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HUGE NEWS! We are overwhelmingly excited to let you know we have received Arts Council funding of £60,000. This will allow us to release books, run events, do community outreach, start a pamphlet imprint, recruit a board and much much more. Thank you so much @ace_national

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Gboyega’s family have released their statement below. They have started a Go Fund Me to support his final arrangements and to start The Gboyega Odubanjo Foundation. Please share and support. Gboyega is, and will continue to be, the best of us.

Gboyega Odubanjo – beloved son, brother, friend, organized by Rose Odubanjo

Loved by many and widely recognised as a voice of his generation, 27-yea… Rose Odubanjo needs your support for Gboyega Odubanjo – beloved son, brother, friend

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Bad Betty Press

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3 years

Some monumental news: @ace_national have offered us a £30k grant for our 2022 artistic programme 🎉🎉🎉 We'll be using it to publish 12 books of poetry & run our biggest ever national tour. THANK YOU ACE & all the incredible poets & partners working with us to make art happen.

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We’re honoured to announce our authors of 2022. They’re some of the most vital and original writers out there, challenging hearts and breaking new ground. Welcome the next season of Bad Betties 🥳🎉🔥

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1 year

Anyone who has seen Gboyega Odubanjo since 26th Aug please get in touch with Northamptonshire Police on 101, quoting ref MPD1/2619/23. He’s been missing since Shambala. More details below

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We’re absolutely delighted to say we’ve been awarded @ace_national funding for our 2021 publishing programme! So grateful and excited to share everything we have planned. Keep your eyes peeled.

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Bad Betty Press

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SUBMISSIONS CALL: Hello poets! We're looking for poems for our new anthology, The Book of Bad Betties. Edited by two of the baddest betties we know: @citytwarbler & @Vanessa_Kisuule . Supported by @ace_national Deadline: 30th April. Details 👇👇👇

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We've hit 3000 followers and we want to celebrate. So how about a giveaway? So give this a like and a retweet and we will enter you in a draw to win one of these excellent books. UK only.

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Hey @Arsenal please RT to help us find our beloved friend, colleague, award-winning poet and lifelong gooner. Gboyega Odubanjo went missing from @ShambalaFest in the early hours of 26/08. Anyone who’s seen him should contact @NorthantsPolice

Gboyega Odubanjo: Hunt for poet who went missing at festival

Police are appealing for help to find a poet who was last seen at a festival at the weekend. Gboyega Odubanjo, 27, had been attending the Shambala Festival i

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ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS OPEN! We're looking for poems on the theme of SURVIVAL. Get them to us by Sunday 10th May for the chance to be in the book (& get paid for your work), out Autumn 2020. Go go go! ✏✏✏

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We are OPEN for submissions of full-length poetry collections, from 1st to 31st July. Selected authors will work with Bad Betty's founding editor @amyacrepoet , for publication in 2025. Full details: 👇👇👇

Submissions - Bad Betty Press

We open for poetry submissions annually in June and July. This year’s windows are: 1st – 30th June 2024: Little Betty (pamphlets) Edited by Anja Konig and Vanessa Kisuule. Selected pamphlets will be...

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4 years

We are OPEN for submissions from Black, Brown and Asian writers. We're looking for poetry collections and pamphlets for our 2022 publishing programme. Free to submit. Details:

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Bad Betty Press

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2 years

We have WON the Michael Marks award! Thank you everyone. It’s an absolute delight and privilege. Very happy, a bit shocked and slightly teary!

The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets

@MarksAwards

2 years

Congratulations to @badbettypress , winners of the 2022 Michael Marks Publishers’ Award! #MichaelMarksAwards

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💫 Overjoyed to introduce LITTLE BETTY, our new pamphlet imprint edited by @citytwarbler & @OdubanjoGboyega . Follow @littlebettybbp for details of their first submissions call, this June! Grateful for the support of @ace_national & @MarksAwards 💫

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Bad Betty Press

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5 years

What up, poets? Just to let you know, we'll be OPENING SUBMISSIONS on Monday 28th October. If you're sitting on an earth-shattering poetry manuscript, we'd love to read it. Details of how to submit coming soon to

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Bad Betty Press

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4 years

Presenting the Bad Betties of 2021! @Amara_Amaryah @Tom11819210 @NoThankYouJohn @tanagambura @MattHaighPoetry Kate B Hall @JoshuaJudson @ImeldaSays @Manuela_Moser @niroshinisoma Writers of fierce, effervescent insight, courage & beauty. We can't wait to bring you their books.

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Bad Betty Press

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1 year

📣 BREAKING NEWS 📣 We’re excited to reveal our new list of poetry authors, whose full-length books we’re publishing in 2023 / 24. From debut collections & cross-genre to lyrical complete works, these are boundary-breaking books from writers we’ve long admired…

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Bad Betty Press

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5 years

In the midst of this terrifying day, some amazing news: we’ve been awarded an @ace_national grant to support our 2020 publishing programme. We’ll be putting it to good use, with a cracking list of books & programme of events. Here’s what to expect… (1/4)

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Bad Betty Press

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2 years

📢 PSA: On 1st July we will OPEN for poetry submissions. We'll be looking for full-length collections only. You've got one month to get your manuscripts ready. GO.

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5 years

Are you a writer of colour with an earth-shattering poetry manuscript? If so, we'd love to hear from you. Send 10 pages from your collection or pamphlet to submissions.badbettypress @gmail .com by 31st Jan. (also open to white writers.)

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Bad Betty Press

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1/14 🔥 Hello poetry lovers! 2022 is just around the corner & we’ve got BIG PLANS: 🔥 We’re publishing 12 books in 12 months, by 12 exceptional writers. 🔥 Here’s a look at our year ahead. Subscribe now to receive each title hot off the press:

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Bad Betty Press

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SUBMISSIONS We are 10 days into submissions and the response has been magnificent. You still have until the end of the month to send poems our way all guidelines here:

Submissions - Bad Betty Press

We open for poetry submissions annually in June and July. This year’s windows are: 1st – 30th June 2024: Little Betty (pamphlets) Edited by Anja Konig and Vanessa Kisuule. Selected pamphlets will be...

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Bad Betty Press

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SUBMISSIONS WINDOW CLOSES IN 7 DAYS We welcome work from everyone but we are especially hoping to hear from POC, LGBTQIA+, Women and disabled writers. We love writing that is beautiful (‘a Betty’ in 90s slang) and badass.

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Bad Betty Press

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2 years

Good morning, poets! For the month of July, we are OPEN for submissions of full-length poetry collections, for publication in 2023/24. Send us your brightest, baddest work. All details and guidelines at

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Bad Betty Press

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4 years

84 HOURS TO GO! Submit poems get paid. Please read all the guidelines. We are not ‘Dear Sirs’ our head editor is a woman cheers.

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Bad Betty Press

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3 years

Our next anthology #TheBookofBadBetties is out in September 🎉🎉🎉 Huge thanks to brilliant editors @Vanessa_Kisuule & @citytwarbler , @ace_national for supporting this book, @_helennicholson who's working on the cover as we speak, and all the incredible featured poets...

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Bad Betty Press

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1 year

SUBMISSIONS We will be closed for submissions in six days. Selected authors will work with Bad Betty's founding editor @amyacrepoet , for publication in 2025. Full details: 👇👇👇

Submissions - Bad Betty Press

We open for poetry submissions annually in June and July. This year’s windows are: 1st – 30th June 2024: Little Betty (pamphlets) Edited by Anja Konig and Vanessa Kisuule. Selected pamphlets will be...

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2 years

The poetry submissions have been rolling in and we can't wait to read them! Please read our submissions page in full to avoid spending your time on ineligible submissions. We're not accepting pamphlets / chapbooks at the moment. Submissions addressed 'Dear sirs' won't be read.

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Bad Betty Press

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1 year

Heads up for poets seeking publication! ⭐️ You have 1 WEEK LEFT to submit your pamphlets to @littlebettybbp (deadline: 30th June)! ⭐️ We're opening for submissions of full-length poetry collections, 1st - 31st July! Details:

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5 years

We are OPEN for submissions of poetry pamphlet & collection manuscripts, for publication in 2021. Full details of how to submit at

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Bad Betty Press

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2 years

Ey up, pals. Big news: Bad Betty is moving to the glorious city of Nottingham. SO excited for this new adventure, & to be part of midlands poetry life (while still working across the UK). London, you'll always be in our DNA. Come see us off tonight: 🎉🎉

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Bad Betty Press

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📣 Introducing BAD BETTY LIVE NOTTINGHAM: a new, regular poetry & music event showcasing worldclass artists alongside fresh talent. We're teaming up with @NottmCityOfLit to offer poetry masterclasses before each event. Launching 21st Sept @RoughTrade 💫

Bad Betty Live Tickets | From Free | 21 Sept 2023 @ Rough Trade Nottingham, Nottingham | DICE

Bad Betty Live is launching in Nottingham, showcasing the very best in live poetry and music. The evening event will follow a poetry masterclass from Andrew ...

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4 years

A reminder that we are open for submissions for pamphlets and full collections by Black, Brown and Asian writers only until the 31st of January. Full details here:

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Bad Betty Press

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3 years

💫 Our last book of the year's a banger: Last night, the mountain is the debut pamphlet by @ForwardPrizes -commended poet & @The_Lifeboat editor @Manuela_Moser 💫 Part dream, part discourse; this book's a breathless game of contradictions. 💫 Pre-order:

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Bad Betty Press

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4 years

1/7 Hey friends! We've got something amazing to tell you about. It's our new anthology: #FieldNotesOnSurvival A showcase of urgent voices, we're so proud to be working with these sensational writers! (list in thread) Out September 2020. Pre-order:

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1 year

Please contact @NorthantsPolice if you’ve seen Gboyega. Last seen 4am Saturday @ShambalaFest

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4 years

1/12 This time next week, team BB will be taking a well-earned break to drink port, eat cheese and unglue our fingers from the internet. BUT FIRST: we'd love to tell you about our books for 2021. We are so hugely excited about each and every one of these...

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1 year

A bad poem's just an early draft. This autumn, we're launching BAD IDEAS CLUB - a series of free poetry workshops & open mics in Grindleford, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Wolverhampton & Dudley, with @JakeWildHall @SophieSparham @MrCaseyBailey & @HelenMort . Midlands poets, join us!

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4 years

Join us for the launch of @Amara_Amaryah and @JoshuaJudson ’s Debut pamphlets on the 26th March! It’s free but booking is essential! Guest poets to be announced. The event will have captions and transcript by Otter and poems will be screen shared.

Launch of The Opposite Of An Exodus & Gongoozler

Join Amara Amaryah, Joshua Judson and Bad Betty for the launch of poetry pamphlets, The Opposite Of An Exodus and Gongoozler.

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Bad Betty Press

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4 years

That’s it submissions are closed! We have been overwhelmed by the response, 996 people sent poems so thank you for trusting us with your work. We will do our best to respond to everyone within 2 months.

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Bad Betty Press

@badbettypress

5 years

It gives us great pleasure and dizzying excitement to announce our 2020 publishing programme! Featuring work from Anja Konig / @citytwarbler , Charlotte Geater / @tambourine , @troycabida , @SusannahDickey , Gita Ralleigh, William Gee / @grilliamwiggs & Summer Young / @MissYoungWriter 💥

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Bad Betty Press

@badbettypress

4 years

Got a poem looking for a home? We’ll be opening our doors next week for a new Bad Betty project. Stay tuned...

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3 years

We're over the moon to be shortlisted for the Michael Marks Publishers Award - and among great company! Congrats to fellow presses @mariscat @ExiledInk #ignitionpress @brookespoetry ❤️🥂❤️ Also delighted to see @OdubanjoGboyega on the pamphlet shortlist for Auntie Uncle Poems!

The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets

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Congratulations to publishers shortlisted for the Michael Marks Publishers Award 2021: @Mariscat @ExiledInk @badbettypress & #ignitionpress ( @brookespoetry ) #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Overjoyed to introduce INHERITANCE - the debut collection by @JasmineCooray 🔥💫 A profoundly moving exploration of what is passed down by our forebearers, what is left behind when we lose someone, and what we learn from being loved. Out 20th November.

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Bad Betty Press

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5 years

The beautiful people at @ace_national have only gone and given us funding for the rest of the year! We are over the moon and can’t wait to bring you more books, gigs and more dancing gifs!

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Bad Betty Press

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4 years

Out 22nd September: FIELD NOTES ON SURVIVAL A new anthology featuring work from 30 gamechanging writers. We're excited to reveal the cover in all its glory! 👀 Launch info coming soon. More details and pre-order at:

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1 year

It gives us great and much-needed joy to see @JasmineCooray 's Inheritance among the @PoetryBookSoc Winter Recommendations. Inheritance is a book of survival and resilience. We're so happy for Jasmine, and so proud to be bringing this book into the world 🖤

PoetryBookSoc

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1 year

More happy Monday news we're delighted to reveal our Winter #bookbox will include Kwame Dawe's Sturge Town and the latest new books by Jasmine Cooray, Kostya Tsolakis, Billy Collins, Marjorie Lotfi, Juana Iris Goergen trans. Silvia R Tandeciarz. Join now!

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📢 BAD BETTY TEAM NEWS! 1/2 We're delighted to have @OdubanjoGboyega & @citytwarbler coming onboard as editors in 2022. These two dizzying talents (& very decent humans) will join @amyacrepoet in midwifing our pamphlets for the year ahead. (More on those books soon.)

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Bad Betty Press

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4 years

We're overjoyed to reveal our next 2 pamphlets by 2 electrifyingly good young writers: William Gee and Summer Young. These are names you're about to hear lots more about. Prepare to be breathless. Rheuma by @body_content Sylvanian Family by @MissYoungWriter Late summer.

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Bad Betty Press

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2 years

Our venue pulled out, so we took Bad Betty Live to Hoxton Square! Big up @JakeWildHall @ItsTrueMendous Fiona Benson @kandacesiobhan @blkdorothy @helen_bowell @physis93 for making something beautiful happen against the odds. Thanks @TyroneLewis22 for the pics (more to follow) ❤️

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Bad Betty Press

@badbettypress

1 year

Submissions for @littlebettybbp poetry pamphlets open on Thurs 1st June. Get ready!

Little Betty

@littlebettybbp

1 year

Our pamphlet submissions open in 3 days! ✏️ Get your manuscript ready ✏️ Select a 10-page sample ✏️ Send it to us by 30th June Full details:

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4 years

The proof copy of Field Notes On Survival has arrived and we are delighted!

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5 years

MAY. @troycabida @GabrielAkamo

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1 year

These poets' pamphlets, selected by Anja König and Gboyega Odubanjo, are arresting, skilful, powerful, generous, breathtaking. We're proud to see Gboyega's work live on in this wonderful list, to be published by Little Betty in 2024.

Little Betty

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1 year

We are incredibly proud to announce our inaugural pamphlet list, selected by Gboyega Odubanjo and Anja König, and published in memory of Gboyega. Jackson Phoenix Nash Olivia Douglass @_oliviadouglass Kareem Parkins-Brown @ParkinsBrown Ciara Maguire @slowfaults Suzannah Evans

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5 years

We’re super excited to announce the poets featuring in our Alter Egos anthology, out 5th September! After reading through piles of eye-wateringly good submissions, we've selected the poems we couldn't live without and put them into a book we can't wait to bring into the world.

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Bad Betty Press

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3 years

I don't know who needs to hear this right now, but feeling alone sometimes is something we have in common. This is 'What Trauma Taught Me' by @MollyNaylor from new collection Whatever You've Got - out next month:

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5 years

Deliriously excited to present our 1st 2 books of 2020: poems for my FBI agent by @tambourine & bloodthirsty for marriage by @SusannahDickey These mind-bending pamphlets are risk-taking, ambitious in form and process, wildly intelligent and bursting with wit. Launching MARCH.

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4 years

Good morning and congratulations to @SusannahDickey for winning an Eric Gregory award for poetry. We couldn't be happier for her, if you want to experience her genius grab a copy of bloodthirsty for marriage here:

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4 years

Oh my! It’s Bad Betty Shots season 3. And what beauties they are. Meet: TONIPOEM @victoriaadukwei Greenface @patiani The Tale of the Turkish Carpet @jsaphra Piano Version @daisytgpoetry Covers @_helennicholson Supported by @ace_national Pre-order:

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4 years

Join us for the launch of Field Notes on Survival, Wed 30th Sept, 7.30pm on Zoom. A live screening of poetry performances with closed captioning, plus Q&A. Watch the poems, join the conversation, and help us give this book a great welcome to the world.

Launch of FIELD NOTES ON SURVIVAL

Join us for the launch of Field Notes on Survival - a new poetry anthology from Bad Betty Press, featuring work by 30 gamechanging writers.

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Bad Betty Press

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5 years

Very excited to announce Bad Betty Shots Season 3. Delighted to be working with @victoriaadukwei @jsaphra @daisytgpoetry @patiani and @_helennicholson thank you @ace_national !

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Bad Betty Press

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3 years

Announcing BAD BETTY LIVE: a new quarterly event bringing live poetry & music to @StJohnsHoxton Launching 12th May, 7pm with @CarolineBirdUK @adjoseph @JessMurrain @ChrisLanyon @Bellatrix_Music @latekid_ @JakeWildHall @amyacrepoet BYOB. Tickets from £5

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2 years

Happy Publication Day @kandacesiobhan 🎉🎉 The stunning and whip-smart KALEIDO is out today. Pick up a copy here: 🧵

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Bad Betty Press

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5 years

COMING SOON: Bad Betty Shots #2 . 4 limited-edition pamphlets: After the Stabbing by @ZenaEdwards The Lives of the Female Poets by @poetclare Give Thanks / for Shukri by @amaalsaid South of South East by @mamoyobornfree Illustrations by @_helennicholson @ace_national

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Happy Publication Day @JasmineCooray 💖🎉 Inheritance is out today. It's been flying off the shelves on tour, & picked up a PBS Recommendation. Beautiful to see readers falling for this book like we did. Get a copy at: or at @RichMixLondon this Thurs!

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Bad Betty Press

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4 years

We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported us this year it means the world. We are so proud of these books and the authors of them who have been amazing in the face of a difficult year!

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Bad Betty Press

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1 year

In spring 2024, we’re publishing ARE YOU THERE, the breathtaking debut collection from Indiana-based poet @smnthfn 💫 Author of Sad Horse Music ( @dailydrunkmag ) & Coughing Up Planets ( @vapoetry ) & editor of Taylor Swift anthology @kissurdarlings 💋

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Bad Betty Press

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2 years

We are over the moon to be Midlands Finalists for the Small Press of the year! Thank you to everyone at The Bookseller. Congratulations to all the other presses on the list!

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

2 years

Congratulations to the Midlands finalists: @badbettypress , Henson Editorial Services and North Staffordshire Press, @malcolmdown , @SweetCherryPub and @VictorinaPress ! #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies

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Bad Betty Press

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Want to read Bad Betty poetry in ebook form? Now you can! Our entire 2022 list is now available in both paperback & EPUB (with more titles coming soon). Just pick a book from our online shop and select your format:

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Bad Betty Press

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1 year

Our new East Midlands poetry event - Bad Betty Live Nottingham - launches @RoughTrade on 21st Sept. Expect poetry, music, warmth, community, and tributes to our dear friend. We're proud to present some of the best artists on the planet...

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Bad Betty Press

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2 years

LAST LONDON EVENT OF THE YEAR & IT’S GOING TO BE AMAZING! 10/11/22 @StJohnsHoxton Doors 6:30pm B.Y.O.B Poets: @JTaylorTrash @MissLizBerry @YomiSode @citytwarbler Music: @lilithaimusic @geckoofficial Host: @JakeWildHall + guests Tix £7/£10:

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Bad Betty Press

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4 years

The new @magmapoetry is out & full of Bad Betty goodness: edited by @OdubanjoGboyega , poetry by @storyvilled & articles w/ @GabrielAkamo , @amyacrepoet & @JakeWildHall 💥 Also dons @poetclare @kalmtree @olliecmoneill @JoeCarrickVarty @RepeatBeatPoet @ChallahOutLoud @jsaphra

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Bad Betty Press

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4 years

The Debut pamphlet is already out.

While I Yet Live / Gboyega Odubanjo - Bad Betty Press

A Poetry School Book of 2019 'Like O’Hara, Odubanjo goes on his nerve: erasing Enoch Powell to ‘all but come’, compiling playlists for uncommitted crimes, going to bed ‘with all the strangers who got...

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Bad Betty Press

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5 years

We're over the moon to be shortlisted for the Michael Marks Publishers' Award again this year! Congrats to @VervePoetryPres @GuillemotPress & @newwalkmagazine - great company to be in, & to all the shortlisted poets!

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Bad Betty Press

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1 year

Anyone who has seen Gboyega Odubanjo since 26th Aug please get in touch with Northamptonshire Police on 101, quoting ref MPD1/2619/23. He’s been missing since Shambala. More details below

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Bad Betty Press

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SUBMISSIONS CLOSE IN 60 HOURS! That’s Sunday at midnight. Have a collection ready? Send us 10 pages. We don’t charge but consider buying a book so you know what we like and to support us. All guidelines here:

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Bad Betty Press

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5 years

Our first launch of the year! Join us to celebrate 2 mindblowing pamphlets by astonishing writers @tambourine & @SusannahDickey . 9th March at @SETsetspace 🎉🔥🍸

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Bad Betty Press

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3 years

Launching Wednesday, 7.30 on Zoom: THE BOOK OF BAD BETTIES ☄️🧨🌹 Poetry from @ceciliaknapp @ToutoungiC @helen_bowell @IrigarayJulie @troycabida @ellora_sutton @mads_pj @JennyMitchellGo @EffGriff @rerdemavsar @JemimaFoxtrot and...

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Hi London! We’re coming down for a spectacular end of year show. This is one not to miss… @RichMixLondon 23rd November 7pm £10 Jack Underwood @victoriaadukwei @JasmineCooray James Kearns @harryandchris @ParkinsBrown @JakeWildHall @amyacrepoet

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6 years

We are OPEN for submissions until 22nd January 2019. Guidelines and how to submit:

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1 year

So so very excited to announce that @beveryquiet is going to be on this line up this is going to be an absolutely brilliant show. Tickets: £10/£15

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5 years

It's arrived! The proof hard copy of @tambourine ’s poems for my FBI agent! Pre-order it from our online shop here:

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2 years

We did it! So grateful to be this year’s winner of the @MarksAwards Publishers’ Award. Thanks to the judges, the Marks Foundation, @TheTLS , all the incredible poets we’ve worked with this year, co-editors @OdubanjoGboyega @citytwarbler and founding producer @JakeWildHall 🙌❤️😭

The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets

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2 years

Congratulations to @badbettypress , winners of the 2022 Michael Marks Publishers’ Award! #MichaelMarksAwards

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4 years

1 WEEK LEFT! What does survival mean to you? What have you fought through? What have you overcome? Tell us in poetry form and get paid for your work!

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4 years

Good morning and congratulations to @GabrielAkamo who has just sold out the first print run of At the Speed of Dark. More copies coming soon and available here:

At the Speed of Dark / Gabriel Àkámọ́ - Bad Betty Press

'Gabriel’s poems in this enthralling book read like written records of spiritual revelations' Theresa Lola 'We are held in Àkámọ́’s sermon of poems. We walk out remembering the holiness of being...

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3 years

Presenting THE BOOK OF BAD BETTIES, a new anthology edited by @Vanessa_Kisuule & @citytwarbler 💫 A tribute to the women who’ve changed our lives: fighters, survivors, rebels, queens, bosses, mentors, mothers, lovers & friends. Cover by @_helennicholson

The Book of Bad Betties - Bad Betty Press

'By far the most exciting, questing and innovative anthology of woman-centred poetry in recent years. Rich, irritable, joyous. Beautifully written, exquisitely edited and curated, The Book of Bad...

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4 years

You have 10 days left to send poems to @Vanessa_Kisuule and @citytwarbler for The Book Of Bad Betties.

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3 years

Presenting VAMPIRES by @MattHaighPoetry 🦇🖤🩸 Devastating both for its dazzling linguistic flair and its moving central story, Vampires is a dream resurrected, a surreal MTV video, an ode to our beta-version hearts. Out 18th Nov. PRE-ORDER at

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1 year

We're wildly excited to present ON THE SUBJECT OF FALLEN THINGS by James Kearns. This Chekhovian metanarrative explores permanence, mortality and the corruption of human storytelling. Absurd, existential and utterly addictive. Out 28th November:

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4 years

7 DAYS LEFT TO SEND POEMS That's 168 hours or 10080 minutes or until midnight on Sunday! We are open for pamphlets and full collections from Black, Brown and Asian writers only! Full details and guidelines here:

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6 years

Submissions are OPEN for our Alter Egos anthology, out in September. Get your poems to us by 26th April!

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@badbettypress

1 year

Thank you @BBCNews let’s keep sharing this and #findgboyegaodubanjo

BBC News (UK)

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1 year

Gboyega Odubanjo: Poet missing after Shambala Festival, police say

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4 years

We are going to be LIVE on Instagram next Friday 22nd May, 7.30pm with these two beautiful poets: @SusannahDickey and @troycabida are fabulous, you are fabulous come be fabulous with us.

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@badbettypress

5 years

So incredibly excited to announce Season 2 of our #BadBettyShots series. We are privileged to be working with @ZenaEdwards , @poetclare , @mamoyobornfree and @amaalsaid . Once again, the covers will be artistic responses to the poems by the fantastic @_helennicholson . OCTOBER 2019

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7 years

Congratulations to our selected poets from The Dizziness of Freedom call for submissions! Read the full list of contributors:

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3 years

Just hit 4,000 followers! Thanks & love to everyone who follows us, shares work by our authors, reads our books & supports indie publishing. 💖💖💖💖

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@badbettypress

4 years

It's Saturday night, and there's nowhere to go. So we've brought some sizzling-hot poetry to Youtube. If you missed our Field Notes on Survival launch, you can now watch it (with captions) here:

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@badbettypress

4 years

Who's ready for a double launch of pure fire? 🔥🔥🔥 Monday 2nd Nov: A TERRIBLE THING by @storyvilled X BAD BETTY SHOTS 3 by @victoriaadukwei @patiani @jsaphra & @daisytgpoetry A live screening of closed captioned poetry, w chat and Q&A on Zoom.

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3 years

Who's ready for a night of poetic tributes to our best women and baddest betties? The Book of Bad Betties launches Wednesday 22nd Sept, 7.30pm (BST) on Zoom. Join us to celebrate this new anthology, edited by @citytwarbler @Vanessa_Kisuule 🎉🥂💫

The Book of Bad Betties: LAUNCH

A night of poetry readings from new anthology, The Book of Bad Betties, paying tribute to the women who've changed our lives.

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