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Stefan Mohamed @stefmowords.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Next Tuesday at Gloucester Road Books in Bristol! I will be In Conversation with @tomsastry.bsky.social about my new @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social collection The Revelation Tapes. Some tickets / ticket + book packages still available. Come and have some poetry if you like

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Stefan Mohamed at Gloucester Road Books

Gloucester Road Books hosts the award-winning, much-loved Bristol author and poet, Stefan Mohamed, who will be discussing and reading from his brand new poetry collection, The Revelation Tapes. Stefan...

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

And human behaviour on social media has already primed us to accept recombined snippets of comforting opinions as original content. The robots landed at the perfect moment.

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

⚡FLASH SALE - titles from earlier this year now just £7.99 each. Save 33% on these celebrated #poetry books now. Plus FREE UK postage across the shop. Come on in: ninearchespress.com/shop Including books by @tomsastry.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social & @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Very grateful to Kevin Gardner for this lovely review essay placing Life Expectancy Begins to Fall in some great company wildcourt.co.uk/work/reviews/

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The Wells Fountain Poets next meet-up is this Monday 1st September, an open-mic plus two guest poets @julwe1.bsky.social and @tomsastry.bsky.social, authors of these wonderful recent #poetry collections. Upstairs in the King’s Head in Wells High Street, 7pm. wellsfountainpoets.wordpress.com

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

All of this -

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

What's the point of a disappointingly unambitious compromise of a Labour government if it doesn't do the easy and obvious things the Tories wouldn't do for ideological reasons.

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

'Magician of deadpan' and master creator of titles, here's a glimpse into the brilliant titles of poems from Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social - out now. Intrigued?... Get your copy and dive into the contents. ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

📢PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE BY 6PM TONIGHT TRIPLE ONLINE LAUNCH featuring James McDermott @tomsastry.bsky.social & Laurie Bolger celebrating these fantastic new #poetry books. We'd love your company tonight: Tuesday 15th April, 7.30pm BST Pay What You Can www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

If you have randomly connected with me because I was on a list of poets, you should definitely check whether I ought to be on a list of poets. Here's how.

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

TOMORROW - Join us for a TRIPLE ONLINE LAUNCH featuring James McDermott @tomsastry.bsky.social & Laurie Bolger celebrating their fantastic new #poetry books. We'd love your company: Tuesday 15th April, 7.30pm BST Pay What You Can Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

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Trans Legal Project @translegalproject.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

1/3 On Wednesday, the UK Supreme Court will issue its ruling on the For Women Scotland case. The stakes could barely be higher for the UK trans community. Prior to that we've produced this refection on the backdrop & the travesty of a process that led to it. www.translegalproject.org/post/a-uk-su...

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A UK Supreme Court ruling is about to appear and the transgender community is terrified

At 9.45am on Wednesday 16 April, the UK Supreme Court will hand down its judgments in the For Women Scotland case. It could change everything for the endlessly-attacked UK trans community.Introduction...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Not long now - Join us for a TRIPLE ONLINE LAUNCH featuring James McDermott @tomsastry.bsky.social & Laurie Bolger celebrating these fantastic new #poetry books. We'd love your company: Tuesday 15th April, 7.30pm BST Pay What You Can Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Step into the Magic of The Word Café The Barrel House, Totnes Wednesday 30th April, 7.30pm Including #poetry from @tomsastry.bsky.social and his freshly published Life expectancy begins to fall. Plus Deborah Harvey and the Gora Ensemble Tickets and details: bit.ly/4i6T4fI

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Poetry can take you to wonderful places. Last night it took me to Fire & Dust in Coventry in the beautiful Priory Visitors Centre. This morning it is taking me home via Birmingham Coach Station where I have just had to spend 40p to piss.

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Adam Horovitz @adamhorovitz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Huge thanks to Tom Sastry, & the open mic, for an excellent night at the Crown & Sceptre poetry and spoken word open mic last night. Tom’s new book, Life Expectancy Begins to Fall is well worth getting, if you missed out last night. Been merrily reading it this morning. @ninearchespress.bsky.social

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I'm bringing Life Expectancy Begins to Fall to the wonderful Fire & Dust in Coventry on 3rd April. The future looks terrible but if you are hopeful about our ability to be decent to each other through the peri-apocalypse and appreciate gallows humour you might enjoy this. Personally, I can't wait.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Liz Truss is still refusing to comment about her first day as an electrical engineer at Heathrow.

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We're delighted to publish Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social today. Part-elegy and part-satire, a subtle meditation on hope full of "wit, originality and formal innovation", of "clarity, complexity, and kindness". Congratulations Tom. ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Out today, Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social - take a sneak preview by going to our blog, where Tom shares a (typically) brilliantly titled poem and great insight⬇️

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

'Navigating the Peri-Apocalypse with Radical Self-Care': starting from the premise that 'writing against type generally throws up something interesting', we're given 5 memes & @tomsastry.bsky.social explains their pattern & intentions - at our #blog now ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-c...

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We have two cracking events coming up later this month. Tickets for @tomsastry.bsky.social on March 20th and Dan Richards on March 31st are available from Headfirst via the links. www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/glo... www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/glo...

A faded background of an illustrated scene of a bookshop interior, with text in front announcing events by Tom Sastry and Dan Richards.

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Join us for a TRIPLE ONLINE LAUNCH featuring James McDermott @tomsastry.bsky.social & Laurie Bolger celebrating their fantastic new #poetry books. We'd love your company: Tuesday 15th April, 7.30pm BST Pay What You Can Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Thrilled to share this insightful review of upcoming Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social Thank you @shashtrevett.bsky.social and PBS Find out more: buff.ly/Hy4ZiMM Line up your copy of Tom's book: buff.ly/7yYecNI

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Lovely perceptive review of Life Expectancy Begins to Fall in the PBS bulletin. Thank you @shashtrevett.bsky.social

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

'Navigating the Peri-Apocalypse with Radical Self-Care': starting from the premise that 'writing against type generally throws up something interesting' we're given 5 memes & @tomsastry.bsky.social explains their pattern & intentions - at our #blog ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-c...

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On writing 'Navigating the Peri-Apocalypse with Radical Self-Care' Tom Sastry's Life expectancy begins to fall is a book of poems about h...

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 27/02/2025

The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I love performing but hate reading to camera. So I asked the brilliant @macromarius.bsky.social to make a poetry film of the title poem of my new collection without including my face. I am incredibly proud of it and it's not even my work.

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Our first titles of 2025 are ready to pre-order. Brilliant new books by returning poets James McDermott & @tomsastry.bsky.social Line up your copies: ninearchespress.com/shop Better still, join our Annual Book Club, never miss out as each book is posted to you: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Nine-...

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I read this and now this is exactly what I think.

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

It's been a couple of years since we had one of those broadsheet articles saying 'poetry is dead except for these exciting new poets who are the opposite of all the other poets you don't know but would still hate' A massive thank you to every journalist who has not written one of those pieces.

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Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Poets!! If you can afford to support Bad Betty you should, they’re doing the good work and UK poetry needs them www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bad-betty

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Keep Bad Betty going

Help indie publisher Bad Betty to keep functioning in the period between being turned down for an ACE grant and finding alternative funding.

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Huge thanks to @macromarius.bsky.social for this wonderful poetry film featuring the title sequence from *ahem* my forthcoming book. I love the way the poems are transformed when paired with sound and images.

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social is now available to pre-order, so line up your copy of this brilliantly witty and original #poetry book: buff.ly/4hE0qYf Discover poems of "clarity, complexity, and kindness" - @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

In the red corner, the apocalypse. And in the blue corner, some soothing words.

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

People who pre-order poetry books are heroes.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

100% free ways to support authors you love: - share their social posts - recommend their books - leave reviews - order their books at your library - request their appearance at events - drop them an encouraging line - exhort the will of ancient gods in dark rituals to ensure their success thanks!

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Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

This is my book of poems about living in the shadow of the omni-apocalypse. It's not a survival guide or a call to arms. It's the catastrophe on your feed against the mundane rhythm of life. It's absurdity, powerlessness and bad coping strategies. Huge thanks to @ninearchespress.bsky.social

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

🥁Excited to reveal the brilliant cover of Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social artwork by Tom Denbigh Out in March 'This may be the most important - and certainly the most entertaining - book about subjects like the end of the world I've yet found' - Jonathan Edwards

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