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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · Apr 2

A hobby of mine is reminding you that a 'A hobby of mine' is published on 30th April, and is available to pre-order from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social now: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Rishi Dastidar - A Hobby of Mine | Broken Sleep Books

In A Hobby of Mine, Rishi Dastidar’s unrelenting catalogue of cultural observations becomes an absurd and profound portrait of modern life. With a playful spirit and incisive wit, Dastidar examines id...

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 53m

Next week; come along, it'd be super to see you.

Dr Stephanie Conn @stephanieconnpoet.bsky.social · 1h

Looking forward to our panel discussion
societyofauthors.org/event/indust...
@societyofauthors.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @lauriebolger.bsky.social

Industry Insider - Starting and sustaining a career in poetry - The Society of Authors

As part of the Poetry and Spoken Word Group’s Autumn focus on ‘Working in Poetry’, this industry panel chaired by Rishi Dastidar with Laurie Bolger, Stephanie Conn and Belinda Zhawi will dive into the...

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Luke Kennard @lukekennard.bsky.social · 1h

You should pre-order this brilliant-sounding book by the legend that is So Mayer. Also Peninsula Press have an online shop that actually functions, so I was able to pay with my FACE in a PUB!

So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 5h

It's real & it's here. I'm real & I'm here. There were times during the writing where I didn't think that those sentences could simultaneously be true. So yes I am grinning like a dork.

Pre-order BAD LANGUAGE from Peninsula Press. It's not secondhand yet... 👇🏻

peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...

So Mayer, a short, grey-haired white person, holds up copies of Bad Language. There's a sign that says Second-hand Books behind them.

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 3h

I hope the wait goes well for you.

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 4h

My latest @stampfans.bsky.social has just gone to subscribers, and I think it's a bit of a peach. Join the throng getting an exclusive poem from me in the post each month. And to tempt you more, use the code 'STAMPFANS' when you sign up to get a month free. www.stampfans.com/creator-deta...

Time Stamps

A StampFans Publication

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Charles Boyle @cbeditions.bsky.social · 4h

CB editions October newsletter, archived on the Sonofabook blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2025/10/cbe-...

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 6h

loads, but am gonna have to ration innit

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 6h

love this; more of the books that have gone into the book malarkey

Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 6h

ICYMI, list here of 60 books linked to Keshed in some way. Fiction, poetry, non-fic.....proper range of stuff for the curious seeker 📚📚📚📚📚

uk.bookshop.org/lists/how-to...

How To Get Keshed and Influence People

A list of titles related to Keshed.

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 1d

📚 @wasafirimag.bsky.social x Tagore’s Salon

Join us for Writing Through Pain: On Labour and Literature
with writers Dur e Aziz Amna & Farah Ali

Oct 15 | 7PM | Brick Lane Bookshop

A conversation on illness, survival, and the work of writing.
🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/tago...

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 9h

Indie publishing is the ecological niche where literature survives. This is especially true of the short story. @saltpublishing.com needs help to stay healthy in tough times. Can you pitch in - or share this skeet?

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

www.gofundme.com

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 20h

There are two ticket types for this, one that includes a copy of the book (signed if ye come see us after, obvs) and a general admission one that doesn't. Someone said earlier the link to the second one wasn't working, I've told them about it but might not be fixed so flagging if anyone's after them

Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 20h

KESHED LAUNCH ALERT.

Tix now on sale for the official launch event on publication day, 12th Feb 2026, at Waterstones in Leeds, Terri motherfucking White in the interviewer's chair, it's gonna be awesome. Early chance to see my "performance" of the intro too 👀📚

www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

An evening with Stu Hennigan for Keshed in Leeds | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An evening with Stu Hennigan for Keshed in Leeds today.

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 23h

Skewing the historical narrative, one wonky search result at a time!

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

once again I am asking why people will not pay me to write funny nonsense as opposed to other nonsense

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

and yes, an idea is *stirring*

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

I worried that one of my fave things I ever wrote might have got lost. Turns out not. Thank you @uncharteredstreets.bsky.social for keeping those domain payments going. smokealondonpeculiar.co.uk/index.php/20...

An audience with the Black Prince | Smoke: a London Peculiar

Local radio reporter Rishi Dastidar interviews Edward, the Black Prince, about his recent return from his military campaigns and the dead.

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

Britian Fusty > Britian Frisky

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly I'm struggling to take it, her seriously, knowing she'll be gone soon enough. Save our (f)irepower for the Jenrick shitstorm that will inevitably come. Far more dangerous, the *analysis* he touts.

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

maybe it was a really bad creative writing workshop? Someone laughed at an early draft of a poem. Bringing something a bit Oulipo to a more trad lyric grouping. It happens! But a bit wild to extrapolate that hurt into "burn the education of humanities down".

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

Who hurt you Kemi? How bad were the barbs at Sussex Uni? Most peeps I know from there are herbivorous lovers, not engineer baiters.

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

no no, thank you!

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted that @pierototo.bsky.social took such time and care to translate some work of mine into Italian for Atelier Poesia. atelierpoesia.it/rishi-dastid...

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 2d

Curious about where science meets poetry?

Science Communication through Poetry is an online course exploring how creative language can make research more human and engaging.

Only a few places left. Register here:
napier.ac.uk/study-with-u...

#SciComm #Poetry #AcademicSky #SciArt 🧪

Science Communication through Poetry

At Edinburgh Napier University, we nurture talent and create knowledge that shapes communities all around the world.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

outsidersartsclub.com

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 2d

This is very good from @stephenkb.bsky.social on.ft.com/433rk6P

Israel seems more important — and less desirable — than ever for British Jews

Amid rising antisemitism at home, our lifeboat abroad seems less attractive

on.ft.com

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgeous Harvest moon tonight.

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 2d

I had a great time reading at Everything at The Walrus in Waterloo this evening. Fab crowd, lovely energy and some drop dead gawge poems from the open mic. Love nights like this that remind you that poetry’s pretty damn fine.