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Helen’s Debut Pamphlet with Bad Betty Press
![A photo of Helen Bowell, a half-Chinese woman with short dark hair, wearing glasses, a floral shirt and purple jumper. She smiles at the camera, standing in front of a bookcase.](https://www.writingsquad.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/helen.jpeg)
We’re delighted to share that Helen Bowell’s debut poetry pamphlet is to be released by Bad Betty Press in 2022.
The poems in it follow the relationship between the speaker and ‘the barman’, a character who is never named. The book explores that relationship, while staying conscious of the wider context in which the characters live. The barman is a straight white man, and sometimes that means he has trouble understanding the speaker’s perspective.
Read more about it on Helen’s blog here.