JL Bogenschneider

Outlandish in the Observer today

"Reader who or the unsettling charms of Shirley Jackson’s or Daphne du Maurier’s stylish, gothic-imbued brand of horror and anyone who loved the cliquish, killer cast of characters in Donna Tartt’s The Secret History will be enthralled with Dunham’s exemplary debut." —Library Journal, starred review

My novel is comped to Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier, and Donna Tartt in this ⭐ STARRED REVIEW ⭐ at Library Journal!!! 🤩

A window on to American decline | The Observer Joanna Pocock’s account of two Greyhound bus journeys, 17 years apart, charts the US’s fracturing society and depleted landscape

'Traversing urban metropolises and desert vistas, GREYHOUND is an erudite study of how living among others became a dying art.' Ellen Peirson-Hagger reviews GREYHOUND by Joanna Pocock for @theobserveruk.bsky.social: observer.co.uk/culture/book...

“I want to tell you a few stories: stories from an old town far up north, far up east, a town by the sea.”
@deepbaltic.bsky.social published excerpts from my translation of “Death in Reval” (Der Tod von Reval, 1939) by Baltic German Werner Bergengruen (1892-1964). deepbaltic.com/2025/08/05/d...

Winter Papers - IRELAND'S ANNUAL ARTS ANTHOLOGY — ARCHIVE 2015 - 2023 SELECTED WORK / VOLUME 8 FROM THE MOUNTAINS David Hayden The countryside was empty now, and for an age past. Theresa and Martin sat at the kitchen table and waited for the oven to warm up, which it never really did. Martin, and then Theresa, thought about going to bed, ate some cheese and crackers, threw away the raw lasagne, and went to bed. There were two kinds of silence, one inside that was a still and boundaried quiet, and another outside that was like the totality of all absences that, when the lights were out, forced its way through the bittood t there that

My story ‘From the Mountains’ in @winterpapers.bsky.social archive. winterpapers.com/selected-wor...

Spent Sunday afternoon in the company of the final issue of Lunate, which features my own contribution 'Alice Truly - A Life In Fiction.'

It's been a joy and a privilege to be part of it all. Thanks to Claire, Han & Gary.

Vol. 6 and more available at lunate.co.uk/shop

‘Richard Osman made £10m, but I  got £250 last year’: How much money novelists really make The big hitters of the literary world draw headlines for their book deals. But the reality of writing fiction for a living is an altogether less lucrative existence

A good, transparent piece on author advances. Nice to see @akblakemore.bsky.social here

inews.co.uk/culture/book...

An Interview with Liadan Ní Chuinn — TOLKA by Catherine Hearn

“What has happened in the past is still playing out now.”

New online — Tolka editor Catherine Hearn spoke to Liadan Ní Chuinn about their debut short story collection Every One Still Here, published by @grantabooks.bsky.social and @stingingfly.bsky.social. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

Nightjar Press Nightjar Press publish original short stories as signed, limited-edition chapbooks.

I have a new story out on Nightjar press called Flight Paths. Get one here for only £3.00. I suggest buying mine along with Joe Stretch ‘s as they were both commissioned for Stockport Stories, and complement each other like an earthy wine with a ripe brie. nightjarpress.weebly.com?fbclid=IwQ0x...

Inklings pitch submissions open from the 1st to 31st August 2025. More information on the Saraband website.

We’re delighted to announce that we’re now open to Inklings pitch submissions until the 31st August!

Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!

saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...

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The best books to read in summer 2025 Big Issue's summer books 2025 include tales of boys finding friendship through learning birdsong and scathing putdowns of pretentious bohos.

'We Live Here Now' is a 'pick of the summer crop' according to @bigissue.com
Many thanks!
www.bigissue.com/culture/book...

Waterstones Offer of 25% off for preorder of The Expansion Project by Ben Pester 28-31 July Online Only. Includes image of front cover of the expansion project by Ben pester which is a blue sky big yellow sun and white building creepy / sinister vibes

Preorder offer here for my book and many other bangers

Fair by Jen Calleja review – on the magic of translation A highly original book from the author of Goblinhood explores the art and work of translating fiction

Everybody read FAIR please, thank you.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, The Death of Wildflowers A short story from Scottish writer Helen McClory marking the primal shift of the seasons.

Ahead of a new story of mine on BBC radio four, you can listen (should you wish) to a couple of other pieces of mine. Together they'll make a loose folk horrorish trilogy. here's The Death of Wildflowers:

Little Borgesian tribute

Always hard reading a book by a mate but needn’t have worried here. @stuhennigan.bsky.social’s KESHED is a brilliant and brutal beast of a book which unflinchingly explores themes of class, masculinity, addiction, depression and parenthood. Not an easy read but pretty much an essential one.

New episode!

Listen to amazing Heuijung Hur speak about her short story collection Failed Summer Vacation published in English by @scratchbooks.bsky.social!

www.spreaker.com/episode/fail...

You can find out more about the GAZAGAZAGAZA exhibition, and the submission guidelines, here: www.artistssupportingpalestine.org/gazagazagaza
All proceeds go to @medicalaidpal.bsky.social

VEHICLE by Jen Calleja

Many have asked “what would it be like if Pale Fire were speculative fiction about cultural genocide and the band Kleenex?” And I’m here to tell you: it absolutely fucking rips

just a happy wee writer at her first book launch📘

We will be launching To Avenge a Dead Glacier, the incredible debut collection from Shane Tivenan tomorrow at the Athlone Bookshop! 🧊

The one and only Lisa McInerney will be our guest speaker so don't miss it and come celebrate with us from 7PM 🥳

Proudly supported by The Arts Council 📚

Wrote about writing about literary translation in this opinion/review for ArtReview

⭐Partner Journal Shoutout⭐
@gorsejournal.bsky.social is a stunning, original Dublin-based journal featuring essay, fiction, poetry & interviews.

gorse has published 2019 & 2022 shortlisters Joshua Riedel & Jona Xhepa @quetzalfiach.bsky.social

2025 Prize info at desperateliterature.com/prize

The Stinging Fly Summer 2025 Issue Launch

I'll be in Dublin on May 17th reading at the launch of the summer issue of @stingingfly.bsky.social as part of @ilfdublin.bsky.social. ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

'Haunting and beautifully constructed.'
– Daisy Johnson

Happy publication day to Eva Wyles, whose brilliant debut short fiction collection, Deliverywoman, is out now!

www.influxpress.com/deliverywoman

Everyone is raving about Hellions: Stories by @juliaelliott.bsky.social !🐊🌺✨

Read more: bit.ly/4cLOYrl

The Jesus & Furry Chain

Patrick’s Journey: The Play | Kate Folk They could write a short story honoring the thwarted child by envisioning what its life might have become. The story had to be a minimum of ten pages double-spaced, with an honest attempt at showing r...

i have a new story at @nplusonemag.com. it’s called “patrick’s journey: the play”

www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

A purple book with shiny green foil letting held up against a white wall next to a green ceramic snake

On one of the white inside pages of the book there is a large sticker of a gremlin and a large sticker of ET dressed in women’s clothing

Goblinhood’s had a reprint!

1500 gone, 1500 more going out into the world.

Thanks to @roughtradebooks.bsky.social and everyone who’s supported the book so far.

Here’s my worn out and altered copy.

roughtradebooks.com/products/gob...

Delighted to have my short fiction, Losing Face, published by @vikshirley.bsky.social & @joshuarothes.bsky.social @sublunary.bsky.social Firmament online: sublunaryeditions.com/magazine/los...