GOBS POETRY SLAM 🎤

As part of Nottingham Poetry Festival 🎉 on Sat 8 June, 7pm at Nottingham Central Library.

20 poets. 3 judges. £100 prize plus a Bad Betty Press book bundle.

Book Earlybird tickets now:
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Buzzing about this tomorrow! Let's go Cara Thompson ! ❤️☀️

Join us GOBS to talk about, read and respond to Chick by hannahlowepoet on Saturday 25 May, 11am-1pm at Nottingham City Libraries Nottm Central Library or via Zoom. More info and booking via gobscollective.org/events

These absolute beauties arrived! Sneak peek into what we have coming up for the rest of the year, spoiler it’s epic!

Tickets: badbettypress.com/events/

🌎Don't miss EARTH - the brand new GOBS Collective Showcase curated by Nottingham’s finest poets. GOBS Collective

As featured by We Out Here Festival & BBC Sounds

Featuring Amplify Associate Bridie Squires.

Sat 30 Mar, 7.45pm
Book Now: bit.ly/EARTH-NP

12 DAYS TO GO!

2:30pm Workshop with VANESSA KISUULE at Waterstones

6pm Live Show with VANESSA KISUULE - ARJI MANUELPILLAI - SOPHIE SPARHAM - BEP SUMMERSCALE - JAYAHADADREAM - GECKO hosted by BRIDIE SQUIRES at PEGGYS SKYLIGHT!

Tickets £10 per event.

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Bad Betty Live Nottingham returns 7th April, at new venue Peggy's Skylight Jazz Club 💫 And it's a scorcher 🔥

Poetry: Vanessa Kisuule Arji manuelpillai Sophie Sparham Bep Summerscales
Music: JayaHadADream 🇯🇲🇮🇪 Gecko
Hosts: Bridie Squires Jake Wild-Acre Hall

TICKETS: peggysskylight.co.uk/events/bad-bet…

Buzzing to collab w/ Bad Betty Press to deliver Bad Betty Live! Our founder Bridie Squires is co-host & we'll have a GOBS slot each month, starting w/ Bep Summerscales, as part of a stellar lineup of UK poetry talent ❤️✨ 50% off masterclass tickets for GOBS community - get in touch

Our friend Vicky McClure MBE supporting the campaign to stop the Nottingham City Council cuts. Resolve Nottingham

Cannot BELIEVE how quickly this has come around - Already so proud of this GOBS cohort and what they’ve got in store for everyone 🥹🙏🏾 get your tickets folks!

So excited about this! Can’t wait to perform as part of the GOBS Collective 🤩🙌🌎

Pleased to support this gobby lot by offering 15% off their poetry book club selections. fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/herita…, and put in GOBS as the buying code

It’s today! Come along and hear the wonderful Lorraine Mariner introduce her selection of poems with guests Claire Crowther, Adrian Buckner and members of the amazing GOBS Collective - it’s free but please register 🤗📚

🌏✨Experience Nottm’s most exciting spoken-word talent through EARTH. The latest showcase from GOBS Collective - as featured by We Out Here Festival & BBC Sounds. Thanks to Apples and Snakes @Nottmcitylib Nottingham Playhouse.

🪶📔Book now for Sat 30 Mar, 7.45pm:
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Join us at #NottinghamCentralLibrary to launch Ten Poems about Libraries, with editor Lorraine Mariner and guests Claire Crowther Adrian Buckner, GOBS Collective with support from Five Leaves Bookshop

It’s free but please register! #nottingham

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Very buzzing to be delivering a new spoken word workshop series next week at Bluecoat Aspley Academy with support from Rachelle of GOBS Collective - all thanks to Young Creatives Nottingham ACE Midlands Arts Council England and Archway Learning Trust . Can't wait to meet the new poets and performers. Let's go!

❤️Get ready for Valentine’s Day in GOBS' love-poetry workshops. Our Bridie Squires and Ben Macpherson are coming to Nottingham City Libraries Nottm Central Library (Meeting Room 4) on Fri 9 Feb, 1pm-3pm and Mon 12 Feb, 5pm - 7pm. £10 tickets, £7 concs. 💌 Book now at gobscollective.org/events

Reminder! Application deadline for our upcoming GOBS spoken-word workshop and showcase programme is this Sunday 7 January at midnight!

All the info on our website. Get applying at:
gobscollective.org/apply

Thanks to all who've shared the news and submitted so far! 🥳