Bad Language in September: open mic places now available

September 10th is #OpenMicDay! Open mic spots are now available for the next Bad Language on September 28th.

All you need to do is email us for a four-minute poetry or fiction slot at [email protected]. It’s first-come first-served: we reserve half our places for newcomers. Full instructions are on our open mic page.

campbell_neil_mediumThis month’s headliner is Manchester writer Neil Campbell. He has written short story collections (Broken Doll, Pictures From Hopper), poetry collections (Bird, Bugsworth Diary), a short fiction chapbook (Ekphrasis) and a Nightjar book (Jackdaws). If that’s not enough, he has also appeared in Unthology (Bad Language headliners at the start of this year), Stockholm Review and Best British Short Stories.

For his debut appearance at Bad Language, we’ll be celebrating Neil’s first novel Sky Hooks (Salt). It’s not published until later in October, but we will have exclusive copies for sale on the night.

Praise for Neil’s previous work: “A vital writer, in touch with people and the natural and constructed worlds around us,” says Nicholas Royle. “The dialogue is note perfect and has a studied, savage banality,” says Paul Magrs. “Stories… as eerie and lonely as any Hopper painting,” says Nuala Ní Chonchúir.

Get those open mic requests coming in. We’ve got you (sky) hooked, right?

Wednesday 28 September 2016 7.30pm at The Castle pub, Oldham Street, Manchester. Free admission. Join the Facebook event now.

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