Troy Cabida
@troycabida.bsky.social
NEON MANILA (Nine Arches Press, 2025)
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Troy Cabida
@troycabida.bsky.social
· Nov 5
Publication Day for NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social
A dazzling #debut exploring queer Filipino identity & pop culture, embracing fashion, humour, music, dating, desire & everyday city living. A book of 'unflinching vulnerability' & finding your own truth 🧡
ninearchespress.com/publications...
A dazzling #debut exploring queer Filipino identity & pop culture, embracing fashion, humour, music, dating, desire & everyday city living. A book of 'unflinching vulnerability' & finding your own truth 🧡
ninearchespress.com/publications...
My debut collection, NEON MANILA, is officially out and ready to meet you all! Poems about clothing, jewellery, pop music, and London through the queer Filipino lens.
Feel free to use the code NEON25 for a discount when buying directly from Nine Arches Press.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Feel free to use the code NEON25 for a discount when buying directly from Nine Arches Press.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
So lovely to read poems for Wolverhampton Lit Fest yesterday with @csmithpoet.bsky.social and @ninearchespress.bsky.social!!
Join us at Wolverhampton LitFest this Friday and hear #poetry from @csmithpoet.bsky.social and @troycabida.bsky.social in conversation with Editor Jane Commane:
Memory, Story & the Creation of Identity
Friday 6th Feb, 11.30am
Art Gallery
www.wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk
Memory, Story & the Creation of Identity
Friday 6th Feb, 11.30am
Art Gallery
www.wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
So lovely to read poems for Wolverhampton Lit Fest yesterday with @csmithpoet.bsky.social and @ninearchespress.bsky.social!!
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Thank you @asiancha.bsky.social and @troycabida.bsky.social for sharing this wonderful essay:
'On Neon Manila: A Balancing Act Between Sparkle and Substance', exploring queer Filipino-immigrant embodiment, pop music, resistance, as glamour and violence coexist.
chajournal.com/2026/01/27/n...
'On Neon Manila: A Balancing Act Between Sparkle and Substance', exploring queer Filipino-immigrant embodiment, pop music, resistance, as glamour and violence coexist.
chajournal.com/2026/01/27/n...
[ESSAY] “On 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑎: A Balancing Act Between Sparkle and Substance” by Troy Cabida
Editor’s note: Troy Cabida reflects on his debut poetry collection Neon Manila, exploring queer Filipino-immigrant embodiment, pop music, resistance, as glamour and violence coexist. Some poe…
chajournal.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Thank you @asiancha.bsky.social and @troycabida.bsky.social for sharing this wonderful essay:
'On Neon Manila: A Balancing Act Between Sparkle and Substance', exploring queer Filipino-immigrant embodiment, pop music, resistance, as glamour and violence coexist.
chajournal.com/2026/01/27/n...
'On Neon Manila: A Balancing Act Between Sparkle and Substance', exploring queer Filipino-immigrant embodiment, pop music, resistance, as glamour and violence coexist.
chajournal.com/2026/01/27/n...
Wrote an essay on the experience of writing, shaping, then later touring and living with my poetry collection, Neon Manila, for Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. Also happy to have four poems from the book published here!
chajournal.com/2026/01/27/n...
chajournal.com/2026/01/27/n...
[ESSAY] “On 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑎: A Balancing Act Between Sparkle and Substance” by Troy Cabida
Editor’s note: Troy Cabida reflects on his debut poetry collection Neon Manila, exploring queer Filipino-immigrant embodiment, pop music, resistance, as glamour and violence coexist. Some poe…
chajournal.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Wrote an essay on the experience of writing, shaping, then later touring and living with my poetry collection, Neon Manila, for Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. Also happy to have four poems from the book published here!
chajournal.com/2026/01/27/n...
chajournal.com/2026/01/27/n...
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Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social and @troycabida.bsky.social with Editor Jane Commane at this wonderful #poetry event on Friday 6th February. Enjoy poem readings and discussion from 11.30am at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery as part of the LitFest.
Book your place:
wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk
Book your place:
wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social and @troycabida.bsky.social with Editor Jane Commane at this wonderful #poetry event on Friday 6th February. Enjoy poem readings and discussion from 11.30am at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery as part of the LitFest.
Book your place:
wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk
Book your place:
wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk
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I’m also teaching an Arvon course w/ Richard Scott and @troycabida.bsky.social www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Residential Writing Course: Poetry | Arvon
Many of us look to those who have come before us for inspiration, whether they are poets, musicians, artists or activists. How might we draw on their courage and creativity to find our own ways forwar...
www.arvon.org
December 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I’m also teaching an Arvon course w/ Richard Scott and @troycabida.bsky.social www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Come one and all to our first event of the new year. The incredible @troycabida.bsky.social will be headlining a wonderful night of poetry & community ❤️
Grab your tix here: www.outsavvy.com/event/32142/...
Grab your tix here: www.outsavvy.com/event/32142/...
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Come one and all to our first event of the new year. The incredible @troycabida.bsky.social will be headlining a wonderful night of poetry & community ❤️
Grab your tix here: www.outsavvy.com/event/32142/...
Grab your tix here: www.outsavvy.com/event/32142/...
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The latest Just Another Poet channel interview features
@troycabida.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection 'Neon Manila', published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social is a Poetry Book Society Winter 2025 recommendation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wpz...
@troycabida.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection 'Neon Manila', published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social is a Poetry Book Society Winter 2025 recommendation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wpz...
Poet Interview: Troy Cabida
YouTube video by Just Another Poet
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The latest Just Another Poet channel interview features
@troycabida.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection 'Neon Manila', published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social is a Poetry Book Society Winter 2025 recommendation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wpz...
@troycabida.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection 'Neon Manila', published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social is a Poetry Book Society Winter 2025 recommendation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wpz...
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Our 2025 titles are now available together as a perfect #poetry book bundle, celebrating our brilliant year of publishing.
Just £84.99📚
Incl books by @troycabida.bsky.social @csmithpoet.bsky.social @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social
ninearchespress.com/shop
Just £84.99📚
Incl books by @troycabida.bsky.social @csmithpoet.bsky.social @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social
ninearchespress.com/shop
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our 2025 titles are now available together as a perfect #poetry book bundle, celebrating our brilliant year of publishing.
Just £84.99📚
Incl books by @troycabida.bsky.social @csmithpoet.bsky.social @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social
ninearchespress.com/shop
Just £84.99📚
Incl books by @troycabida.bsky.social @csmithpoet.bsky.social @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social
ninearchespress.com/shop
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Don’t miss this amazing @redbeanpoetry.bsky.social line-up ❄️❄️❄️ @metapheric.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social Nina Mingya Powles, Erica Hesketh on 3 Dec, 8pm at National Poetry Library to share their new poems and reflect on art-making and transformations! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/spe...
Special Edition: Red Bean Poetry | Southbank Centre
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Don’t miss this amazing @redbeanpoetry.bsky.social line-up ❄️❄️❄️ @metapheric.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social Nina Mingya Powles, Erica Hesketh on 3 Dec, 8pm at National Poetry Library to share their new poems and reflect on art-making and transformations! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/spe...
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Stunning sets of poems shared this evening at our online launch. Spellbinding, powerful, sharp and tender poems of love and pain from @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social and @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thank you to our poets and audience 🧡
Find these books: ninearchespress.com/shop
Thank you to our poets and audience 🧡
Find these books: ninearchespress.com/shop
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Stunning sets of poems shared this evening at our online launch. Spellbinding, powerful, sharp and tender poems of love and pain from @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social and @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thank you to our poets and audience 🧡
Find these books: ninearchespress.com/shop
Thank you to our poets and audience 🧡
Find these books: ninearchespress.com/shop
Spent Friday morning with fellow @ninearchespress.bsky.social poet @csmithpoet.bsky.social signing books and recording poems for @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social!
As both of our books came out the same month, Caroline and I agreed that our books should have the combined nickname of Neon Bycatch!
As both of our books came out the same month, Caroline and I agreed that our books should have the combined nickname of Neon Bycatch!
Guess who I bumped into at The Poetry Pharmacy in Oxford Street! What an amazing place of seductive aromas, enticing poetry books and warm hospitality. Lovely to sign books together and read poems. 😊Thank you @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Spent Friday morning with fellow @ninearchespress.bsky.social poet @csmithpoet.bsky.social signing books and recording poems for @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social!
As both of our books came out the same month, Caroline and I agreed that our books should have the combined nickname of Neon Bycatch!
As both of our books came out the same month, Caroline and I agreed that our books should have the combined nickname of Neon Bycatch!
Reposted by Troy Cabida
Join us for our next online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest poet @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Join us for our next online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest poet @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
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Have you lined up your copy of NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social?
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
Out now - with FREE UK postage.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
Out now - with FREE UK postage.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Have you lined up your copy of NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social?
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
Out now - with FREE UK postage.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
Out now - with FREE UK postage.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
The Neon Manila Tour - coming to a show near you!!
Looking forward to sharing poems from my debut collection with you all very soon! See below for dates and locations x
Looking forward to sharing poems from my debut collection with you all very soon! See below for dates and locations x
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Neon Manila Tour - coming to a show near you!!
Looking forward to sharing poems from my debut collection with you all very soon! See below for dates and locations x
Looking forward to sharing poems from my debut collection with you all very soon! See below for dates and locations x
Reposted by Troy Cabida
Pick a card. Pick an outfit.
Help @troycabida.bsky.social get ready for NEON MANILA, arriving this week.
Order from Nine Arches Press and get this gorgeous postcard in your copy.
Plus, on the reverse you'll find a QR code taking you to the NEON MANILA album 🎵
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Help @troycabida.bsky.social get ready for NEON MANILA, arriving this week.
Order from Nine Arches Press and get this gorgeous postcard in your copy.
Plus, on the reverse you'll find a QR code taking you to the NEON MANILA album 🎵
ninearchespress.com/publications...
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pick a card. Pick an outfit.
Help @troycabida.bsky.social get ready for NEON MANILA, arriving this week.
Order from Nine Arches Press and get this gorgeous postcard in your copy.
Plus, on the reverse you'll find a QR code taking you to the NEON MANILA album 🎵
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Help @troycabida.bsky.social get ready for NEON MANILA, arriving this week.
Order from Nine Arches Press and get this gorgeous postcard in your copy.
Plus, on the reverse you'll find a QR code taking you to the NEON MANILA album 🎵
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Reposted by Troy Cabida
🎧Listen back to BBC Radio London's Poetry Corner with Jumoké Fashola talking to @troycabida.bsky.social about his debut NEON MANILA: chatting craft, mentoring, fashion, fun, queerness, humour, acceptance, truth, identity and more.
(1hr14 in)
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
(1hr14 in)
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🎧Listen back to BBC Radio London's Poetry Corner with Jumoké Fashola talking to @troycabida.bsky.social about his debut NEON MANILA: chatting craft, mentoring, fashion, fun, queerness, humour, acceptance, truth, identity and more.
(1hr14 in)
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
(1hr14 in)
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
My debut collection, NEON MANILA, is officially out and ready to meet you all! Poems about clothing, jewellery, pop music, and London through the queer Filipino lens.
Feel free to use the code NEON25 for a discount when buying directly from Nine Arches Press.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Feel free to use the code NEON25 for a discount when buying directly from Nine Arches Press.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Publication Day for NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social
A dazzling #debut exploring queer Filipino identity & pop culture, embracing fashion, humour, music, dating, desire & everyday city living. A book of 'unflinching vulnerability' & finding your own truth 🧡
ninearchespress.com/publications...
A dazzling #debut exploring queer Filipino identity & pop culture, embracing fashion, humour, music, dating, desire & everyday city living. A book of 'unflinching vulnerability' & finding your own truth 🧡
ninearchespress.com/publications...
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My debut collection, NEON MANILA, is officially out and ready to meet you all! Poems about clothing, jewellery, pop music, and London through the queer Filipino lens.
Feel free to use the code NEON25 for a discount when buying directly from Nine Arches Press.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Feel free to use the code NEON25 for a discount when buying directly from Nine Arches Press.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Reposted by Troy Cabida
Join us for our next online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest poet @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Join us for our next online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest poet @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
Reposted by Troy Cabida
Have you lined up your copy of NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social?
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
Out at the end of October.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
Out at the end of October.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
October 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Have you lined up your copy of NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social?
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
Out at the end of October.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
Out at the end of October.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Reposted by Troy Cabida
Our next online launch features @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
📹 Recording sent to all ticket-holders in case you can't join live.
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
📹 Recording sent to all ticket-holders in case you can't join live.
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
October 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our next online launch features @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
📹 Recording sent to all ticket-holders in case you can't join live.
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
📹 Recording sent to all ticket-holders in case you can't join live.
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
Reposted by Troy Cabida
Have you lined up your copy of NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social?
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
ninearchespress.com/publications...
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
ninearchespress.com/publications...
September 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Have you lined up your copy of NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social?
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
ninearchespress.com/publications...
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Reposted by Troy Cabida
A wonderful blog post from @troycabida.bsky.social sharing a poem & insight, from upcoming Neon Manila. Discover 'Black Turtleneck Sonnet', a poem of 'beauty, agency & sex', playing with multiple meanings of an iconic garment.
Photos by Pedro Younis.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Photos by Pedro Younis.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
September 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A wonderful blog post from @troycabida.bsky.social sharing a poem & insight, from upcoming Neon Manila. Discover 'Black Turtleneck Sonnet', a poem of 'beauty, agency & sex', playing with multiple meanings of an iconic garment.
Photos by Pedro Younis.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Photos by Pedro Younis.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Reposted by Troy Cabida
Have you lined up your copy of NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social?
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
ninearchespress.com/publications...
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
ninearchespress.com/publications...
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Have you lined up your copy of NEON MANILA by @troycabida.bsky.social?
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
ninearchespress.com/publications...
'A beautiful, tender elegy for intimacy.’
'What a stylish and truly bold debut.’
‘An entirely moving collection'
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Reposted by Troy Cabida
A wonderful blog post from @troycabida.bsky.social sharing a poem and insight, from upcoming Neon Manila.
Discover 'Black Turtleneck Sonnet', a poem of 'beauty, agency and sex', playing with multiple meanings of an iconic garment. Photos Pedro Younis.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Discover 'Black Turtleneck Sonnet', a poem of 'beauty, agency and sex', playing with multiple meanings of an iconic garment. Photos Pedro Younis.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
August 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A wonderful blog post from @troycabida.bsky.social sharing a poem and insight, from upcoming Neon Manila.
Discover 'Black Turtleneck Sonnet', a poem of 'beauty, agency and sex', playing with multiple meanings of an iconic garment. Photos Pedro Younis.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Discover 'Black Turtleneck Sonnet', a poem of 'beauty, agency and sex', playing with multiple meanings of an iconic garment. Photos Pedro Younis.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Reposted by Troy Cabida
Our next four titles can be pre-ordered using the (limited) FREEUK discount code at checkout.
Enjoy free UK postage on the best kind of post 📚
New books by Gregory Leadbetter, Chris McCabe @csmithpoet.bsky.social & @troycabida.bsky.social ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Poetr...
Enjoy free UK postage on the best kind of post 📚
New books by Gregory Leadbetter, Chris McCabe @csmithpoet.bsky.social & @troycabida.bsky.social ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Poetr...
August 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Our next four titles can be pre-ordered using the (limited) FREEUK discount code at checkout.
Enjoy free UK postage on the best kind of post 📚
New books by Gregory Leadbetter, Chris McCabe @csmithpoet.bsky.social & @troycabida.bsky.social ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Poetr...
Enjoy free UK postage on the best kind of post 📚
New books by Gregory Leadbetter, Chris McCabe @csmithpoet.bsky.social & @troycabida.bsky.social ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Poetr...