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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · 8d

It’s National Poetry Day so do yourself a favour and read some poems, suckers. My latest is over here in the great @streetcakemag.bsky.social www.streetcakemagazine.com/uploads/2/4/...

www.streetcakemagazine.com

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · 8d

I have a new poem in Streetcake, one of the very best places to read poetry of the experimental variety. Head over and have a read.

streetcake magazine @streetcakemag.bsky.social · 9d

NEW ISSUE 🥳

Please head over to our website to read some amazing work by a range of talented writers!

www.streetcakemagazine.com

#LitMags #WritingCommunity

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · 11d

Werner Herzog is doing unboxing videos on Insta now.

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Matt Sage @mjsage.bsky.social · 16d

KLOF really got to the heart of it on this one. Thanks for listening! Album is out Friday!

KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 17d

M. Sage’s Tender / Wading is a quietly sublime album...Unafraid to reach into the past, and unafraid of its own big heart, it is textural, varied, consistently interesting and frequently moving. klofmag.com/2025/09/m-sa...

M. Sage – Tender / Wading (Album Review)

M. Sage’s Tender / Wading is a quietly sublime album. Unafraid to reach into the past, and unafraid of its own big heart, it is textural, varied, consistently interesting and frequently moving.

klofmag.com

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Sep 4

I had the absolute best day at @supersonicfest.bsky.social on Sunday. So many really great acts crammed into 12 hours. Wrote about it for @klofmag.com if anyone wants to know why I think it’s the best festival in the UK. klofmag.com/2025/09/live...

Live Review: Supersonic delivers the best festival of 2025

Sunday has traditionally been the folkier day of Supersonic festival (though as we would soon learn, the heaviness and the experimentation are still, thankfully, dialled up to the max), we decided to ...

klofmag.com

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Aug 27

That Riley Greene slam though

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Aug 8

And you can buy my book here if you want to find out what all the fuss is about out. www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page...

Peach Epoch - Tom Blake | Red Ceilings Press

Chapbook RCP116A6 44 Pages40 Copies£9

www.theredceilingspress.co.uk

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Aug 8

Always good to be compared favourably to T.S. Eliot, especially when it’s the ever-insightful Billy Mills at Elliptical Movements doin’ the comparin’
ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/s...

Six for the Pocket: A Small Pamphlets Review

My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat, Ian Seed, illustrations by Lupo Sol, Sacred Parasite, 2025, ISBN: 978-3-910822-13-9, €20.00 The Dark, Howie Good, illustrations by Marcel Herms, Sacred Parasite…

ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Jul 28

Silver Jews, Pigs x7 and Twin Peaks mentioned in Only Connect tonight!

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Jul 25

I know you all want to learn about the history of cinema in Swindon, so here’s a little thing I wrote. www.museumartswindon.com/collections/...

July 2025: Tabard and Cap from the Savoy cinema

This July, take an in-depth look at a tabard and cap from the historic Savoy Cinema, currently on display in our exhibition ‘Out on the Town’.

www.museumartswindon.com

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Jun 27

Cool to have 3 (three) of my poems in the latest edition of Confluence magazine. Subjects include the Cottingley Fairies, crowdfunded funerals and a Han Kang book launch. If you would like a read but don’t have the funds to buy the mag: drop me a message www.confluencemagazine.co.uk/confluence-i...

Confluence Issue 17 | Confluence

Confluence issue 17, June 2025. Available to order, the magazine will be sent out from 20/6/25.

www.confluencemagazine.co.uk

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Jun 25

Kicking off with his best song!

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bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · Jun 20

part 1 of today at IHTOV: a great q&a with author, poet, and music journalist tom blake: ihavethatonvinyl.com/q-and-a/q-a-...

Q&A Remix: Tom Blake

Q&A Remix is a frequent column on IHTOV in which people from all walks of life answer a set of questions about their vinyl collection. Today we welcome author, poet, and music journalist Tom Blake

ihavethatonvinyl.com

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Jun 20

I’m loving that album so much at the moment

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Jun 20

It was really fun to be interviewed by @ihavethatonvinyl.com.web.brid.gy about my record collection, and fun to talk about music without my journalistic/critical hat on for once. ihavethatonvinyl.com/q-and-a/q-a-...

Q&A Remix: Tom Blake

Q&A Remix is a frequent column on IHTOV in which people from all walks of life answer a set of questions about their vinyl collection. Today we welcome author, poet, and music journalist Tom Blake

ihavethatonvinyl.com

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · May 25

Here’s an incredible review of my latest chapbook, written by @travisshosa.bsky.social for Eulogy Press. eulogy.press#fruit-and-an...

Eulogy Press

A literary magazine that rejects what's safe to create something meaningful.

eulogy.press

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · May 15

A bifter is a cigarette. A cheeky bifter is a jazz cigarette. This was true in Liverpool when I lived there. It also seems to be largely true in Swindon, where I live now. 🤷‍♀️ 🤷‍♀️

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · May 5

Important work.

The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social · May 5

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · May 4

Well you’ve certainly got me interested. This excerpt reminds me of Francis Ponge.

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · May 1

Hey! My new chapbook is out in the world! Anyone out there want a copy for review purposes? Hit me up. If you want to buy a copy, head to the Red Ceilings website or drop me a message. www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page...

Peach Epoch - Tom Blake | Red Ceilings Press

Chapbook RCP116A6 44 Pages40 Copies£9

www.theredceilingspress.co.uk

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Apr 25

Really happy to have my second chapbook out on Red Ceilings Press. It’s available to order now. If anyone wants a copy (pdf or book) to review, let me know and I’ll send one your way. www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page...

Peach Epoch - Tom Blake | Red Ceilings Press

Chapbook RCP116A6 44 Pages40 Copies£9

www.theredceilingspress.co.uk

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Apr 17

Thought this was a Car Seat Headrest lyrics bot for a moment there.

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And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social · Apr 16

Issue Six of And Other Poems is out now on our website.

Read it here: andotherpoems.com/issue-six/

(Cover photo by kat_katerina on Unsplash)

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Apr 16

One of the very best online poetry mags, @andotherpoems.bsky.social, launches its new issue today. And I’m in it (along with loads of really great poets)! Take a look. andotherpoems.com/issue-six/

Issue Six

Tom Blake – What Had Ye For Supper Lord Donal’ My Son Helen Bowell – A little game that could result in death Julian Dobson – A Lake District pilgrimage in the steps of Alfr…

andotherpoems.com

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · Apr 11

Look at this! Me, in the same pages as some real big proper poet people! Philip Gross for goodness sake!

And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social · Apr 11

Issue Six of And Other Poems, out on Wednesday 16th.

We can't wait for you to read these poems.

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