LIVEwire Poetry

specialising in live events & writer development

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Oi, Barnsley folk! We're back in town for Barnsley Book Festival 2026, with this absolute blinder of an event on Monday 2 March. πŸ“£ π—Ÿπ—œπ—‘π—˜-𝗨𝗣 π—–π—›π—”π—‘π—šπ—˜ πŸ“£ πŸ—“ π˜Ύπ™Šπ™ˆπ™„π™‰π™‚ π™Žπ™Šπ™Šπ™‰ 🎟 π—’π˜‚π—Ώ π˜ƒπ—²π—»π˜‚π—² 😍 As always, your hosts for the annual @livewirepoetry x @badbettypress collab will be @mattabbottpoet and @jakewildhall 🎀 Here's the highlights reel from last year's @badbettypress collab event! We're back at @hydeparkbookclub on Mon 24 Nov πŸ‘€ πŸ”œ π—˜π˜†π˜‚π—½, π—Ÿπ—²π—²π—±π˜€! We're back... We're back! LIVEwire Poetry and Bad Betty Press are joining forces once again for an evening of stellar live poetry at Hyde Park Book Club. What a beautiful event. Huge thanks to @leeds_lit_fest for the opportunity, @hydeparkbookclub for hosting us, and for everyone who came and created such a lovely atmosphere.

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