Literary journal of formally promiscuous non-fiction. Publishing essays, memoir, autofiction and the overflow. Supported by the Arts Council. tolkajournal.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mycfqds2z22uWe are open for submissions! 💌 This submission window closes at midnight on Sunday 8 November. Full details here: https://tolkajournal.org/submit-to-tolka/20 Oct 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycfqds2z22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3myf5vnwl4k2s"There is so much beauty is getting to know math as a thing still with a life force, a spirit. I am in the dark, and the dark is fecund. The dark is lovely" Now online, Gustav Parker Hibbett's Issue Nine essay, 'Fumbling in the Dark'. https://tolkajournal.org/read-online/fumbling-in-the-dark-gustav-parker-hibbett/21 Oct 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3myf5vnwl4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3myhj5jsq4k2oIn Issue Ten we published an interview with Jon Fosse, conducted by Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social. To celebrate Fosse's new novel, Vaim Hotel, (trans. Damion Searls), the interview is now available to read on our website. https://tolkajournal.org/read-online/an-interview-with-jon-fosse-ronan-hession/ @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social22 Oct 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhj5jsq4k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3myhj5jsq4k2oIn Issue Ten we published an interview with Jon Fosse, conducted by Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social. To celebrate Fosse's new novel, Vaim Hotel, (trans. Damion Searls), the interview is now available to read on our website. https://tolkajournal.org/read-online/an-interview-with-jon-fosse-ronan-hession/ @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social22 Oct 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhj5jsq4k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3myf5vnwl4k2s"There is so much beauty is getting to know math as a thing still with a life force, a spirit. I am in the dark, and the dark is fecund. The dark is lovely" Now online, Gustav Parker Hibbett's Issue Nine essay, 'Fumbling in the Dark'. https://tolkajournal.org/read-online/fumbling-in-the-dark-gustav-parker-hibbett/21 Oct 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3myf5vnwl4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mycfqds2z22uWe are open for submissions! 💌 This submission window closes at midnight on Sunday 8 November. Full details here: https://tolkajournal.org/submit-to-tolka/20 Oct 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycfqds2z22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mxo7q3a6ns2dAfter a long, hot summer, the Tolka Podcast is back with the lovely Sara Baume. In this episode, we discuss Sara's piece 'On Handkerchiefs', published in Tolka Issue Eleven, and her latest book 'Opening Night' 📚 You can also catch Sara at our upcoming Issue 12 launch on November 5th!12 Oct 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxo7q3a6ns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mxo7q3a6ns2dAfter a long, hot summer, the Tolka Podcast is back with the lovely Sara Baume. In this episode, we discuss Sara's piece 'On Handkerchiefs', published in Tolka Issue Eleven, and her latest book 'Opening Night' 📚 You can also catch Sara at our upcoming Issue 12 launch on November 5th!12 Oct 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxo7q3a6ns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mxc7wa6umc26Issue Twelve 🕶 Delighted (even if we don't look it) to unveil our Issue Twelve cover featuring 'For Me' by the brilliant @molliedouthit.bsky.social Cover design by Sarah McCoy This issue is available to pre-order now via our website 🧣Link below07 Oct 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxc7wa6umc26https://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mxc7wa6umc26Issue Twelve 🕶 Delighted (even if we don't look it) to unveil our Issue Twelve cover featuring 'For Me' by the brilliant @molliedouthit.bsky.social Cover design by Sarah McCoy This issue is available to pre-order now via our website 🧣Link below07 Oct 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxc7wa6umc26https://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mwvd2rrqvk2yNew online! An interview with our translator-in-residence, Polly Barton, by Eric Ozawa. Polly and Eric delve into the art of translation, conversations about porn, and Polly's @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social shortlisted novel, 'What Am I, A Deer?'. https://tolkajournal.org/featured/an-interview-with-polly-barton/02 Oct 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvd2rrqvk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mwvd2rrqvk2yNew online! An interview with our translator-in-residence, Polly Barton, by Eric Ozawa. Polly and Eric delve into the art of translation, conversations about porn, and Polly's @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social shortlisted novel, 'What Am I, A Deer?'. https://tolkajournal.org/featured/an-interview-with-polly-barton/02 Oct 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvd2rrqvk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mvrrgr3ijk2lBirthday cakes, fireworks, school uniforms, and a (mis)remembered family secret... For Issue 12, @Brendan Mac Evilly has turned his essay-performance on pyromania into an essay Pre-order this issue now: https://tolkajournal.org/featured/issue-twelve-available-to-pre-order/18 Sep 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrrgr3ijk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mvpx54soik2kISSUE 12 ❤️‍🔥 We've got new writing by a plethora of brilliant people Publishing 5 November and launching as part of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social l17 Sep 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpx54soik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mup76wuo4c27'I lay back and sucked heavily on the plastic Entonox tube, exhaling with a deliberate drag.' Niamh Campbell’s essay ‘Birth Story’ is now available to read online. https://tolkajournal.org/featured/birth-story-niamh-campbell/04 Sep 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup76wuo4c27https://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mup76wuo4c27'I lay back and sucked heavily on the plastic Entonox tube, exhaling with a deliberate drag.' Niamh Campbell’s essay ‘Birth Story’ is now available to read online. https://tolkajournal.org/featured/birth-story-niamh-campbell/04 Sep 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup76wuo4c27https://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mucjue5chk2nSunday reading [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucjue5chk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mu5bft6ujs2t‘Don’t be angry if I tell you that it is the aim of my life to get people to look at me. Why should you be angry about things that don’t concern you?.’ First published in Issue 8, Megan Nolan’s essay ‘And No Animal is Without Enemy’ is now available to read online. https://tolkajournal.org/featured/and-no-animal-is-without-enemy-megan-nolan/28 Aug 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5bft6ujs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mu5bft6ujs2t‘Don’t be angry if I tell you that it is the aim of my life to get people to look at me. Why should you be angry about things that don’t concern you?.’ First published in Issue 8, Megan Nolan’s essay ‘And No Animal is Without Enemy’ is now available to read online. https://tolkajournal.org/featured/and-no-animal-is-without-enemy-megan-nolan/28 Aug 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5bft6ujs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mtw25j5ccc2mWhat the Tolka team have been reading/would recommend25 Aug 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw25j5ccc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3mskwzgasec2f'I was supposed to be naming robots the day I couldn’t stop reading about the man dangling upside down from the Bleckley Brickworks chimney... ' Martin Jackson's Issue Nine Essay 'You can skip straight here if you want' is now available to read on our website. https://tolkajournal.org/featured/you-can-skip-straight-here-if-you-want/08 Aug 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskwzgasec2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3msi6ev2g7c25Your August reading sorted here 🌞 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi6ev2g7c25https://bsky.app/profile/tolkajournal.bsky.social/post/3msi6ev2g7c25Your August reading sorted here 🌞 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:ce7supfl7uehq7v2lrygrref/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi6ev2g7c25