Bad Ideas Club - Wolverhampton

Bad Betty PressBad Betty is an award-winning independent publisher of new poetry, and curator of live literature events taking place across the UK.London-born, Nottingham-based, Bad Betty Press was set up in 2017 by Amy Acre and Jake Wild Hall with the aim of showcasing exciting and risk-taking poetry, supporting poets’ artistic development and celebrating stories less often told.

Bad Betty Press

A bad poem’s just an early draft.

Poets! Share new work, first drafts and 'bad' ideas in a warm, inclusive setting.

Wolverhampton Central Library

Bad Ideas Club is a new poetry workshop and open mic event from Bad Betty Press, Sophie Sparham and Casey Bailey.Workshop: 3pmOpen Mic hosted by Casey Bailey: 7pmCasey Bailey:Casey Bailey is an award winning writer, performer and educator, born and raised in Nechells, Birmingham, UK. Casey was the Birmingham Poet Laureate 2020 - 2022.Casey has had three poetry books published and had his poetry published in a number of anthologies and journals. As a playwright, Casey has brought plays to the stage in Birmingham and London, including GrimeBoy which had a sold out run at the Birmingham Rep. In 2022 Casey won a Royal Television Society award for a film for his poem “Dear Brum”. A number of organisations have commissioned pieces from Casey, including the BBC and the Royal Shakespeare Company and he has performed his work internationally. Casey is a fellow at the University of Worcester, and in 2021 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education by Newman UniversityBad Betty Press:Bad Betty is an award-winning independent publisher of new poetry, and curator of live literature events taking place across the UK. London-born, Nottingham-based, Bad Betty Press was set up in 2017 by Amy Acre and Jake Wild Hall with the aim of showcasing exciting and risk-taking poetry, supporting poets’ artistic development and celebrating stories less often told. Bad Betty won the Michael Marks Publisher’s Award in 2022, and was a regional finalist for the British Book Awards Small Press of the Year in 2023. Our books include a Michael Marks Pamphlet Award winner, a Telegraph Poetry Book of the Month, five Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice selections, Laurel and Polari First Book Prize longlistees, and a BAMB Readers’ Award shortlistee. We’re grateful for the support of Arts Council England.

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