
ALT A CALL TO ARMS: One book could make all the difference. We got the news, yesterday, that the Arts Council have rejected our recent grant bid. While this doesn’t affect our plans going forward, it does mean we don’t have the same financial security as other arts organisations may have. We have over seven thousand (7,000) newsletter subscribers, and over twenty thousand (20,000) followers spread across our social media accounts. If everybody who is subscribed to this newsletter bought just one book we would have the sort of financial security we could only dream of. It would ensure we can continue to create and grow new avenues for Broken Sleep Books, while maintaining the charitable and community-based endeavours we have always engaged in. We have got to where we are because of you, because of every reader and author we’ve ever worked with, for, and towards. Just one book from every newsletter subscriber and we’d be safeguarded for years.

ALT In front of a photograph of lots of people, yellow text reads as follows: Are you an emerging poet looking to hone your skills? Be a part of the 2024/24 New Poets Collective programme, helping poets aged 22+ in the early stages of their career develop their craft and expand their confidence. Find out more and apply online at southbankcentre.co.uk/new-poets-collective. Applications close Wed 10 July 2024.





























