bio

At the museum
image by Sara Regan
Tam Eastley (she/her) is a Canadian writer and web developer based in Berlin, Germany.

She likes writing about reality TV, nostalgia, and near-dystopias. She is currently working on a novel about airports.

When she's not writing, you can find her cross stitching, reading on the balcony, or going for bike rides around Berlin.

honours

2025-08 - An Extinction Level Event (novel) - first 350 words shortlisted for issue 11 of first page literature magazine

2024-12 - Bit by Bit - longlisted for the Blank Spaces Sticks & Stones Anthology Contest

2021-05 - Tap-Tap - longlisted for the Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fractured Fairy Tale Prize

2021-04 - Jeremy, Philip and Bear - Visual Verse Featured Writer

writing

2025-01 - Positive Thoughts - Grain Magazine (Vol. 52.2, Winter 2025)

2024-10 - We Love Kimberly - X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine

2024-09 - Tam Eastley's Writing Space - The New Quarterly (online exclusive)

2024-07 - Just College Shit - The New Quarterly (issue 171)

2024-02 - Call of the Void - Berlin Flash Fiction (available at various English-language bookstores around Berlin)

2022-08 - Cut Your Losses and Leave - Visual Verse

2021-11 - My Friend Has A Name - Idle Ink

2021-10 - Tap-Tap - The Wild Word

2021-10 - Every Day I Panic - Impostor (issue 1:4)

2021-09 - The Last Bookstore - Fusion Fragment

2021-06 - The Stairwell - CP Quarterly

2021-04 - Three Seasons - Drunk Monkeys

2021-03 - To Whom It May Concern - Visual Verse

2021-01 - My Bone Flute - ongoing

2020-09 - Loud Whispers - Visual Verse

2020-04 - Is This How You Hug? - The Wild Word

2020-03 - Unnamed Reality TV Show - Visual Verse

2020-02 - The Wink - Visual Verse

2019-12 - The Opposition - Visual Verse

residencies & workshops

2024-04 - Foundation OBRAS Art Residency - Portugal

2023-07 - The Stinging Fly summer school with Mia Gallagher - Ireland

contact

tam [dot] author [at] gmail [dot] com