Writing East Midlands

What to read during Pride month:

🔖 Wild and Wicked Things, Francesca May (fantasy)
🔖 Drama Queen, Charlie Novak (romance)
🔖 The Passion of the Rabbit God, Hongwei Bao (poetry)
🔖 Sapphic Eclectic, anthology
🔖 Echoes of the Heart, Ally McGuire (romance)
🔖 Mr Universe, Rich Goodson (poetry)

All from your local LGBTQIAP+ writing community. 🌈✍️

Two weeks to apply for this publishing opportunity for poets! 🕑️

Open to poets living, working and studying in the East Mids. YOUR pamphlet could be published in 2027. 📖

Submissions close 30th June 2026. Full guidelines: ➡️ www.badbettypress.com/submissions/

Charlie Novak is a Notts-based author of over 30 q***r romance novels. 💘 Including their most recent: Licked, an ice cream shop romance set in North Yorkshire! 🍦

As a successful self-published author, Charlie will be speaking on our Alternative Routes to Publishing panel and masterclass this Saturday. 📖👀

For q***r novels full of heat, heart and humour, click here: https://charlienovak.com/