• Jamila Fadhlaoui
• Tom Morgan
• @sarasherwood.bsky.social
• @jobardsley.bsky.social
• Mel Eagles
• Liam Nolan
• Michelle Penny
• Cadi Cliff

Featuring work by:
• Jude Rogers
• Tiffany Murray
• @francescasobande.bsky.social
• Sophie Calon
• Crystal Jeans
• Natsuki Koyata (古谷田 奈月)
• @arthurreiji.bsky.social
• Gosia Buzzanca

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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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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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.

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The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and it's pub day for Issue 002 of Folding Rock ☀️

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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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Head to foldingrock.com/submit-your-... and foldingrock.com/submission-f... to find out more!

Submit by 23.59 on 18 August 2025 to be considered for Issue 003.

But that's not all – we've also announced the themes for Issues 004 and 005 in our new and improved submission guidelines (for those planners among you) and added an FAQ page to the website to answer some common submission questions.

Whether you’re an expert in whale song or a storyteller inspired by rhythm, whether you want to explore the poetics of 90s rap or to reminisce about nursery rhymes, we want to hear it. Think outside the (music) box – send us your best words.

ISSUE 003 SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN

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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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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Featuring words from:

Manon Steffan Ros
Greg Flynn
Beth Preece
@amygrandvoinet.bsky.social
Yasmin Zaher
Horatio Clare
Grug Muse
@aniacard.bsky.social
Liz Churchill
Hannah Dafforn
Natalie Ann Holborow
Emma Glass
Maya Jordan

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Cover reveal for Issue 002: Speak to Me

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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Thanks so much for your support! 🩷

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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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

2 weeks to go until our next event: An Evening with Folding Rock at MagCulture

Expect good company and exclusive merch, plus insights into our plans for the future from editors and co-founders and readings from contributors including @joedunthorne.bsky.social

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📢 Tomorrow evening! 📢
There are still some tickets available if you want to join us and some brilliant authors in Aberystwyth tomorrow - with drinks, readings, and new magazine merch too...
See ya there folks 👋
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Following last week's 2025 #SUDTP25 shortlist announcement, we're delighted to profile the six outstanding authors! @jonathancape.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social @wearefootnote.bsky.social

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