The Dizziness of Freedom

Fifty of contemporary poetry’s most exciting voices speak out about mental health, in this groundbreaking anthology from Bad Betty Press. With a foreword by Melissa Lee Houghton. Supported by Arts Council England.

Featuring work from: Amy Acre – Raymond Antrobus – Mona Arshi – Dean Atta – Joel Auterson – Rob Auton – Dominic Berry – Mary Jean Chan – Sean Colletti – Iris Colomb – Jasmine Cooray – Dizraeli – Caleb Femi – Maria Ferguson – Kat François – Anne Gill – Salena Godden – Jackie Hagan – Jake Wild Hall – Emily Harrison – Nicki Heinen – Gabriel Jones – Anna Kahn – Malaika Kegode – Luke Kennard – Sean Wai Keung – Cecilia Knapp – Melissa Lee-Houghton – Amy León – Fran Lock – Rachel Long – Roddy Lumsden – Katie Metcalfe – Rachel Nwokoro – Kathryn O’Driscoll – Gboyega Odubanjo – Jolade Olusanya – Abi Palmer – Bobby Parker – Deanna Rodger – C.E. Shue – Lemn Sissay MBE – Ruth Sutoyé – Rebecca Tamás – Joelle Taylor – Claire Trévien – David Turner – R A Villanueva – Byron Vincent – Pascal Vine – Antosh Wojcik – Reuben Woolley

Author Biography

Amy Acre is a poet, performer and freelance writer. Her pamphlet, Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads (flipped eye, 2015), was chosen as a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice and as a Poetry School Best Book. She has performed at Latitude, Secret Garden Party and the Edinburgh Fringe, Southbank and the Houses of Parliament, and featured in publications including Poetry London, Poetry Review, Magma, 3: AM and POEM International: Women On Brexit. She is the editor of Bad Betty Press, shortlisted for Most Innovative Publisher in the 2018 Saboteur Awards. Jake Wild Hall is one half of Bad Betty Press, the host of Boomerang Club and PBH’s 2016 Spirit Of The Free Fringe. His work has appeared in the London Spoken Word Anthology (GUG Press, 2016) and in online magazine, I am not a silent poet. His debut pamphlet, Solomon’s World (Bad Betty Press, 2017), was longlisted for Best Pamphlet in the 2018 Saboteur Awards.