BRAND NEW POETRY COLLECTION

Dive into the brilliantly unpredictable mind of Steven K. Beattie with this captivating new poetry collection, "Butterflies in My Braincase"

From the laugh-out-loud ridiculous to the profoundly poignant, these verses take readers on an unforgettable journey through the everyday and the extraordinary. With a keen eye for observation and a distinctive voice, he masterfully weaves together disparate themes, inviting you to reflect, chuckle, and perhaps even shed a tear.

NEWS!!

​I am deeply honoured and profoundly grateful to have be appointed Poet Laureate for Stoke-on-Trent for 2026–2028.
To be entrusted with this role by a city built on resilience, creativity and heritage is an incredible privilege.
Stoke-on-Trent has always been a place of creativity, where art is not a luxury, it’s a way of life. To serve as poet laureate here means standing among generations of makers, dreamers, and storytellers who shaped this city long before me and will continue long after.
I have enormous shoes to follow in the footsteps of. The current Poet Laureate, Nick Degg, is not only one of the finest poets this city has produced, but one of the finest in the country. It’s an honour, and frankly quite a scary one, to think I will be taking up that position in May after Nick, and the marvellous work he’s created and shared with us all during his tenure.
Thank you to Nick, the other fantastic panel of poets (Stephen Seabridge, Gabriella Gay and the elusive Poet laureate of Twitter - Brian Bilston) and the council members at Stoke-on-Trent City Council who have bestowed this honour on me,
Congratulations also go to Cameron Hart (Young Poet Laureate) and Kate Leake (Creativity Laureate).
Thank you to everyone who has supported my work, believed in my voice, and encouraged me to keep writing - my wife, children, family and friends, and the people of Stoke-on-Trent who continue to inspire me every day. I’m excited to spend the next two years celebrating our shared identity, amplifying local voices, and creating poetry that reflects the strength, humour, and soul of this incredible city.

'I'M WRITING A PLAY ON LEMMY'S LIFE IN A CHRISTMAS CAROL STYLE' 
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So yes, the cats out of the bag. I have begun penning a play about the great Lemmy Kilmister.
This new stage production, Till the End, brings the life and legend of Motörhead’s frontman, Lemmy Kilmister, into sharp focus. Set during the recording of Bad Magic—the band’s final album—the play presents Lemmy at his most vulnerable and defiant.
Plagued by health problems yet driven by unstoppable will, Lemmy is confronted by phantoms of his past, present, and future. Through dark humour, grit, and moments of brutal honesty, Till the End explores what it means to live a life at full volume—and what happens when the music must finally stop.
Part ghost story, part love letter to rock ’n’ roll, Till the End is a raw and deeply human portrait of an icon standing face to face with his own mortality.
You can listen to my interview on BBC Radio Stoke with Lee Blakeman here: Lemmy Kilmister play penned by Stoke-on-Trent writer and actor - BBC News
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R.I.P. OZZY OSBOURNE 1948 - 2025

Available now on Amazon 
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This is THE definitive collection of the world’s very best rudest and lewdest limericks!

All of them are bawdy and wickedly clever, and all are guaranteed to raise a laugh. This is a collection of licentious limericks, of which many have been handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, some of them for over a hundred years – with a few new ones thrown into the mix!

These immature prose come from the politically free mind of writer Steven K. Beattie and is ideal for connoisseurs of this ancient art of the written word. This collection includes five brand new poems written by Steven K. Beattie over the last couple of years and edited during the great lockdown of 2020!

​All are rude, some are wickedly clever — all are guaranteed to produce side-splitting laughter! Definitely not for children and not for the easily offended!

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