Karola Karlson is an Estonian writer based in London.
Her fiction and poetry survey the individual and collective layers of human-nature relationship, as they become distorted in the modern techno-artificial world.
Poetry:
Skittles Animals, a pamphlet of prose poems, was published by If a Leaf Falls Press in June 2026. Link.
Karola’s poems have appeared in The Toe Rag and DIE QUIETER PLEASE magazines. She has performed at a Soho Reading Series event.
Prose:
Currently WIP is a speculative novel on French fine dining in the 19th and 20th centuries, set in a post-AI future.
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Publications & awards:
Karola’s writing has appeared in The Toe Rag and DIE QUIETER PLEASE magazines. She’s performed at Soho Reading Series events.
She’s also a frequent contributor of short fiction and literary criticism for Estonian literary magazines Looming and Sirp. In April 2023, Karola received the Young Author Award 2023 by Looming.
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List of publications:
Three poems “Tähed,” “Päike,” “Kuu” in Looming 6, 2026
Prose poem “Knife Skills” in Die Quieter Please Magazine no. 3, Autumn 2025
Prose poem “Fragile Tape” in The Toe Rag Issue 5, Spring 2025
Review of Made Luiga’s “Väike tekstimüür” in Looming, March 2024 issue
Review of Jan Kaus’ “Vaade” & “Kolm punkti” in Looming, April 2023 issue
Review of Annie Ernaux’ “La place” in Sirp, March 3, 2023 (link)
Review of “Eesti Novell” in Looming, August 2022 issue (link)
Review of Anni Kytömäki’s novel “Margarita” in Sirp, October 14, 2022 (link)
Short story “Pool kaks” in Looming, November 2022 issue (link)
Short story “Roosiaed” in Looming, May 2022 issue
Review of Jenny Offill’s Weather in Sirp, March 25, 2022 (link)
Based in London, UK.
Can be contacted via the form below or at karlson.karola[@]gmail.com.
