Celebrating the Bank Holiday weekend with a FLASH SALE ⚡of book bargains. All our 2025 titles are now on SALE at just £6.99 each. That's a saving of £5 on every glorious #poetry book from last year. What's missing from your bookshelves? 📚 ninearchespress.com/shop#!/SALE/...

Thank you @jhalakreview.bsky.social and Denise Saul for your 'Redefining the self in #poetry' piece bringing Surge by Jay Bernard into conversation with Neon Manila by @troycabida.bsky.social jhalakreview.substack.com/p/redefining...

Redefining the self in poetry

Denise Saul brings Surge by Jay Bernard in conversation with Neon Manila by Troy Cabida.

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Gentle reminder that I’ll be performing at Reference Point for SPEAKING OF THE GAZE, an evening of poetry on the politics of erotic experience on Monday, 25th of May from 7pm. Tickets are £5 / Pay What You Can below x www.eventbrite.com/e/speaking-o...

An honour to have Neon Manila be reviewed by Denise Saul for the Jhalak Review, alongside Surge by Jay Bernard. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Redefining the self in poetry

Denise Saul brings Surge by Jay Bernard in conversation with Neon Manila by Troy Cabida.

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The wonderful poet Ellora Sutton and I are having a joint poetry reading of our debut collections aptly called NEON BITCH. With our host and 14poems publisher Ben Townley-Canning! Mon 27th of April from 7pm at Burley Fisher Books. Tickets below x www.outsavvy.com/event/35055/...

A very kind review of my book, Neon Manila, by fellow poet Robert Eric Shoemaker for Rhino Poetry. rhinopoetry.org/reviews/troy...

REVIEWS — RHINO — Neon Manila by Troy Cabida - Reviewed by Robert Eric Shoemaker

He dreams of becoming like the skyscraper-assured advertisement woman resting easy behind caramel shades (6). Like a good boy. He “is proper and photogenic,” “thankful to be alive” (9). He “offers a h...

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The latest issue of RHINO Reviews is live! Featuring: 🦏 Emily Pérez reviewing Natalie Shapero 🦏 @robeshoe.bsky.social reviewing @troycabida.bsky.social 🦏 @alauchter.bsky.social reviewing @kathryncowles.bsky.social 🦏 loads more! Find your next National Poetry Month read here: bit.ly/4sko9SJ

The next leg of The Neon Manila Tour - coming to a city near you! Excited to be reading my neon poems (and new poems 👼) again very soon. First up: NEON BITCH at Burley Fisher Books with Ellora Sutton and Ben Townley-Canning on Monday, 27th of April! linktr.ee/troycabida?u...

Reading poems from Neon Manila on Tuesday, 5th of May at Topping & Company Edinburgh with Jennifer Wong, Safa Khatib, and Karen McCarthy Woolf, who will also be reading from their respective collections. Tickets below :) www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

Here's a very serious-looking photo of me to let you know that I'll be reading poems for the lovely people at Well Versed on Thursday, 7th of May! Come through. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/well-verse...

Reminder about the @arvonfoundation.bsky.social course I’m teaching this May w/ Richard Scott and @troycabida.bsky.social www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...

Summoning Our Ancestors | Southbank Centre

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ICYMI residential course in May w/ Richard Scott @troycabida.bsky.social @arvonfoundation.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...

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Excited to be the guest reader for an Arvon poetry course that will be run by Clare Pollard and Richard Scott this coming May on Summoning our Ancestors. Sign up below! 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...

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Queer poetry in London tomorrow from poets including @troycabida.bsky.social and @mermanpoet.bsky.social.

Sharing poems for EROTOMANIA, an evening of live readings with a group of poets working across eros, fantasy, attachment, and queer subjectivity. Come through Saturday, 21st of Feb from 6:30pm at Present Tense, London. Curated by Bianca Pina. Tickets below! presenttense.co.uk/programme/po...

So lovely to read poems for Wolverhampton Lit Fest yesterday with @csmithpoet.bsky.social and @ninearchespress.bsky.social!!

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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

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...

[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…

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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...

[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…

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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

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...

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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/...

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...

Poet Interview: Troy Cabida

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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

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

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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

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!

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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

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...

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...

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

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...