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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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.
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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 🙏
‘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
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 👇
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)’
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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.
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