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Rishi Dastidar

@betarish.bsky.social

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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 · 1h

oooof

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1h

Oh man. I think about this performance pretty much every week. RIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBeq...

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 2h

If you tolerate cliche, then chatGPT will be next

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John McCullough @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social · 8h

This week @Waterstones are offering 25% discount on preorders for @BloodaxeBooks titles out in early 2026, including mine. Offer closes 17 October. Just go to waterstones.com, put 9781780377810 into the search box, click PREORDER and add code OCTOBER25 for the discount.

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 8h

the ghost of Mark E Smith has had a glow up

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19h

Lee Pace in The Fall is the result of a decades-long experiment to see what happens if all the hotness for an entire generation is concentrated in the body of a single man

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 9h

there I was worrying I was not unhinged enough

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 9h

The entire series looks fab, and VIP passes are available, as are bursaries too. Have a looksie.

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 9h

I've been a bit slack in telling you that as part of the brilliant @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social #ConsciousWritingMonth I'm chairing a session called Changing the Canon on 13 Nov, thinking about how to create & curate without burning out. More deets here: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/event/consci...

Conscious Writing Month - The Literary Consultancy

Welcome to Conscious Writing Month 2025

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 9h

For those of you interested in Scandinavian literature, this looks a cool site to keep an eye on: lonningspils.ca/reviews/

reviews

94. The Calf, Leif Høghaug. 2019.86. Night Train To Nykøbing, Kristjana Gunnars. 1998 77. The Wax Child, Olga Ravn. 2023

lonningspils.ca

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 21h

Real ones know four to the floor flows

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 21h

Wait till you read my 400+ sonnet reworking of Onegin

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 21h

Ah I hear the chainsaws being started

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 21h

Iambic tetrameter is a better meter than pentameter

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Kyle Cassidy @kylecassidy.bsky.social · 23h

I am unable to log into your website because your CAPTCHA insists that I identify a Vespa as a motorcycle which I refuse to do on moral grounds.

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Róisín Ní Neachtain @roisinnineachtain.com · 4d

Hello to all lovers of poetry, poetic prose. To the romantics and the political.

I have written this book. It is my third book and my first independently published book.

It is unlike any of my other writing. It is not for the traditionally-minded. You might like it if you like the surreal.

Róisín Ní Neachtain @roisinnineachtain.com · 7d

This happened just now.

Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others …

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Róisín Ní Neachtain - I, bird | Broken Sleep Books

Róisín Ní Neachtain's I, bird is a fragmented, lyrical reckoning with grief, trauma, and the porous boundary between body and voice. Structured in poetic prose and verse, the collection moves between ...

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Brian Skene @thedecor85.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone play or know someone that plays bowls in Aberdeen ? I have 4 sets free to a good home.
They look in excellent condition, have photos if more info needed.

Shares appreciated.

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, I’d also have to find one and that could be a quest beyond man.

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

Sure it might lead to a world war or some such, but priorities!

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

This is why i haven’t posted. Obvs.

Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 1d

"Post you from a different era" is middle-aged Bluesky code for "lemme see you when you were hot"

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

Pro tip: if Britain wants another golden age, it needs to persuade William to change his name to Edward when he ascends to the throne. (This thought inspired by reading a biography of Edward the Black Prince.)

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Nora Blascsok @nblascsok.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to have a poem in @perversemag.bsky.social again, especially as it's the titular poem of my new pamphlet (currently feeling its way out into the world). Thanks so much to @chrissywilliams.bsky.social for picking it!

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 1d

The first poem in PERVERSE 9A is 'I ate a door' by Nóra Blascsók (@nblascsok.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9a

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Jack McGovan @jackmcgovan.bsky.social · 1d

Did you or somebody you know take part in the Basic Income for Artists scheme in Ireland? I’m looking to speak to some participants for a piece, anonymous is also fine!

DM or email is in bio, please share 🙏

#journorequest

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

Still time for this to happen today

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if the rapture happens tomorrow, and it’s Thatcher that comes back.

Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

Love to you all. X

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 1d

perfecto! x