóradh’ is a reflection on collective memory and mourning – spanning Oileán na Marbh, Sutton, Tuam and the West Bank.

New online! To celebrate the publication of New Arcana, Jessica Traynor's new poetry collection, we've made her essay 'Arcana' free to read on our website!

Very proud to make it to ten issues of Tolka – thanks to everyone who has contributed along the way

Submissions for Tolka Issue Eleven are now open until 6 November. We publish all kinds of non-fiction – essays, memoir, reportage, autofiction and the things that fall in between.

🎺Issue 10 Cover Reveal🎺 Our beautiful Issue 10 Cover Art is 'Inappropriate' by photographer Debbie Castro. Cover design by Sarah McCoy. This issue is available to pre-order now.

'Someone would meet me off the train, and then as it got dark, we’d return to the scene of the haunting.' Your spooky Sunday read: 'Ghost-bait' by Maija Makela, first published in Issue Nine, is now available our our website

Submissions for Tolka Issue Eleven close at midnight on Thursday 6 November. We publish all kinds of non-fiction – essays, memoir, reportage, autofiction and the things that fall in between.

Cuomo has now conceded more times than Arsenal have since the 30th September

🪩Our tenth issue is here 🪩 It is chock full of incredible writing and we can’t wait for you to read it 🩶 Pre-orders will start shipping from Monday and we are launching on Friday 5 December at MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland — more details very soon 🎈

"I ignored them for months, but the paranormal investigators insisted on my attention." 'Ghost-bait' by Maija Makela, first published in Issue Nine, is available to read our website 👻

We had a lot of fun last week at the Bath Indie Book Fair! Great to see the work of so many innovative and inspiring publishers

We're launching Issue 10 at MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland First Fridays on the eve of 5 December 🎺 Featuring an editorial conversation, and readings from seven amazing contributors 🔥 Time tbc, and registration will open soon 👀

🎫 Tickets are live 🎫 We're delighted to be part of the December First Fridays at MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland – talking to Tim Groenland about editing, followed by readings from some stellar Issue 10 contributors! Featuring Wendy Erskine, Rob Doyle, Declan Toohey and more!

You can listen back to our wonderful Issue Ten contributors, Wendy Erskine and John Patrick McHugh, who were on Arena last night! rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

We can’t stop, won’t stop launching this issue! Join us for ‘Deleted Scenes’ - a London celebration of Issue 10, hosted by the brilliant Paul Jonathan. December 10th Greek st, Soho 6pm

‘Here was youth in all its undying glory: rude red health, perverse and powerful, and dumb, so dumb, dumb as shit, really.’ Sean Tanner’s ‘How Soon Unaccountable’ — first published in Issue 7 — is now available to read on our website.

The Tolka Podcast Season Two is up and running, with the wonderful Kimberly Campanello joining us. Kimberly spoke to us about all kinds of form, from bodybuilding to poetry, and read from her essay, 'Tachyphylaxis'.