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BBC Contains Strong Language 2022 Line Up

The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival of new writing landed in Birmingham in September 2022. Leading poets and world class spoken word artists took to the stage alongside brand new voices.
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Hippodrome

10:30 Dzifa Benson Workshop: The Gift
Dzifa Benson Workshop: The Gift
12:00 Across Borders - Poems from the Commonwealth
Across Borders - Poems from the Commonwealth
14:00 The Verb: Across Borders & Language is a Queer Thing Celebration
The Verb: Across Borders & Language is a Queer Thing Celebration
13:00 Kostya Tsolakis Workshop
Kostya Tsolakis Workshop
10:30 Contains Strong Language & Verve: Indie Poetry Press Book Fair
Contains Strong Language & Verve: Indie Poetry Press Book Fair
16:30 CSL Poetry Reading
CSL Poetry Reading
15:30 Saradha Soobrayen Workshop: The Curiosity Toolkit: The Art of Unknowing in Poetry
Saradha Soobrayen Workshop: The Curiosity Toolkit: The Art of Unknowing in Poetry
17:30 Closing Poetry Party
Closing Poetry Party
20:00 Words and Music
Words and Music

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10:30 BBC Radio Club
BBC Radio Club