The Pig's Back is a literary journal based in Donegal, Ireland. Edited by @dean_fee_ + @emily_s_cooper. Produced by the @culturalcentre Order Issue Seven now
Joined November 2021
- Tweets662
- Following771
- Followers2.5K
- Likes529
Pinned Tweet
Issue Seven of The Pig's Back is now available for pre-order. Featuring new writing from Sophie Corser, Wendy Erskine, Rosa Makela, Dara McWade, Laura Morris, Nicole Morris and Odrán Waldron.
“It was clear to invested fans that McKenna’s dark tomb had been bathed in sunlight; the middle-class vampire had lost his power, gone to ash.”
In Dara McWade's 'In Conversation with Mark McKenna', a formal conversation at a literary festival becomes personal.
You can read Dara’s brilliant story in the new issue of The Pig’s Back. Available now on our website or in select bookshops. This one is not to be missed. thepigsback.ie/shop
“She came into my life like a fly buzzing into a room—almost ignorable—and now she was inside me, moving like a wild kicking horse.”
In Beauty and Goodness, Rosa Mäkelä tells the story of a beauty shop assistant obsessed with surfaces and the older woman who exposes her deepest fault lines. This is Rosa's second story in The Pig's Back.
The Pig's Back retweeted
Won a PS5 in the club draw yesterday and this (wife’s copy) came in the post today. Everything’s coming up Waldo.
"He was company, good company in a house where before, since Margaret had gone, there was only the sound of the radio and the periodic chime of the grandfather clock."
In Versace Acid Bouquet, Wendy Erskine tells us the story of a recently widowed man named Harry and the three young men who move into his house and take him on a trip to Dubai.
You can read Wendy's incredible story in the new issue of The Pig's Back. Available now on our website or in select bookshops. This one is not to be missed. thepigsback.ie/shop
"I’m going to call them Nora and Patricia, false names to protect real people. The first card I found had an exquisite hand-drawn cartoon queering of a Jan Van Eyck couple, presumably portraying Nora and Patricia themselves." @sccorser
In 'No Need to Respond', Sophie Corser writes about her trip to Northampton, Massachusetts, to look at over sixty folders full of fanmail addressed to Alison Bechdel. You can read this excellent piece in full in our new issue, available now to pre-order. thepigsback.ie/shop/p/issue-…
If you're in Dublin on the 26th come help us celebrate the launch of Issue Seven in the wonderful @BooksUpstairs. Doors open at 6pm. booksupstairs.ie/all-events/…
The Pig's Back retweeted
Delighted to see a very talented former student of mine published in The Pig’s Back.
(I take absolutely no credit. The talent was fully formed. I just pointed at it occasionally.)
The Pig's Back retweeted
Doon Well, a story about Brocken spectres and holy wells, coming soon. Can’t wait to see it in print.
Beautifully designed by Patrick Fisher at @frontwards_dsgn and produced by @CulturalCentre. Our thanks as always to the @artscouncil_ie thepigsback.ie/shop/p/issue-…
Subscribe to The Pig's Back and receive two issues every 12 months thepigsback.ie/shop/p/12-mon…