@tomgaisfordwriter.bsky.social
Barrister and writer; author of SANCTUARY https://www.cintopress.co.uk/sanctuary.html
Earlier in the week, the inspiring novelist and pyschotherapist, Dr Chris Cleave, rendered me speechless.
So grateful for this extraordinarily kind and insightful, beautifully articulated summary of everything I dreamt Sanctuary might one day be.
Thank you for a wonderful read!
23.09.2025 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Highly recommend this debut legal thriller by none other than the @barristersecret.bsky.social, recently published by @picadorbooks.bsky.social 👌🏼👏
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Thank you, Linda - hope you enjoy it!
19.09.2025 12:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Not quite sure how Sanctuary by @tomgaisfordwriter.bsky.social reached me but it sounds fascinating and is out in paperback from Cinto at the end of October
Thank you Clare!
www.cintopress.co.uk/sanctuary.html
Next Thursday 25th, I'll be speaking about my book 'Anywhere But Here' @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social.
And... tickets are only a fiver! Get them here, see you there.
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It’s a steal - wish I were in 🇬🇧
18.09.2025 15:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Insider knowledge makes this novel special. Years of experience in asylum and immigration law have been turned into a drama that’s propulsive and intricately plotted, has razor-sharp dialogue and is just waiting to be brought to the screen.
shorturl.at/o0fBX
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Thank you so much for these VERY kind words about the book, @jomcmillan.bsky.social
18.08.2025 19:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Excellent interview and well worth a listen. This is what leadership looks like.
15.08.2025 19:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0‘New on Ratio Podcast: Dr Luke McDonagh speaks with LSE alum, barrister & novelist Tom Gaisford about his career, the move from solicitor to barrister, and how his work in immigration and asylum law inspired his new book, Sanctuary.
Listen now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6Rk8...
A bit more about me and the book…
@cintopress.bsky.social @bathpublishing.bsky.social
Greatly enjoyed collaborating on this 👇🏻
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@chriskeegan.bsky.social
Whoa - gives the Skeggy skies a run for their money…
04.08.2025 10:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Book recommendation 👌🏼👇🏼
#TheAccidentalImmigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social (publisher: ofmooseandmen.bsky.social, 2025).
open.substack.com/pub/tomgaisf...
'Sanctuary was conceived in the arrivals queue at Stansted airport. It was my first time and the whole thing was over in a matter of seconds.'
Little piece I wrote on the highs and lows of writing my debut novel, #Sanctuary.
open.substack.com/pub/tomgaisf...
This is progress, but vast amounts more aid needed to stave off famine and a catastrophic health crisis in Gaza.
Across UN agencies and humanitarian community, we are mobilized to save as many lives as we can.
👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
23.07.2025 13:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
V. grateful for this lovely review of Sanctuary by Barbara Hungin of Justice First in their summer newsletter - justicefirst.org.uk
17.07.2025 13:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book post! Looking forward to these by @jomcmillan.bsky.social and @tomgaisfordwriter.bsky.social.
07.07.2025 15:07 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1That’s very kind - thanks @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social!
(And should anyone be reading this who hasn’t yet read Nicola’s tour de force, #AnywhereButHere, it’s enlightening, moving and beautifully written).
My review of #WeCameBySea by the brilliant @horatioclare.bsky.social
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Two books for #RefugeeWeek: Determination by
#TawseefKhan and Sanctuary by #TomGaisford camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/i-wo... @counterpoints.org.uk #refugeeswelcome @refugeeaction.bsky.social @newjournal.bsky.social
Absolutely- hope you enjoy it Rach!
15.05.2025 07:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0I have a lovely #buyastrangerabook offer from @tomgaisfordwriter.bsky.social.
Tom's offering to buy someone a copy of Exactly What You Mean by Ben Hinshaw.
Check it out and get in touch if it's one that you'd like.
UK only
V. kind @lorelei - and great scheme! I’d like to buy someone your brilliant audiobook, ‘Storyteller: How to be an Audio Book Narrator’
13.05.2025 14:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
