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*Bristol-based friends!*

Imogen Cassels' debut collection publishes next week, launching on 15 May @burleyfisher.bsky.social.

On Weds 28 May, Imogen will be heading to Bristol for an event at the wonderful East Bristol Books with Ralf Webb.

Tickets at www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

May 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM

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WeRateDogs

@weratedogs.com

This is Autumn. She was born without one paw. Gets along just fine with three, but still sometimes uses a prosthetic leg when she wants to blend in. 13/10

a small dog wearing a black and orange bandana, collar, and leash sits on a leafy dirt path and looks up at us with large brown eyes. she's white with brown spots on her ears and eyes. she has brown speckles on her left paw, and her right paw is actually a bright orange webbed duck foot. she likes to have fun with her prosthetics.

April 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM

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Marcus Silcock

@postpran.bsky.social

Tonight, if you are around, online launch of my book Dream Dust. Launching with some other poets too. Come join us on Zoom. With or without your camera.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...

Broken Sleep Books March 2025 Launch

With readings from Lakshmi Gill, Daniel Hinds, Daragh Fleming, Marcus Silcock, Esme Allman, and Aled Turner

www.eventbrite.co.uk

April 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM

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Aaron Kent

@godzillakent.bsky.social

Opening Line is the culmination of all the work I've done running Broken Sleep Books. This sums up everything I've wanted to achieve, which is to ensure poetry is available and accessible to all, regardless of the barriers that are too often imposed.

www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social · Jan 29

PREORDER (28.02.2025): Opening Line is a £3.99 poetry anthology built on the principle that access to the arts should not be a privilege. This anthology dismantles economic barriers that too often limit audiences from engaging with contemporary poetry.

www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Book cover for Opening Line, edited by Aaron Kent. The background features a wavy, abstract pattern in orange and beige. The title 'OPENING LINE' is in large, bold black serif letters at the top. Below, in smaller serif font, it reads 'Edited by Aaron Kent.' A thin black horizontal line separates the title from the subtitle, which states, 'An affordable anthology of contemporary poetry' in an italic serif font. At the bottom, the publisher's name, 'Broken Sleep Books,' is displayed in black serif text, followed by another thin black horizontal line. The price, '£3.99,' is in black serif font at the bottom.

January 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM

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Addison Zeller

@addisonzeller.bsky.social

Never done a reading before. Come on by, there's a great lineup and you can watch me panic for 15 minutes!

BRUISER @bruisermag.com · Mar 10

🚨 BRUISER EVENT ALERT🚨

BRUISER PRESENTS: OUTLAW MUDSHOW
THE ONLY AWP OFFSITE THAT MATTERS

SATURDAY MARCH 29 at FKA CHURCH in LOS ANGELES

BANDS, READERS, HIJINKS

7pm | $15 | 18+

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March 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM

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Broken Sleep Books

@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

PREORDER (31.05.2025):

Rhian Elizabeth’s maybe i’ll call gillian anderson is a raw, darkly funny, and deeply affecting collection that navigates the liminal spaces of love, loss, and reinvention.

www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

A book cover with a dark blue background. The title, maybe i’ll call gillian anderson, is displayed at the top in lowercase red serif font, with the author's name, Rhian Elizabeth, in a smaller red serif font beneath it. The central image features a bright red retro telephone handset hanging from a coiled cord, suspended in mid-air. At the bottom, the publisher’s name, Broken Sleep Books, appears in red serif text.

March 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM

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Dan Power

@danpower.bsky.social

Very excited to have a poem in the latest issue of Interpret - out today!!

Check out the full issue at interpretmagazine.com/issue-13 😁

March 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM

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Marcus Silcock

@postpran.bsky.social

📚✨ Join Me for the Online Launch of my book Dream Dust ✨📚

Published by the incredible Broken Sleep Books! 🌟

🗓 Date: Tuesday, 1st April 🕗 Time: 8 PM GMT

Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...

Broken Sleep Books March 2025 Launch

With readings from Lakshmi Gill, Daniel Hinds, Daragh Fleming, Marcus Silcock, Esme Allman, and Aled Turner

www.eventbrite.co.uk

March 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM

Alex glynne

@alexglynne.bsky.social

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Support Pamenar Press | Pamenar Press (Powered by Donorbox)

Pamenar Press is an independent press producing books of poetry and hybrid/critical writing which are cross-cultural, multi-lingual, and working in those provisional and radical areas of interconnecte...

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March 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM

Alex glynne

@alexglynne.bsky.social

I have an extract from a sequence called @pstorals up over at Tragickal!

tragickal.com/pastoral/

EXCERPT from @PSTORALS - tragickal

This is an image of the ocean {audio missing} This is the last song your phone selects before you fall asleep never to be bored again aergia, never to have cottagecore

tragickal.com

March 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM

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Addison Zeller

@addisonzeller.bsky.social

We’re open—send something our way!

The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · Feb 22

Hi folks, excited to announce that we will be open for submissions in fiction starting March 1st! The Dodge is also currently accepting submissions in nonfiction, translation, and visual arts.

More information about all things submissions can be found at the link in our bio.

March 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM

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Broken Sleep Books

@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

We got rejected for Arts Council funding again, but at least they're being honest about the fact they have no money.

If you wanna buy our books, please do: www.brokensleepbooks.com/books