Troy Cabida

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. Got talented friends, fresh ideas, and coordinated outfits with me for the ride. Hope to see you there!! First up: NEON BITCH at @burleyfisher with @ellorarosesutton and @bentownleycanning on Mon, 27th of April! Tickets in the bio x

My debut poetry collection is officially out today! NEON MANILA has been a journey five years in the making. Throughout that time, I’ve gotten to work with so many people I’ve long admired: from poets, artists, photographers, videographers, and musicians who all helped me create the universe I’ve envisioned for this book from the very start. The result is a body of work that is joyous, hilarious, angry, horny, political, and determined to unearth beauty and power from the queer Filipino lived experience. And even after all of the fun I’ve had so far, I know there’s only more to come. I hope you enjoy reading these poems as much as I enjoyed writing, caring, and living them x PS please feel free to use the code NEON25 for a discount when buying a copy direct from @ninearchespress !

MY DADDY BABY MV Here’s a poem from my debut collection in music video form! When I was choosing which poems to record to music, I just knew the humour and tragedy in this one would fit right in a sparkly techno sound. Shout outs to all the discreet and down low boys out there who just love to make things difficult — this one’s for you! NEON MANILA out with @ninearchespress 30th of October. Pre-order your copy now 🩵 Music: Justin de Guzman @justindg Video: Ray Roberts @rayroberts Featuring: Ken dolls

The brilliant @troycabida in Dirty Laundry. OUT NOW and I’m packing orders today!

recently and what’s to come

Join us for an evening of reading with poets Troy Cabida and Jake Wild Hall. 💕 Troy Cabida is the author of Neon Manila (2025), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. He has two pamphlets, War Dove (2020) and Symmetric of Bone (2024), a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. He is a London-based poet, writer, co-editor for fourteen poems, producer for Poetry and Shaah, and library assistant for the National Poetry Library. Jake Wild Hall is an award-winning poet and one half of Bad Betty Press. He has performed on BBC Radio and at festivals and literary events across the UK. He is a multiple slam champion, and his work has been published in magazines, anthologies, and online journals. He is the author of two pamphlets: Solomon's World, which was longlisted for the Saboteur Award for Best Pamphlet, and Blank.He has worked with partners including Penguin, Apples and Snakes, Writing East Midlands, Derby Poetry Festival, and Pearson. He has also been a guest tutor at Nottingham Trent University, the University of Nottingham, King's College London, the University of Lincoln, and others. Alanis Morissette is his debut collection. Your £5 ticket will act as a deposit against anything purchased on the evening - order through the link in our bio or in person at the shop. Monday 8th June, 6:30PM - The Folkestone Bookshop 💕 Refreshments will be available, and if you have any specific access needs or accommodations please do email us.

A little message from one of our headliners @troycabida 🌼 There’s less than one week to go until Well Versed’s SPRING SESSION on May 7th and we can’t wait to see all your lovely faces there! Troy and @marcelwritespoems @marcelbedeau will be performing and we are oh so excited x There are a very small number of tickets available via the link in our bio so grab one while you can. Also, drop us a DM to be added to our open mic hat - or let us know at the door - we’ll be picking at random on the night 😁 Happy long weekending all xxx

In Speaking Of The Gaze, poets K Angel, Troy Cabida and Safa Khatib present a multisensory reading on the politics of erotic experience, featuring poetry, music, and performance followed by an ambient set courtesy of Endpapers. Books will be available for sale on the night. Ease into your bodies with us at the end of the long weekend. Scribbling, quiet reading, and chill conversation with old or new friends encouraged throughout the space after the performances. -- Troy Cabida is the author of Neon Manila (2025), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. His pamphlets include War Dove (2020) and Symmetric of Bone: poems after Elsa Peretti (2024), a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. He currently works as co-editor for fourteen poems and library assistant for the National Poetry Library. (/) Safa Khatib is a poet and translator. She is the author of A Dress of Locusts (2025). Her work recently appears in Mizna, Wasafiri and the 2026 Forward Book of Poetry. K Angel is founding editor of None Too Soon, an ephemeral press designed on neurodivergent rituals of urgency, necessity, and doing the thing together. Their first collection, Another double text (2026), is forthcoming from kith books. () Endpapers, presented by Will René, is a monthly genre-hopping show on Noods Radio playing (mostly) wordless music to have on while reading or writing. Will also produces Plastic Language, a poetry and music show on NTS Radio.

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RHINO Reviews is live! Featuring works by @ok.natalie.shapero , Allen Ginsberg, @troycabida , @mybluedress , Attar trans. @sholeh_wolpe , @buffalopoet , @kathryn.cowles , @pennyloafa , @fancifulnance , and John Berryman. Find your next great read for National Poetry Month at the link in our bio.

This week in The Book Bag we spend time in the dazzle of @troycabida ‘s Neon Manila (published by @ninearchespress ) Plus news, opps, shouts and the playlist. Link 🔗 https://shorturl.at/NdTmm

Calling all poetry fans! We are so excited to be hosting a special collaborative event between four poets across Bloomsbury and Nine Arches Press on Tuesday 5th May: Karen McCarthy Woolf, Troy Cabida, Safa Khatib and Jennifer Wong. From the aftershocks of colonialism across London and LA, to the vibrant neon landscape of the queer body, to the way language inhabits the ever-changing self, to how time entangles with memory – these four poets capture the plurality of human experience throughout their exciting new work. It is such a pleasure for us to be hosting them here in Edinburgh. Please head over to our website to book your place! #edinburghevents #toppingandcompany #indiebookshop #poetryevents #poetrycommunity