Folding Rock Magazine
@foldingrockmag.bsky.social
New Writing from Wales and Beyond.
A bold magazine for writers and readers of the best creative prose | Issue 001: Roots out now | Eds. @kathryntann.bsky.social & @rjph91.bsky.social
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A bold magazine for writers and readers of the best creative prose | Issue 001: Roots out now | Eds. @kathryntann.bsky.social & @rjph91.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/foldingrock
The nights are growing shorter as we approach the winter solstice & it's the perfect time to settle in for a cosy evening and write about all the things that go bump in the night.👻🖊️ ✨
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December 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The nights are growing shorter as we approach the winter solstice & it's the perfect time to settle in for a cosy evening and write about all the things that go bump in the night.👻🖊️ ✨
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Just a reminder, you only have until midnight on Sunday 30 November to make the most of our Black Friday 2025 discount codes!
🖤 30 percent off ALL new subscriptions via the Folding Rock website
PLUS
🖤 All three of our first three issues for £30
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🖤 30 percent off ALL new subscriptions via the Folding Rock website
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🖤 All three of our first three issues for £30
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November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just a reminder, you only have until midnight on Sunday 30 November to make the most of our Black Friday 2025 discount codes!
🖤 30 percent off ALL new subscriptions via the Folding Rock website
PLUS
🖤 All three of our first three issues for £30
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🖤 30 percent off ALL new subscriptions via the Folding Rock website
PLUS
🖤 All three of our first three issues for £30
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@rhysthomas.bsky.social reviews the much-anticipated short story collection from award-winning Welsh writer Cynan Jones - and it's safe to say he wasn't disappointed.
📖 Free to read on the Folding Rock website: foldingrock.com/review-pulse...
Pulse is out now with @grantabooks.bsky.social
📖 Free to read on the Folding Rock website: foldingrock.com/review-pulse...
Pulse is out now with @grantabooks.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
@rhysthomas.bsky.social reviews the much-anticipated short story collection from award-winning Welsh writer Cynan Jones - and it's safe to say he wasn't disappointed.
📖 Free to read on the Folding Rock website: foldingrock.com/review-pulse...
Pulse is out now with @grantabooks.bsky.social
📖 Free to read on the Folding Rock website: foldingrock.com/review-pulse...
Pulse is out now with @grantabooks.bsky.social
*FOLDING ROCK DOES BLACK FRIDAY*
That's right - we're joining in on the annual consumerist onslaught - and we're going all out, folks.
So here it is:
🖤 30 percent off ALL new subscriptions via the Folding Rock website
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🖤 All three of our first three issues for £30
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That's right - we're joining in on the annual consumerist onslaught - and we're going all out, folks.
So here it is:
🖤 30 percent off ALL new subscriptions via the Folding Rock website
PLUS
🖤 All three of our first three issues for £30
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November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
*FOLDING ROCK DOES BLACK FRIDAY*
That's right - we're joining in on the annual consumerist onslaught - and we're going all out, folks.
So here it is:
🖤 30 percent off ALL new subscriptions via the Folding Rock website
PLUS
🖤 All three of our first three issues for £30
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That's right - we're joining in on the annual consumerist onslaught - and we're going all out, folks.
So here it is:
🖤 30 percent off ALL new subscriptions via the Folding Rock website
PLUS
🖤 All three of our first three issues for £30
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We are so excited to share with you the members of our brand new advisory board:
Sophie Buchaillard
Nataliya Deleva
Cathryn Summerhayes
Ben Lloyd
Cathy Madge
Emily Dafydd-Drew
You can read more about our new board members on our website: foldingrock.com/introducing-...
Sophie Buchaillard
Nataliya Deleva
Cathryn Summerhayes
Ben Lloyd
Cathy Madge
Emily Dafydd-Drew
You can read more about our new board members on our website: foldingrock.com/introducing-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We are so excited to share with you the members of our brand new advisory board:
Sophie Buchaillard
Nataliya Deleva
Cathryn Summerhayes
Ben Lloyd
Cathy Madge
Emily Dafydd-Drew
You can read more about our new board members on our website: foldingrock.com/introducing-...
Sophie Buchaillard
Nataliya Deleva
Cathryn Summerhayes
Ben Lloyd
Cathy Madge
Emily Dafydd-Drew
You can read more about our new board members on our website: foldingrock.com/introducing-...
After our amazing launch last week we wanted to let you know how you can get your hands on our latest issue. 👀
👋 1.You can order it directly from our website
👋 2.You can get it from your local indie bookstore
👋3.You can subscribe to get this issue and every future edition straight to your door 😁
👋 1.You can order it directly from our website
👋 2.You can get it from your local indie bookstore
👋3.You can subscribe to get this issue and every future edition straight to your door 😁
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
After our amazing launch last week we wanted to let you know how you can get your hands on our latest issue. 👀
👋 1.You can order it directly from our website
👋 2.You can get it from your local indie bookstore
👋3.You can subscribe to get this issue and every future edition straight to your door 😁
👋 1.You can order it directly from our website
👋 2.You can get it from your local indie bookstore
👋3.You can subscribe to get this issue and every future edition straight to your door 😁
Dust off your vinyl and grab a smooth drink because Issue 003 has been released 🎶 Here's our editor @kathryntann.bsky.social to introduce a few of the bangers in this issue...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Dust off your vinyl and grab a smooth drink because Issue 003 has been released 🎶 Here's our editor @kathryntann.bsky.social to introduce a few of the bangers in this issue...
foldingrock.com/shop/standal...
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Publication day! I'm sad I can't make it to the launch of @foldingrockmag.bsky.social 003, but it's beautiful!
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Publication day! I'm sad I can't make it to the launch of @foldingrockmag.bsky.social 003, but it's beautiful!
What do Kate Bush, The Smiths, and The Lion King have in common? They're all featured in our new Undersong Playlist. 🎶
With a week to go until Issue 003 is out we wanted to share this taster for you. 👀You can check it out on Spotify:
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With a week to go until Issue 003 is out we wanted to share this taster for you. 👀You can check it out on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/35d...
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What do Kate Bush, The Smiths, and The Lion King have in common? They're all featured in our new Undersong Playlist. 🎶
With a week to go until Issue 003 is out we wanted to share this taster for you. 👀You can check it out on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/35d...
With a week to go until Issue 003 is out we wanted to share this taster for you. 👀You can check it out on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/35d...
Introducing Folding Rock's newest team member 👋
Kaja is our brand new Marketing Associate, here to take the lead on digital content, including on our socials and in your inbox with the FR monthly newsletter (which you should absolutely sign up for if you haven't already > link in bio) 👀
Kaja is our brand new Marketing Associate, here to take the lead on digital content, including on our socials and in your inbox with the FR monthly newsletter (which you should absolutely sign up for if you haven't already > link in bio) 👀
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Introducing Folding Rock's newest team member 👋
Kaja is our brand new Marketing Associate, here to take the lead on digital content, including on our socials and in your inbox with the FR monthly newsletter (which you should absolutely sign up for if you haven't already > link in bio) 👀
Kaja is our brand new Marketing Associate, here to take the lead on digital content, including on our socials and in your inbox with the FR monthly newsletter (which you should absolutely sign up for if you haven't already > link in bio) 👀
Issue 003: Undersong | Out 13.09
Something is rekindled in the grainy late-night livestreams of the Eras Tour. A fisherman wakes to sing back the dead. A disillusioned thirtysomething finds solace in piano renditions of the Beatles.
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Something is rekindled in the grainy late-night livestreams of the Eras Tour. A fisherman wakes to sing back the dead. A disillusioned thirtysomething finds solace in piano renditions of the Beatles.
tinyurl.com/003Undersong
September 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Issue 003: Undersong | Out 13.09
Something is rekindled in the grainy late-night livestreams of the Eras Tour. A fisherman wakes to sing back the dead. A disillusioned thirtysomething finds solace in piano renditions of the Beatles.
tinyurl.com/003Undersong
Something is rekindled in the grainy late-night livestreams of the Eras Tour. A fisherman wakes to sing back the dead. A disillusioned thirtysomething finds solace in piano renditions of the Beatles.
tinyurl.com/003Undersong
Happy pub day to Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett’s 'The Republic of Parenthood'! 🎉
We spoke with Rhiannon for 'This Writing Life' about writing with a toddler, the 'swimming and thinking' stage, and a dreamy ideal writing day in the South of France.
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We spoke with Rhiannon for 'This Writing Life' about writing with a toddler, the 'swimming and thinking' stage, and a dreamy ideal writing day in the South of France.
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August 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Happy pub day to Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett’s 'The Republic of Parenthood'! 🎉
We spoke with Rhiannon for 'This Writing Life' about writing with a toddler, the 'swimming and thinking' stage, and a dreamy ideal writing day in the South of France.
🔗 foldingrock.com/this-writing...
We spoke with Rhiannon for 'This Writing Life' about writing with a toddler, the 'swimming and thinking' stage, and a dreamy ideal writing day in the South of France.
🔗 foldingrock.com/this-writing...
Passionate about brilliant writing and keen to support emerging talent? Want to be part of the Folding Rock story? We’re inviting applications to join our Advisory Board. Apply by 14 Sept.
Full details: foldingrock.com/folding-rock...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Passionate about brilliant writing and keen to support emerging talent? Want to be part of the Folding Rock story? We’re inviting applications to join our Advisory Board. Apply by 14 Sept.
Full details: foldingrock.com/folding-rock...
Full details: foldingrock.com/folding-rock...
The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and it's pub day for Issue 002 of Folding Rock ☀️
Read the editorial: foldingrock.com/start-as-you...
Read the editorial: foldingrock.com/start-as-you...
July 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and it's pub day for Issue 002 of Folding Rock ☀️
Read the editorial: foldingrock.com/start-as-you...
Read the editorial: foldingrock.com/start-as-you...
Your summer reading sorted - Lily from @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social on what's coming out that she would recommend 📚
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Books in the Window: Summer 2025 – Folding Rock
A shop-front round-up of summer book recommendations - with Lily Baron at Book Space Cardiff
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July 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Your summer reading sorted - Lily from @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social on what's coming out that she would recommend 📚
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Writers: if you missed our submissions session on Monday, you can now watch it back online - to find out more about how we roll, from editors @rjph91.bsky.social and @kathryntann.bsky.social
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Submissions Session | Event Recording – Folding Rock
Meet Folding Rock editors Robert Harries and Kathryn Tann, and find out more about submitting to the magazine.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Writers: if you missed our submissions session on Monday, you can now watch it back online - to find out more about how we roll, from editors @rjph91.bsky.social and @kathryntann.bsky.social
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foldingrock.com/submissions-...
ISSUE 003 SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN
For our autumn issue, we’re keeping an ear out for all kinds of music, sound and melody. 🔊🎶🎧🎸🥁
For our autumn issue, we’re keeping an ear out for all kinds of music, sound and melody. 🔊🎶🎧🎸🥁
July 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
ISSUE 003 SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN
For our autumn issue, we’re keeping an ear out for all kinds of music, sound and melody. 🔊🎶🎧🎸🥁
For our autumn issue, we’re keeping an ear out for all kinds of music, sound and melody. 🔊🎶🎧🎸🥁
"Who the hell did I think I was? This was sacred territory I had no business encroaching onto..."
Journalist Ceri Jackson writes about the harsh reality of completing her true crime debut, The Boy From Tiger Bay - free to read on our website today:
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Journalist Ceri Jackson writes about the harsh reality of completing her true crime debut, The Boy From Tiger Bay - free to read on our website today:
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Writing is Easy! – Folding Rock
Award-winning journalist Ceri Jackson on the harsh reality of completing her true crime debut, The Boy from Tiger Bay.
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June 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Who the hell did I think I was? This was sacred territory I had no business encroaching onto..."
Journalist Ceri Jackson writes about the harsh reality of completing her true crime debut, The Boy From Tiger Bay - free to read on our website today:
foldingrock.com/writing-is-e...
Journalist Ceri Jackson writes about the harsh reality of completing her true crime debut, The Boy From Tiger Bay - free to read on our website today:
foldingrock.com/writing-is-e...
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Thanks to Folding Rock magazine @foldingrockmag.bsky.social for the review of Seascape - and in its first issue to boot. @calonbooks.bsky.social
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Review Essay: A Wilderness of Unperishable Glory – Folding Rock
Eluned Gramwich explores the walking literature of Wales in three new non-fiction titles.
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May 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thanks to Folding Rock magazine @foldingrockmag.bsky.social for the review of Seascape - and in its first issue to boot. @calonbooks.bsky.social
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Cover reveal for Issue 002: Speak to Me
Design by @needledesign.bsky.social
Edited by Kathryn Tann and Rob Harries
Design by @needledesign.bsky.social
Edited by Kathryn Tann and Rob Harries
May 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Cover reveal for Issue 002: Speak to Me
Design by @needledesign.bsky.social
Edited by Kathryn Tann and Rob Harries
Design by @needledesign.bsky.social
Edited by Kathryn Tann and Rob Harries
"Nothing else feels like a way in which I can go through life and feel satisfied"
For the first interview in our series spotlighting this year’s @hayfestival.bsky.social Writers at Work, we caught up with journalist and fiction writer @rhysthomas.bsky.social
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For the first interview in our series spotlighting this year’s @hayfestival.bsky.social Writers at Work, we caught up with journalist and fiction writer @rhysthomas.bsky.social
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Writers at Work: Rhys Thomas – Folding Rock
The first interview in our series spotlighting this year's Hay Festival Writers at Work. Journalist and fiction writer Rhys Thomas tells us what makes him tick as an emerging writer, what his creative...
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May 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"Nothing else feels like a way in which I can go through life and feel satisfied"
For the first interview in our series spotlighting this year’s @hayfestival.bsky.social Writers at Work, we caught up with journalist and fiction writer @rhysthomas.bsky.social
foldingrock.com/writers-at-w...
For the first interview in our series spotlighting this year’s @hayfestival.bsky.social Writers at Work, we caught up with journalist and fiction writer @rhysthomas.bsky.social
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It's officially Hay month! So of course we've rounded up some of the Welsh authors and events we’re excited to see this year at @hayfestival, and which are still available to book.
Will we see you there?
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Will we see you there?
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Hay Festival Picks: The Welsh Edition – Folding Rock
A round-up of some of the brilliant Welsh writers appearing at Hay Festival 2025.
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May 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's officially Hay month! So of course we've rounded up some of the Welsh authors and events we’re excited to see this year at @hayfestival, and which are still available to book.
Will we see you there?
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Will we see you there?
foldingrock.com/hay-festival...
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ICYMI: Rob Harries and @kathryntann.bsky.social, founders of new Welsh literary magazine @foldingrockmag.bsky.social, outline their ambitions to develop and celebrate the country’s writers 👇 #BookSky
Welsh literary magazine Folding Rock's founders Rob Harries and Kathryn Tann on what led them to launch a new periodical
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April 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
ICYMI: Rob Harries and @kathryntann.bsky.social, founders of new Welsh literary magazine @foldingrockmag.bsky.social, outline their ambitions to develop and celebrate the country’s writers 👇 #BookSky