{"product_id":"folding-rock-5","title":"Folding Rock #5","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e170 x 245 mm, 146 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarry, Wales\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTriannual\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditors-in-chief:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKathryn Tann and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRobert Harries\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArt director:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matt Needle\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover design: \u003c\/strong\u003eLouise Hagger\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘New writing from Wales and beyond’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘England, Scotland and Ireland have \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGutter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e... Wales now has \u003ci\u003eFolding Rock\u003c\/i\u003e.’ So editors Kathryn Tann and Robert Harries boldly announced their new literary title, aiming to put contemporary Anglo-Welsh writing firmly on the map through fiction, creative non-fiction and literary criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ambitious Welsh literary journal returns with its fifth edition—themed ‘Sustenance’—fixing its focus on food in a malevolent manner, as both editors assert: ‘The food that sustains these narratives actively threatens, disorients or destroys the protagonists that consume it.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHighlights include sinister stories such as ‘Peacemeal [Locules]’ penned by Avery Rabbitt, in which the darkly comedic plight of several characters at the behest of a carnivorous pitcher plant unfolds, Lucy Dawes Durneen hinges the surreal awakening her protagonist in ‘Mujer Peligrosa’ around the catalyst of a half eaten plate of meat, and in ‘Hospitality’ Francesca Reece leads us through the lurid world of a nameless young female waitress at a restaurant in Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Harries sheds light on the name: ‘W\u003cspan\u003ehile ‘Folding Rock’ was initially intended as a reference to Wales’s rich geographical association with, and reliance upon, rocks and minerals, particularly the country’s layered Orcovician formations, I must confess my mind leapt to the oxymoronic unfeasibility—even futility—evoked by the phrase... to attempt to actually fold a rock—or, say, run a literary magazine—would at first appear to be a fool’s errand.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/magculture.com\/blogs\/journal\/robert-harries-folding-rock\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eread more\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/foldingrock.com\/\"\u003efoldingrock.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"magCulture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45456952000621,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/7889\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-14at11.53.19.png?v=1784026416","url":"https:\/\/magculture.com\/products\/folding-rock-5","provider":"magCulture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}