Bog Bodies Press

storytelling is the backbone of culture. it’s as old as humankind and integral to every community on earth, not just as an art form but as a vital tool to connect people, forge belonging and expand our perspectives.
the world of literature has become divorced from the practice of storytelling and, today, is far too transactional - books are written and published behind closed doors, and presented to us as an end product to be consumed. but a story is a starting point, and storytelling is a practice that belongs to all of us.
bog bodies press is a publishing house that looks beyond literature; we exist to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.

the boy, the bucket and the persistent tide

written by charlie jermyn
illustrated by samuel van heijningen

the netherlands has been the home of irishman charlie jermyn for the last 5 years; it’s a nation that has been dredged up from the water and which attempts, to this day, to hold back the persistent tide. in this brilliant and very-hard-to-describe debut novel, jermyn brings the common and absurd to crisp, shimmering life through his essays and short non-fiction pieces, reminding us to take note of the mad and brilliant world around us before the tide comes in again.

336 pages, 120 x 190 mm
Published 2025, Retail price: € 24,00

mnemotope 008

the eighth issue of mnemotope is full of sharp, vivid worlds that feel like when google maps zooms in from the satellite to street view. these pieces aren’t necessarily moralistic or allegorical, but instead simply insist that you enter into the moment and place that they conjure sharply into being. each cover is hand-stamped, so graphic placement varies.

180 pages, 120 x 190 mm
Published 2025, Retail price: € 13,00

mnemotope 007

This seventh issue holds longer stories alongside the poems we’ve always so dearly loved. there’s less fantasy than in previous issues and more direct observations of the times we’re living in today; at times fearful, at times angry, at times joyful and warm.

138 pages, 120 x 190 mm
Published 2025, Retail price: € 13,00

mnemotope 006

This edition feels a little haunting in parts, with strange, otherworldly stories dotted amongst its contents. alongside those, it contains some very real insights into lived experience – a chaotic morning, a birthday swim, reflections on family.

72 pages, 150 x 210 mm
Published 2024, Retail price: € 10,00

mnemotope 005

This edition feels very scenic. many of the pieces bring you to specific places and times, travelling with our contributors as the pages turn. Many of the drawings in this edition feel shadowy, soft edges against the crisp writing on the page alongside it. This is what the cover is drawn from – two travelling shadows, reflecting the life above them.

72 pages, 150 x 210 mm
Published 2024, Retail price: € 10,00

mnemotope 004

This edition feels a very atmospheric, walking a line between fiction and reality – never really sure which side you’re on. 004 feels most true to the original definition of a mnemotope, with pieces bouncing across time from 1960 to 2024 and beyond.

72 pages, 150 x 210 mm
Published 2024, Retail price: € 10,00

mnemotope 003

This edition features a coincidental bog-y theme, heartfelt and intimate texts, correspondences, transcribed spoken words amongst a whole world of other lovely things. Over 45 individual voices bounce off of one another within these pages.

72 pages, 150 x 210 mm
Published 2024, Retail price: € 10,00

mnemotope 002

In this second edition, we have pieces from 40 contributors that range from soup recipes to poetic essays to drawings to music recommendations to a screenplay and beyond.

72 pages, 150 x 210 mm
Published 2023, Retail price: € 8,00

mnemotope 001

The very first edition of mnemotope is possibly our most informal and messy in the best ways. recipes, semi-political rants, lists, heartfelt poems etc.

72 pages, 150 x 210 mm
Published 2023, Retail price: € 6,00

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