Cat Chong

Anyone that’s heard me read in the last 4 years will have heard sections of this work, it’s been released in pieces, slowly, by gradation, but finally, Dear Lettera 32 has a home with @permeablebarrier and the incredible @jdhowse . Most of you will know what this work means to me; a way to parse out interpersonal and structural violence while maintaining hope and soul-felt softness. It’s being launched on the 16th of February at @housmans_books , come join me, there are still pieces of this work that have never heard the world! 💚 There’s a link to tickets in my bio! 🌱

A POETIC NEWS! The preorder page for my debut collection has gone live! It’s surreal to see this truly emerging into the world, thank you to every single person who has been a part of this process, to all of you, you have my heartfelt thanks. ❤️ Link in bio! 🌱 In 712 Stanza Homes for the Sun Cat Chong gives voice to populations at the intersections of gender, literary genre, disability, race, and chronic illness. The hypnotic collection is complimented by a compelling array of internet screenshots: instagram, twitter, wikipedia etc to question how poetic language might replace dehumanising medical terminology and disrupt realities of state violence. This work engages with entangled and overlapping environmental, gendered, colonial, and medical systems and practices to inquire after radical models of love, solidarity, and care.

INTRODUCING OUR READERS ✨✨✨✨✨ for the launch of Iphgenia Baal’s Black Skulls, a week today (Thursday 30th April) at the @peckhampelican in London! free, link to tickets in bio ♥️ iphgenia baal is a writer. she was born in london but now lives in scotland with her new family. she is the author of several books, the first being the hardy tree and the mot recent being man hating psycho. she is a enthusiastic producer of print ephemera and collaborative work. she is currently working on a series of books for children, with artist fanny wickstrom. Cat Chong is a poet, publisher, and essayist who completed their PhD in medical humanities at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as a Nanyang President’s Graduate Scholar in 2024. Their most recent publications include 712 stanza homes for the sun (Broken Sleep Books, 2023), Dear Lettera 32 (Permeable Barrier, 2024), and When Health Becomes Available (Earthbound Press, 2026). They are the co-editor of Osmosis Press and an editorial assistant at Pamenar Press. Dora Maludi is a writer and artist from London . She began the micro press ‘tallfingerpress’ in 2024, releasing her first pamphlet ‘The Island’ as well as ‘My Knife is Pink and Other Stories’ in 2025 and ‘bird because it’s true’ in 2026. [continued in comments…]

(ANNOUNCEMENT) London Launch of Black Skulls by Iphgenia Baal! °º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º Yes, this giant SPAMphlet is coming to London as Season 1 of Glitches, our new hybrid series of publications. We’re back at our usual London haunt @peckhampelican on Thursday 30th April from 7-9pm. FREE (ticket link in bio) ✨ A giant book that can be torn apart as posters, reassembled, reinvented and remixed. Written straight into inDesign, in this mash up text-visual playground, IB approaches all the BS, reaching out towards the ABCs that might have been. Start ripping! Iphgenia will be joined by support readings from Dora Maludi (@doramaludi ), and Cat Chong (@marbledmayhem ) and with a SPAM first (!), both editors will also be reading, Maya Uppal (@mayalikethemonth ) and Kirsty Dunlop (@kirsty.jean_ ) 💋 Access: wheelchair-accessible entrance, with no stepped access. wheelchair-accessible toilet, gender neutral No wheelchair-accessible car park

SHAPING THE WAVE: DEAF, DISABLED & NEURODIVERGENT POETICS Presented in association with @bloodaxebooks READING/PERFORMANCE ST. GEORGE’S BRISTOL GLASS STUDIO 17:30 - 18:30 £5 / £3 / Free Featuring in-person performances from Cat Chong & @full_nommunism , with pre-recorded video performances from Kwame Dawes, @godzillakent & Khando Langri. A celebration of the new ground-breaking Bloodaxe Books anthology, Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets. Join our special guests as they share their work and discuss this timely anthology with editor @rachael_boast_ching_mccormick . Versus Versus is supported by the Royal Society of Literature through their 2022 Literature Matters Award. BSL Interpreted by Ali Gordon

Shaping the Wave: Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poetics at the Lyra Poetry Festival! ✨Date✨: Saturday 18th April 2026 🏤Venue🏤: St. George’s Bristol (Glass Studio) ⏰Time⏰: 17:30 - 18:30 Tickets: £5 / £3 / FREE ✅ BSL Interpreted ✅ Live Streamed (book a ‘Live Stream Ticket’ at checkout) ✅ All Lyra Fest venues are wheelchair accessible. Access Information Pack available at . Presented in association with Bloodaxe Books Featuring in-person performances from Gwyneth Lewis, Nat Raha, myself and with another three poets performing via pre-recorded video. This event marks a celebration of the new ground-breaking Bloodaxe Books anthology, Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets. Join our special guests as they share their work and discuss this timely anthology with editor Rachael Boast. Versus Versus is supported by the Royal Society of Literature through their 2022 Literature Matters Award. Tickets available via the linktree in my bio!

As part of “Disabled Legacies: Beyond Access and Inclusion” series run by the Paul Mellon Centre @paulmelloncentr , I will be in conversation with Naomi Ortiz for a panel titled: ‘The opposite of fear is a poem’! How does the process of creation help us connect with what scares us and what brings us hope? In this reading and conversation, Naomi and Cat discuss the relationship between their work and climate change, colonialism, the militarisation of the state, crip interdependence, and relationality. Situated between the US and Mexico in the borderlands, Singapore, and London, we will discuss how we approach our work as a creative praxis and how our capacities as disabled people shifts our lens towards thinking about interdependence and mutual aid. This conversation will be informed by readings from Rituals for Climate Change: a Crip Struggle for Ecojustice and 712 stanza homes for the sun. There are free in person and online tickets available via my linktree!

Now out with @earthbound.press Earthbound Poetry Series (Vol. 7, No. 2) — ‘When Health Becomes Available’! 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 First commissioned for ‘The Myth of Normal’ exhibition at the Salzburger Kunstverein, this work was written in October of 2023 to reflect on the intersection of disability justice, healthcare, and wider structures of carceral violence to ask how health might be possible under conditions of late stage capitalism. Cover art by the divine Robyn McKenzie @robyn__mckenzie 🔥♿️🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️☀️🌇🏥🚨🚑🌓⛑️🪢🌏🆘✨🩸❤️‍🔥🛏️💊🩻🔮 Riso printed in an edition of 52 numbered copies. Purchasable for £3.50, which includes UK P&P! Cheap international shipping also available. _____________________________

✨2025✨ in no particular order ft. the whole cabbage t-shirt, my dad’s old family photos, poetry, and a decent percentage of sword dancing I love all of you who have been there along the way, it’s been bright, furious, enraging, painful, and so very tiring. I promise we’re nowhere near over; solidarity forever. xx

Don’t forget to tune in to the Global Reading for Freedom of Expression and In Solidarity with Palestine beginning at 3pm Palestine time / 1pm GMT today!

What an incredible evening celebrating the launch of Grief is the Thing in Pleather by @pruebusseychamberlain at the iconic @housmans_books 🖤 Additional thanks to our wonderful readers - Francis de Lima, Maddy Pope, Caiti Luckhurst, and David Spittle, alongside everybody who joined us in the audience!

PREORDER ALERT 🚨🚨🚨 IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE BACK! This month, Tamsyn Challenger’s ‘Him Hymn’ and Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain’s ‘Grief is the Thing in Pleather’ will be released on 25th and 26th respectively 🖤 It has been an absolute joy to work on both of these books - and we are so excited for you to hold them in your hands. Head over to the Osmosis website (link in bio) to read excerpts from each publication and preorder your own copy! Preorders will be posted on the morning of Saturday 22nd November 🖤🖤🖤 Love, Briony and Cat