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Kestral Gaian

Goodreads Author

Born

The United Kingdom

Website

https://kestr.al

Genre

Gay and Lesbian, Young Adult, Poetry

Member Since

December 2016

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/gaian

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Kestral Gaian is an author, poet, and playwright whose work refuses to sit neatly inside a box. Their writing inhabits the places where genres overlap and come undone: the personal and the political, the digital and the human, the soft and the furious. Kestral’s work is defined by a deep belief that stories can help us practise being better humans. Or at least weirder, kinder ones.

Kestral's background is wide ranging, from psychotherapy to technology to community activism, and this diversity infuses their art. Audiences and readers often describe being moved not just by what Kestral writes, but by how it feels to inhabit the worlds they create: playful, thoughtful, deeply human.

Whether writing poetry, plays, lyrics, or fiction, Kestral Gaia ...more

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Playing with Poetry, Riding the Lines

Today is National Poetry Day, and this year’s theme is play.

I’ve always thought that poetry is one of the best forms of play we’ve got. It’s a chance to toss words in the air and see where they land. To turn the world into a stage. To take the odd, the everyday, the fleeting, and find the rhythm that makes it sing.

That’s the spirit that shaped Tubelines. For five years I carried notebooks on the U

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Kestral Gaian’s books

Average rating: 4.37 · 41 ratings · 18 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Twenty-Eight: Stories from the Section 28 Generation 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Lives 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tubelines: The Poetry of Motion 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Counterweights 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kestral Gaian liked Alice Chambers's review of Tubelines: The Poetry of Motion: "‘Tubelines is a playful, poignant, and powerful collection of poems that turns everyday journeys into moments of wonder. For lifelong Londoners,curious visitors, or anyone who has ever found themselves between stations, Tubelines is both a journey thr" Read more of this review »
Oct 28, 2025 12:17PM · see review
Kestral Gaian liked Staceywh_17's review of Tubelines: The Poetry of Motion: "I spent an enjoyable afternoon curled up with my copy of Tubelines. It's been a while since I've visited London and god forbid have to use the tube...I hate it! The poems and prose written by Gaian are a timely reminder of everything underground. Whe" Read more of this review »
Oct 28, 2025 12:17PM · see review
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