A event on Thursday 27th November. The event starts at 19:00.
Gloucester Road Books presents the launch of the latest issue of the acclaimed literary journal, Tolka.
Some of the most interesting and illuminating writing is published by literary journals, none more so than by Dublin-based, Tolka, a wonderful publication we here at Gloucester Road Books have been supporting since we opened.
We're delighted to be marking the release of Tolka’s 10th issue with readings and discussion from Tolka editors and contributors, including Polly Barton, Chloé Duane, Liam Harrison and Ralf Webb. Copies of the new volume, Tolka Ten, will be on sale along with previous issues.
This is a great opportunity to celebrate a significant landmark from a groundbreaking and visionary publication, and to hear from some superb writers.
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Polly Barton is a writer and Japanese literary translator. Her translations include Butter by Asako Yuzuki and Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa. She has published two works of non-fiction, Fifty Sounds, and Porn: An Oral History. What Am I, A Deer?, her debut novel, will be published in April 2026.
Chloé Duane is an academic researcher and contributing editor at Tolka, a journal of literary non-fiction. Her academic research focuses on audience engagement, scenography, and adaptation in contemporary theatre. She has published extensively, with work appearing in Theatre and Performance Design, Irish University Review, and Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd’hui.
Liam Harrison is a founding editor of the literary journal Tolka and a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of the West of England. His writing has appeared in The Irish Times, The Stinging Fly and other publications.
Ralf Webb is the author of the poetry collections Rotten Days in Late Summer and Highway Cottage, and the nonfiction book Strange Relations, which was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. His poems, essays, and fiction have appeared widely, including in the London Review of Books, Fantastic Man, Granta and the Guardian.
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About Tolka
Tolka is a biannual literary journal of non-fiction: publishing essays, reportage, travel writing, auto-fiction, individual stories and the writing that flows in between.
Tolka publishes work that is formally promiscuous and which does not always fall into neat categories. Tolka encourage writers to test the creative boundaries of non-fiction.
Tolka have published some of the most innovative contemporary Irish writers, such as Eimear McBride, Brian Dillon, Roisin Kiberd, Niamh Campbell and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe. We also strongly promote new writers and new writing, and publish writers from around the globe.
Entry requirements: 16+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
Some of the most interesting and illuminating writing is published by literary journals, none more so than by Dublin-based, Tolka, a wonderful publication we here at Gloucester Road Books have been supporting since we opened.
We're delighted to be marking the release of Tolka’s 10th issue with readings and discussion from Tolka editors and contributors, including Polly Barton, Chloé Duane, Liam Harrison and Ralf Webb. Copies of the new volume, Tolka Ten, will be on sale along with previous issues.
This is a great opportunity to celebrate a significant landmark from a groundbreaking and visionary publication, and to hear from some superb writers.
...
Polly Barton is a writer and Japanese literary translator. Her translations include Butter by Asako Yuzuki and Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa. She has published two works of non-fiction, Fifty Sounds, and Porn: An Oral History. What Am I, A Deer?, her debut novel, will be published in April 2026.
Chloé Duane is an academic researcher and contributing editor at Tolka, a journal of literary non-fiction. Her academic research focuses on audience engagement, scenography, and adaptation in contemporary theatre. She has published extensively, with work appearing in Theatre and Performance Design, Irish University Review, and Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd’hui.
Liam Harrison is a founding editor of the literary journal Tolka and a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of the West of England. His writing has appeared in The Irish Times, The Stinging Fly and other publications.
Ralf Webb is the author of the poetry collections Rotten Days in Late Summer and Highway Cottage, and the nonfiction book Strange Relations, which was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. His poems, essays, and fiction have appeared widely, including in the London Review of Books, Fantastic Man, Granta and the Guardian.
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About Tolka
Tolka is a biannual literary journal of non-fiction: publishing essays, reportage, travel writing, auto-fiction, individual stories and the writing that flows in between.
Tolka publishes work that is formally promiscuous and which does not always fall into neat categories. Tolka encourage writers to test the creative boundaries of non-fiction.
Tolka have published some of the most innovative contemporary Irish writers, such as Eimear McBride, Brian Dillon, Roisin Kiberd, Niamh Campbell and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe. We also strongly promote new writers and new writing, and publish writers from around the globe.
Entry requirements: 16+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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