Bad Betty Press was a gem last night. Great to see Sophie Sparham, Arji manuelpillai, Vanessa Kisuule, JayaHadADream 🇯🇲🇮🇪, Gecko & #bepsummerscales ! Thanks to Jake Wild-Acre Hall & Amy Acre for being 🌟🌟 & to Bridie Squires for hosting!
(Thanks to Conor Perrott for being my plus one)

A real pleasure to provide some words in support of this unique book 👻

Happy publication day Alex Mazey 🕯️ 👻👻👻

Ghost Lives: Cursed Edition is playful & philosophical, lyrical & irreverent, painting an eerily recognisable picture of how it feels to be human. I loved working on this book.

Treat yourself to a haunting: badbettypress.com/product/ghost-…

The Guilty Feminist Amy Acre Oof this is v good

Honoured to welcome the talented @amyacre onto the GF stage this Monday! THIS POEM✨🔥
This is a poem from Amy’s debut collection, “Mothersong” (Bloomsbury, 2023), which has been shortlisted for the prestigious John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize and hailed as 1/2

'We all want to die touching / beautiful bodies...'

sam – from the breathtaking Are You There Bad Betty Press

'if rainbow windmill spins slower than usual
open phone and call alcoholic father'

Joe Carrick-Varty reading from More Sky at last October's Bad Betty Live 📚 😍

I do.

Have you got your tickets!! Super excited to celebrate Women’s History Month, with a special live recording of the podcast with an amazing guest list including @indirakusen @amyacre and more ✨❤️🔥💪

🎟️ shop.kingsplace.co.uk/30324/30325

Now's a great time to remind the #WritingCommunity : if you're a Black woman who wants to chat to an agent 1:1, be mentored by a publishing professional for up to 4 months, and/or attend free events with agencies and authors, you can check us out:
blackgirlwriters.org

Congratulations to the eight poets announced in the shortlist for the #PollardPoetryPrize . The prize is awarded annually by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for an outstanding debut collection of poetry in the English language. 📚 📚📚

tcd.ie/news_events/ar…

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Thank you Bad Betty Press for the physical copy of Alex Mazey 🕯️’s brilliant book.

For readers who enjoy the high-saturation virtual poetics of say, Stephen Sexton’s first book, I think you will enjoy this!

Hooray! 🙌

StAnza is almost here! 🎉

We can't wait to welcome you to Warp and Weft: a tapestry of poetry, whether joining us in St Andrews or tuning in virtually.

Weave unique experiences together at #StAnza24 !

View the full programme and book tickets: bit.ly/42Ipas1

There's still time to book tickets to our opening night celebrations featuring Amy Acre, Lisa Fannen, Kathleen Jamie, Mouna Ouafik, Jason Allen-Paisant, Yomi Ṣode 🇳🇬 & Pádraig Ó Tuama.

Join us in person or livestream to catch all the action wherever you are
🎟️ bit.ly/3Uptydp

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Bad Betty Live Nottingham returns 7th April, at new venue Peggy's Skylight Jazz Club 💫 And it's a scorcher 🔥

Poetry: Vanessa Kisuule Arji manuelpillai Sophie Sparham Bep Summerscales
Music: JayaHadADream 🇯🇲🇮🇪 Gecko
Hosts: Bridie Squires Jake Wild-Acre Hall

TICKETS: peggysskylight.co.uk/events/bad-bet…

What a phenomenal line-up.
We're especially excited to see #StAnza24 guests Amy Acre and Dawn Watson on this shortlist 👏 Huge congratulations, all! 🎉

Congrats bicon Amy Acre! We're all rooting for you!