There isn’t much time now
We are pleased to announce the contents of gorse and details of how to pre-order. Have a goo.
We’re also accepting donations, named for Irish writers, that come with various rewards.
Long time comin’
From this:
To this:
Please excuse the low res pics… but, as we’re still working away on issue one of gorse, we thought we’d share a snippet from a brand new story by Desmond Hogan:
Wanted: reviewer for Iosi Havilio
We’re looking someone to review Paradises by Iosi Havilio (published by And Other Stories), for gorse online. We can’t pay a fortune, but there is a small fee for reviews. If interested, please get in touch: info[at]gorse[dot]ie. We have a reviewer.
From an interview with Iosi Havilio:
Do you believe in Ricardo’s Piglia’s assertion that “All great literature is political”?
Of course, either by action or by omission. In fact I believe that the best political literature is the one that doesn’t speak of politics. Just as the best love stories don’t need to speak about sentiments.
The story
We’re working away on the first print issue of gorse, and we’ll announce its contents (and ways you can support us) very, very soon. We think, though, it’ll do no harm to give you a taster of what we’ve got in so far: interviews with Evan Lavender-Smith and Adam Thirlwell, essays on Houellebecq and how ancient Modernism is, fiction from Desmond Hogan, Julie Reverb and Matthew Jakubowski, and poems by S.J. Fowler. We’ve also lined up an interview with a young Irish artist; essays on writing about horror for a living, on running through Paris, on Cartier-Bresson’s artist portraits, on the films of Nic Roeg; fiction from an Irish artist and writer based in Berlin; and a comic by a very talented illustrator living in Paris. We’re pretty excited and hope you are too.
Wanted: reviewer(s)
We’re looking for reviewers for Dalkey Archive’s Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien (finished copy), and Best European Fiction 2014 (ARC/proof), for gorse online.