Jake Wild-Acre Hall

💚Co-founder of @badbettypress, poet and dad! contact: [email protected] He/Him. Creator of @ooippfest [email protected]

[Jake Wild-Acre Hall @JakeWildHall]

COVER REVEAL

Alanis Morissette January 31st
@brokensleep

With thanks to @GodzillaKent for the excellent design.

Pre orders will be open soon.

[Jake Wild-Acre Hall @JakeWildHall]

@GoodwinMJ @Waterstones Matt this is a hardback table your stupid fucking racist ai written paberback would never go on you silly twat

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@IMcMillan @brokensleep Thank you for this Ian! I’ve only just seen it because I am so rarely on twitter but glad you enjoyed!

[Caroline Bird @CarolineBirdUK]

Tomorrow!

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So chuffed to hear Maxine Peake is nominated for ‘Best Performer’ by @WhatsOnStage awards - for the title role in my play “The Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse.” It really was a phenomenal performance. @NottmPlayhouse

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[Jake Wild-Acre Hall @JakeWildHall]

So good to see this in your hands!

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The postman just brought me this… 🎉 @brokensleep

[Broken Sleep Books @brokensleep]

We didn’t get Books Council Wales funding for 5 years of stability. It now means a rockier road ahead, but our commitment to ambitious, inclusive, working-class publishing stays firm. If you want to help: buy a book, spread the word, or donate:

https://t.co/hDEODBYbkn

[Broken Sleep Books @brokensleep]

Alanis Morissette by Jake Wild Hall is a sprawling, tender, and formally inventive collection that weaves fatherhood, friendship, grief, and masculinity into a shifting, polyphonic tapestry.

https://t.co/5NWNt7e2qg

[Out-Spoken Press @Outspoken_Press]

Big news. Big. Huge. 🌝

Delighted that Stay Dead by Natalie Shapero is shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize 2025

🙏 to the judging panel & congratulations to all shortlisted poets. We hope this recognition can bring her work to more UK readers 🙏

[Caroline Bird @CarolineBirdUK]

The trailer for my new play… on at @NottmPlayhouse until the 27th…

[Caroline Bird @CarolineBirdUK]

‘The Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse’ starts tomorrow at ⁦@NottmPlayhouse. For a sense of the play, here’s my interview with Mark Lawson

(I can hear Mary Whitehouse in my head, saying “of course it’s in the Guardian, that awful newspaper”) https://t.co/rezNTZENkZ

[Agata Masłowska @AgataMaslowska]

Happy to share: my poetry collection will be published on 25 September by @badbettypress. Deep gratitude to my editor @amyacrepoet for her care & time in editing the book. Thanks to Anthony V. Capildeo, Sophie Collins, & @JessicaTraynor6 for their endorsements. Pre-orders 👇

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Artist Spotlight

CARA THOMPSON

Cara Thompson is a writer, performer and artivist based in Nottingham. In 2021, Cara won UNESCO Cities of Literature’s international slam poetry competition Slamovision with her poem ‘Island Screams (Where Are You From)’

https://t.co/7P8jF5G2QD

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NEW MERCH: Natural cotton tote bag featuring a minimalist line illustration of a duck, framed by bold, curved text that says “Read More Poetry.” This tote bag was designed and printed by Emma Kennedy.

https://t.co/t8QRj5mnub

[Jake Wild-Acre Hall @JakeWildHall]

The name our Poet Laureate gives when he’s trying to be discreet.

[Bad Betty Press @badbettypress]

Sunday 4th May, 6pm
@peggysskylight

✨@LukeKennard
✨Cara Thompson
✨@berkavitch
✨@amyacrepoet
✨Robbert van Dongen
✨Bridie Squires

https://t.co/7P8jF5G2QD

[Out-Spoken Press @Outspoken_Press]

Now nobody even pretends to be shocked.

[Little Betty @littlebettybbp]

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