7 4 i ; ‘Highlight of the spoken word scene’ AANMNAANNATSTTTTTT Joe! Stickley Is the author of the hit blog ‘How To Write Badly Well’, which has dispensed bad advice to over half a million vistors since 2009 and is now also a live comedy show. With long-time collaborator Luke Wright, he co-wrote the animated film ‘Crash! Bang! Wallow?, which won the NFBC Short Film Award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The pair also teamed up to produce the book ‘Who Writes This Crap?’, which the Guardian called “an inspired piece of parody”. The live show of ‘Who Writes This Crap?’ had a critically acclaimed sell-out run at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe, receiving four-star reviews and attracting more than a thousand punters over the course of the run. Joel is a member of AisleL6, whose show ‘Poetry Boyband’ ‘was named Time Out Critics’ Choice of the Year 2005. Their performances at Glastonbury, Latitude, Port Eliot Lit Festival, the Painburgh Fringe and venues across the UK has fed to widespread critical acclaim, with the Sunday Times calling them “highlights of the spoken word scene”. Their 2009 show ‘Aisle6's Nine & A Half Commandments Of Poetry’ premiered at the Athens International Book Fair, while their collection ‘Live From The Hellfire Club’ was published by Eggbox in 2005. Joel has undertaken various residencies and commissions over the last few years, including the role of Writer-In-Residence for the Our Corby project in Northamptonshire and a regular column ‘on the Radio Netherlands Worldwide show Earthbeat. His work has been featured on BBC radio and television as well as Channel dh and ITV. In 2011, he was appointed Lincolnshire Poet Laureate “BOOK A POET Poets for every occasion www-bookapoet.co.uk | info@bookapeet.co.uk workshops, performances, events and for long-term contracts as a poet / writerin-residence and workshop facilitator. Workshops start at £150 for half a day and from £250 for a full day, plus travel expenses. Joel teaches the Advanced Creative Writing Course for adults through the Open University If you would like Joel to faciliate a creative writing course please get in touch. You can also book Joel's show ‘How to Write Badly Well’ prices available on request. t t Joel is available for full or half-day For further information, to book Joel or to check availability please contact Kate on j j kate@bookapoet.co.uk. —