off the page with bog bodies press
off the page is the audio home of bog bodies press, a publishing house that looks beyond literature, gathering people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page. here you'll find serialised audiobooks, writer conversations, and live recordings from the storytelling events we bring to life around the world. a home for the common, the absurd, and the all-too-often overlooked. we're very glad to have you with us.
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
Charlie Jermyn introduces his debut audiobook, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.
The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.
New chapters release every week.
Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket
Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide | Chapter 1 — Introduction
In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads the introduction of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.
Five years ago, Charlie Jermyn came to the Netherlands for university. To escape his small student room in Leiden, he ventures out into the vast, flat country, befriends pigs, and retraces Rembrandts footsteps. He explores the making of the Dutch landscape and how he can build a landscape of his own through writing.
The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.
New chapters release every week.
Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket
7 days ago
7 days ago
In this week's episode, Charlie Jermyn reads from Chapter 1 of his debut book, ‘The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide’; a collection of essays and short non-fiction pieces about an Irishman’s life in the Netherlands, the persistence of the ordinary, and the art of paying close attention before the tide of time comes in again. This audiobook is scored with original music by John Lappin, which guides you through Charlie’s vivid, literary worlds.
In this chapter, Charlie Jermyn takes you back to his trip to the sea at Katwijk, the same sea he finds painted in the Rijksmuseum years later. He swims in the cold water and tries his first herring. In this lyric and personal essay, he seamlessly weaves together art history, memory and belonging through landscape and food.
The Boy, The Bucket and The Persistent Tide is a book and audiobook published by Bog Bodies Press, an independent Irish publisher based between Galway and Brussels that looks beyond literature; existing to gather people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page.
New chapters release every week.
Get the full book at https://www.bogbodiespress.com/shop-all/p/theboythebucket