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BBC Contains Strong Language 2023 Line Up

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  • Thursday 21 September 2023
  • Friday 22 September 2023
  • Saturday 23 September 2023
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  • Howard Assembly Room
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Howard Assembly Room

11:30 Ian Duhig, Kim Moore and Andre Bagoo
Ian Duhig, Kim Moore and Andre Bagoo
13:30 BBC Radio 4: Start the Week
BBC Radio 4: Start the Week
15:30 The Laurel Prize for Nature and Ecopoetry Prizegiving
The Laurel Prize for Nature and Ecopoetry Prizegiving
18:00 The World in Words: An International Gathering of Poets
The World in Words: An International Gathering of Poets
20:00 Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In
Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In
22:00 BBC Radio 3: The Verb
BBC Radio 3: The Verb

Leeds Central Library

10:00 Laurel Prize Workshop with Pascale Petit
Laurel Prize Workshop with Pascale Petit
11:00 Felene M Cayetano & Dalton Harrison and Matt Abbott & Titilope Sonuga
Felene M Cayetano & Dalton Harrison and Matt Abbott & Titilope Sonuga
12:30 Ngwatilo Mawiyoo & Jamie Scrutton and Ramya Jirasinghe & Michelle Scally Clarke
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo & Jamie Scrutton and Ramya Jirasinghe & Michelle Scally Clarke
14:00 Postcard Poems with Khadijah Ibrahiim
Postcard Poems with Khadijah Ibrahiim
15:30 Language is a Queer Thing
Language is a Queer Thing

Leeds Playhouse

19:30 "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller" dramatised by Tim Crouch and Toby Jones
"If on a Winter's Night a Traveller" dramatised by Tim Crouch and Toby Jones
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