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!

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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 :)

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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.

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Summoning Our Ancestors | Southbank Centre

Reminder about the @arvonfoundation.bsky.social course I’m teaching this May w/ Richard Scott and @troycabida.bsky.social

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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...

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

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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...

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...

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!

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

[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…

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…

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!

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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

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...

I’m also teaching an Arvon course w/ Richard Scott and @troycabida.bsky.social www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

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/...

Poet Interview: Troy Cabida YouTube video by Just Another Poet

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...

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

Special Edition: Red Bean Poetry | Southbank Centre

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...

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!

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.
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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 🎵
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🎧Listen back to BBC Radio London's Poetry Corner with Jumoké Fashola talking to @troycabida.bsky.social about his debut NEON MANILA: chatting craft, mentoring, fashion, fun, queerness, humour, acceptance, truth, identity and more.
(1hr14 in)
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My debut collection, NEON MANILA, is officially out and ready to meet you all! Poems about clothing, jewellery, pop music, and London through the queer Filipino lens.

Feel free to use the code NEON25 for a discount when buying directly from Nine Arches Press.

ninearchespress.com/publications...

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 at the end of October.
ninearchespress.com/publications...

Our next online launch features @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
📹 Recording sent to all 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'
ninearchespress.com/publications...

A wonderful blog post from @troycabida.bsky.social sharing a poem & insight, from upcoming Neon Manila. Discover 'Black Turtleneck Sonnet', a poem of 'beauty, agency & sex', playing with multiple meanings of an iconic garment.
Photos by Pedro Younis.
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