| Some of the most interesting and illuminating writing is published in literary journals, none more so than in Dublin-based, Tolka, a wonderful publication we have been supporting since we opened.
The biannual journal publishes an enthralling mix of non-fiction, including essays, reportage, travel writing, auto-fiction, and the writing that falls in between. They publish and promote work that is formally promiscuous and which does not fall into fixed categories.
Tolkahave published writers such as Brian Dillon, Mark O’Connell, Claire-Louise Bennett, Eimear McBride, Max Porter, Niamh Campbell and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe in the past so we’re thrilled to be hosting the launch of their 8th issue.
Noreen Masud is a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol and an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker. Her academic monograph, Stevie Smith and the Aphorism: Hard Language won the MSA First Book Award 2023 and the University English Prize in 2024. Her memoir-travelogue, A Flat Place, was shortlisted for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction; The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Trust Young Writer of the Year; the Jhalak Prize and the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2024.
Ralf Webb is the author of Rotten Days in Late Summer (Penguin) and Strange Relations: Masculinity, Sexuality and Art in Midcentury America (Sceptre). His poems, essays, and short fiction have appeared in Fantastic Man, Granta, the Guardian and the London Review of Books. |
