Gorse Journal

gorse 12: language. Featuring: Clare Archibald Jen Calleja James Elkins Martin Jackson Marcel Krueger Christopher Madden Ray Malone Sujatha Menon Ghazal Mosadeq Silvina Ocampo, tr. Caitlin Newby Edy Poppy and Dimitra Xidous Juan Rulfo, tr. Stephen Beechinor Florence Sunnen David Toms Erica Van Horn Jérémie C. Wenger Alejandro Zambra and Rahul Bery

gorse 13: taboo. Featuring: Gavin James Bower Elizabeth Brennan Andrea Caro Aoife Casby Michael Chang David Collard Emily Cooper Isabel Dwyer Arnold Thomas Fanning Viviana Fiorentino Will Fleming Özgecan Kesici-Ayoubi Caroline Mac Cathmhaoil Jessica McKinney Alan McMonagle Rafael Mendes Lianne O’Hara Padraig Regan

Whins (North) + Furze (South), gorse 11 as a tête-bêche.

gorses 12 + 13 are now available in @noalibisbookstore . I [Susan Tomaselli] was one of David's first customers when he opened the doors back in 1997, so it's a privilege to be stocked there.

gorse 12 + 13 are now available in @cailleachbooks .

"[Lisa McInerney] also mentioned more positive factors: ‘Ireland has a supportive literary community with lots of journals and events, which makes writers feel it’s possible to succeed.’  McInerney’s point about the journals is important. Last year, she became the editor of The Stinging Fly, the influential Dublin-based magazine, which first published Rooney, Colin Barrett, Wendy Erskine, Sara Baume and many more who have gone on to write acclaimed books. Other literary magazines, such as Gorse and Banshee Lit, have become part of the Irish writing ecosystem, and many of them receive funding from the Irish Arts Council." Thanks for the mention in 'How the Booker Prize has reflected the new golden age of Irish fiction' Max Lui (2023): /the-booker-library/features/how-the-booker-prize-has-reflected-the-new-golden-age-of-irish-fiction #happystpatricksday☘️

I’m so thrilled that this conversation I had with @dimitraxidous in 2018 about my debut novel Anatomy.Monotony. has come out now in the amazing Irish literary magazine @gorse_journal It’s an in depth conversation, over twenty pages!!! Here I give a a little taste of it, if you’re eager for more, go get a copy!! It’s really worth it!! A wonderful magazine!!! @deepvellum @deepvellumbooks @dalkeyarchive @norwegianliterature @gyldendal_no @gyldendalagency

Christodoulos Makris, our brilliant poetry editor, is leading an 8-week online course: 'writing as a reader / reading as a writer.' Beginning on Thursday 5 March 2026, it will run weekly between 6.30pm - 8.30pm Dublin time. Course Summary As poets and writers we are first and foremost readers mediating external material, text and otherwise, in the process of making new work. And as readers operating in the digital age we are increasingly aware of the creative potential of reading and repurposing. In ‘writing as a reader / reading as a writer’ participants will exercise their capacity to read creatively, critically and intuitively, and to employ source material directly towards literary composition. This is a generative course incorporating regular writing tasks underpinned by carefully selected and targeted contemporary and historical examples, as well as informal and unhierarchical group discussion and exchange. Course Outline: Week 1: Introductions / Writing the Everyday Week 2: Sampling, Remixing, and other appropriative techniques Week 3: Documentary Poetics Week 4: Translation and Re-writing Week 5: Intersemiotic (cross-media) translation / audiovisual content Week 6: Constraints / Transcription / post-Artificial Intelligence Week 7: Digital poetics / DIY publishing and publishing beyond the page Week 8: Collaboration Course Outcomes: ‘writing as a reader / reading as a writer’ is designed to stimulate participants’ engagement with reading as a creative act, and the expanded possibilities of contemporary writing practice. It is designed to operate cumulatively to deepen their understanding of the creative potential of pre-existing material, to provoke experimentation and collaboration, and to grant permissions through example and dialogue. Details on the @irishwriterscentre website.

Excerpt from @adam_wyeth 's review of NEW GREEN FOOL by @alymikeyc in today's Irish Times. With thanks to @artscouncilireland for supporting @gorse_journal and Gorse Editions.

We're open to submissions next Friday (13th February) for gorse 15: Eureka!/EYPHKA! Full details on the website (link in bio).