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Craig Hinds
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Literature, movies, SFF (particularly Star Wars, LOTR, Dune, Conan, Arthurian Legends). Weirdly intense about dessert. Writer of stories long and short. Identical twin to @danielghinds.bsky.social
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Craig Hinds @craighinds.bsky.social · Apr 13
Delighted to announce I have a story in vol 4 of Worldstone Publishing's new Summer of Sci-fi and Fantasy anthology about a motley band of madcap skeletons raised for a final mission ☠️ 💀 You can find out more about the anthology and the other stories via the Kickstarter #Fantasy #WritingCommunity
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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 15d
Here’s a link to the @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social website where you can find @danielghinds.bsky.social’s book and also preorder @roisinnineachtain.com’s forthcoming collection I, Bird. Please explore the site and share the link widely across the #PoetryCommunity 🙏
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A working-class indie publisher putting access to the arts at the forefront of what we do. Authors include J H Prynne, Gillian Clarke, Fiona Benson, Luke Kennard, Andre Bagoo, Andrew McMillan, Pádraig...
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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 15d
My signed copy of New Famous Phrases by Daniel Hinds (Broken Sleep Books) has arrived. I’ve heard Daniel read his poems twice now & relished their vitality, original phrasing & imagery, & erudition. Looking forward to exploring them further @danielghinds.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
The front cover of New Famous Phrases by Daniel Hinds published by Broken Sleep Books. An array of brown shades in slanting lines and oval shapes, suggestions of De Stijl, neoplasticism, but not so regimented, softened with a more mysterious vanishing point, a touch of Kandinsky
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 20d
I was recently interviewed by @newcastleuni.bsky.social about my debut poetry collection New Famous Phrases and how my time studying English Literature at NU helped shape the collection.

Happy National Poetry Day! @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social @nclanews.bsky.social
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National Poetry Day: Meet the Newcastle wordsmith responding to the canon in his debut poetry collection
New Famous Phrases was written by Newcastle University graduate Daniel Hinds (BA Hons English Literature, 2014; MA English Literature, 2015) and explores ancient mythologies, aquatic fables and the ev...
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 20d
Happy National Poetry Day! Like, repost and/or comment to be in for a chance to win a signed copy of my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases. Now slightly less new as I am celebrating its 6 month anniversary! #NationalPoetryDay @poetrydayuk.bsky.social
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Poetry Book Giveaway!

To celebrate my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases being out 6 months I am giving away signed copies (UK only). Like/repost/comment for a chance to win!

Winners announced on National Poetry Day @poetrydayuk.bsky.social #NationalPoetryDay
Box of poetry books
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 21d
Poetry Book Giveaway!

To celebrate my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases being out 6 months I am giving away signed copies (UK only). Like/repost/comment for a chance to win!

Winners announced on National Poetry Day @poetrydayuk.bsky.social #NationalPoetryDay
Box of poetry books
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 27d
Happening tonight! I will be reading poems from my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social collection New Famous Phrases for Lime Square Poets. Come along to listen and read a poem at the open mic if you would like to. I can promise poems about sirens, giants, spacemen, camels, magi, sloths, and statues!
Daniel Hinds & Open Mic | Lime Square Poets
Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Daniel Hinds followed by Open Mic!
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · Sep 14
My upcoming online event with Lime Square Poets where I will be reading from my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases is now listed on the National Poetry Library website here. Come along if you want to listen/read a poem! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...
Lime Square Poets Presents Daniel Hinds, New Famous Phrases, and Open Mic | Southbank Centre
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · Aug 16
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Daniel Hinds - New Famous Phrases | Broken Sleep Books
New Famous Phrases is a poetic tour de force that traverses ancient mythologies, aquatic fables, and the evolving art of poetry itself. Drawing inspiration from canonical poets like John Keats, Ted Hu...
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · Aug 16
If anyone is taking part in the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social, I have a few signed copies left of my debut poetry collection New Famous Phrases. If you would like me to post one to you DM me (£12.99). Or you can order direct from my publisher @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social #sealeychallenge
A box with books in. The book is a poetry collection, New Famous Phrases, by Daniel Hinds.
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · Jul 2
I have an online poetry reading coming up on the 25th September with Lime Square Poets where I'll be reading poems from my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social collection New Famous Phrases. There are open mic slots available, so do come along, as I would love to hear your poems! RSVP link below.
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · Jun 30
'a poet of scale, imagination and verve'

Thanks very much to The High Window and Rona Fitzgerald for this wonderful review of my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases. thehighwindowpress.com/2025/06/23/t...
The High Window Reviews: 23 June 2025
***** Moya Cannon: Bunting’s Honey • Erica McAlpine: Small Pointed Things • Tracey Rhys: Bathing on the Roof  • Christina Thatcher: Breaking a Mare • Rae Howells: The Common Uncommon • Doireann Ní …
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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · Jun 12
By taking a step back from everyday experience and viewing it anew via an esoteric literary filter so as to understand it better, Hinds is reminding us that other poetries are still possible in the contemporary landscape...
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · Jun 14
I have two poems anthologised in this publication, 'Aneirin' & 'Dear Sydney Graham'. Looking forward to reading the full anthology. Many congratulations to @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social for their 5 year anniversary too!
acidbathpublishing.bsky.social Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · May 23
NIGHT TERRORS is nearly here! #PreOrder your copy of the #anthology today at acidbathpublishing.com/product/night-terrors-an-anthology-of-the-drunk-and-debaucherous-pre-order 📚

Every order helps us keep up with print costs & continue #publishing new #books #SayYesToTheSmallPress
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Acid Bath Publishing @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · May 23
NIGHT TERRORS is nearly here! #PreOrder your copy of the #anthology today at acidbathpublishing.com/product/night-terrors-an-anthology-of-the-drunk-and-debaucherous-pre-order 📚

Every order helps us keep up with print costs & continue #publishing new #books #SayYesToTheSmallPress
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · Jun 12
"It takes real guts for a poet to plough their own furrow in a first full collection."
Matthew Stewart on Daniel Hinds' New Famous Phrases #poetry #review #poetryreview #debut
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Refreshing received notions, Daniel HInds' New Famous Phrases
With the publication of his first full collection, New Famous Phrases (Broken Sleep Books, 2025), Daniel Hinds has confirmed that he’s very...
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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · Jun 12
It takes real guts for a poet to plough their own furrow in a first full collection, and Daniel Hinds is to be congratulated on his achievement...
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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · Jun 12
‪Rogue Strands reviews Daniel Hinds' (@danielghinds.bsky.social) first full collection, New Famous Phrases, from Broken Sleep Books (@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social‬)...

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Refreshing received notions, Daniel HInds' New Famous Phrases
With the publication of his first full collection, New Famous Phrases (Broken Sleep Books, 2025), Daniel Hinds has confirmed that he’s very...
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · Jun 12
Thanks very much to @roguestrands.bsky.social for reviewing my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases. I've enjoyed reading the Rogue Strands blog over the years, so great to be featured on it!
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Fiona Larkin @fionalarkin.bsky.social · May 30
Sale at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social - my pamphlet Vital Capacity now £5.25, and so much else to explore. Have just picked up recent work by @danielghinds.bsky.social & @rushikawick.bsky.social & Rhian Elizabeth 📚

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · May 31
A good time to stock up

My personal suggestions would be @rushikawick.bsky.social @danielghinds.bsky.social plus Fiona Benson and Tom Branfoot (neither of whom I can't find on here), but there's no shortage af great books on that list!

25% is a brilliant offer - don't (Broken) sleep!
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · May 30
There is a limited time sale on at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, so a good chance to order my poetry collection New Famous Phrases or some of the other wonderful books published by Broken Sleep Books! www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
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Craig Hinds @craighinds.bsky.social · May 15
Less than 24 hours left to back the kickstarter for the new Summer of Sci-fi and Fantasy anthology including my story about some skeleton mercenaries sent on a mission. Check out the rewards and blurbs for some of the stories via the link 📚 🪐💙🧙‍♂️

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · May 4
Happy Star Wars day! The closest I get to being Luke Skywalker turning off his targeting computer during the Death Star trench run is when I turn off grammar and spell checks on the Word document of a poem I'm writing. #MayThe4th #Maythe4thBeWithYou
a man is driving a pink car with the words stay on target written on the bottom
ALT: a man is driving a pink car with the words stay on target written on the bottom
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · Apr 29
If you have read my tribute poem to Philip Pullman in my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases, you will know how excited I am by the news of the forthcoming publication of The Rose Field, the concluding volume of The Book of Dust.
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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · Apr 17
Looking to support a small press? Why not purchase a copy of my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases, or one of Broken Sleep's other brilliant books!
A request for support from Broken Sleep Books
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