đCo-founder of @badbettypress, poet and dad! contact: [email protected] He/Him. Creator of @ooippfest [email protected]
Joined June 2010
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Jake Wild-Acre Hall retweeted
Tomorrow!
If you havenât booked this yet, do JOIN ME on Dec 16th for our Christmas tradition of writing a frankly ridiculous amount of new poems⌠đ âŚ@arvonfoundation⊠arvon.org/writing-courses/coâŚ
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So chuffed to hear Maxine Peake is nominated for âBest Performerâ by @WhatsOnStage awards - for the title role in my play âThe Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse.â It really was a phenomenal performance. @NottmPlayhouse
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We didnât 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:
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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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ALT Sky-blue, textured background scattered with colourful confetti (purple, yellow, white, green); a pale blue title band at the top left reads âAlanis Morissetteâ in bold black with âJake Wild Hallâ beneath in purple; âBroken Sleep Booksâ appears small in green at the bottom left.
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Big news. Big. Huge. đ
Delighted that Stay Dead by Natalie Shapero is shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize 2025
đ to the judging panel & congratulations to all shortlisted poets. We hope this recognition can bring her work to more UK readers đ
ALT TS Eliot Prize 2025 shortlisted collections: Gillian Allnutt Lode Bloodaxe Books Isabelle Baafi Chaotic Good Faber & Faber Catherine-Esther Cowie Heirloom Carcanet Press Paul Farley When it Rained for a Million Years Picador Poetry Vona Groarke Infinity Pool The Gallery Press Sarah Howe Foretokens Chatto Poetry Nick Makoha The New Carthaginians Penguin Books Tom Paulin Namanlagh Faber & Faber Natalie Shapero Stay Dead Out-Spoken Press Karen Solie Wellwater Picador Poetry
ALT Shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize 2025 - Natalie Shapero, Stay Dead
Jake Wild-Acre Hall retweeted
The trailer for my new play⌠on at @NottmPlayhouse until the 27thâŚ
Take a look at our brand-new trailer for the âoutstandingâ (@WhatsOnStage) The Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse đľ
Catch it before its ends on Sat 27 Sep!
đď¸ bit.ly/NPMaryWhitehouse
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âThe Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouseâ starts tomorrow at âŚ@NottmPlayhouse. For a sense of the play, hereâs my interview with Mark Lawson
(I can hear Mary Whitehouse in my head, saying âof course itâs in the Guardian, that awful newspaperâ) theguardian.com/stage/2025/sâŚ
Jake Wild-Acre Hall retweeted
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 đ
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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 Literatureâs international slam poetry competition Slamovision with her poem âIsland Screams (Where Are You From)â
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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 âRead More Poetry.â This tote bag was designed and printed by Emma Kennedy.
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ALT A close-up photo of a tote bag. Printed in black on the bag is a simple line drawing of a duck, with the words "READ MORE" above it and "POETRY" below it, arranged in a playful curved style.
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Sunday 4th May, 6pm
@peggysskylight
â¨@LukeKennard
â¨Cara Thompson
â¨@berkavitch
â¨@amyacrepoet
â¨Robbert van Dongen
â¨Bridie Squires
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Now nobody even pretends to be shocked.
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6 hours left!
1 day left on our fundraiser!
As you know we have been turned down twice for Arts Council Funding and we are running a crowdfunder to help us get through the coming months. Please donate if you can and share widely.
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bad-bettâŚ
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There are 6 hours left. Theyâre at 91% of their target. Please give if you can.
It's the final day of the @badbettypress fundraiser. They are a sensational and essential independent poetry publisher by whom I've had the great privilege of being published. They're currently at 85% of their target. Please help them over the line. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bad-bettâŚ
Jake Wild-Acre Hall retweeted
It's the final day of the @badbettypress fundraiser. They are a sensational and essential independent poetry publisher by whom I've had the great privilege of being published. They're currently at 85% of their target. Please help them over the line. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bad-bettâŚ
Jake Wild-Acre Hall retweeted
1 day left on our fundraiser!
As you know we have been turned down twice for Arts Council Funding and we are running a crowdfunder to help us get through the coming months. Please donate if you can and share widely.
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bad-bettâŚ
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Donate if you can and if you canât please give this a share.
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THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT SO FAR!
We are nearly 40% of the way. All your donations, shares, kind words and messages have been a beacon of light in what has been a difficult time for us.
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