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BBC Contains Strong Language 2019 Line Up

The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival of new writing returns to Hull in 2019. Bringing over 30 events to the city over 3 days, leading poets and world class spoken word artists will take to the stage alongside brand new voices
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Friday 27 September 2019

Hull Central Library

13:30 First Story Showcase
First Story Showcase
15:00 No Larkin About
No Larkin About

Hull College Horncastle Building

19:00 BBC Radio Humberside Live Broadcast
BBC Radio Humberside Live Broadcast
19:15 Front Row on BBC Radio 4
Front Row on BBC Radio 4
22:00 The Verb on BBC Radio 3
The Verb on BBC Radio 3

Hull Truck

19:30 BBC 1XTRA Words First
BBC 1XTRA Words First

BBC Radio Humberside

17:30 BBC Local Poets
BBC Local Poets

Sirius Academy West

16:00 Zoom !
Zoom !

Saturday 28 September 2019

Hull Central Library

10:00 BBC Writers Room Panel
BBC Writers Room Panel
13:00 Translation Lab (Maghreb)
Translation Lab (Maghreb)
15:30 Beatbox Workshops with Testament
Beatbox Workshops with Testament

Hull College Horncastle Building

11:00 Zoom !
Zoom !
12:30 JoinedUp Dance Co - Trio
JoinedUp Dance Co - Trio
14:30 Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3
Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3
16:00 Carol Ann Duffy and Friends
Carol Ann Duffy and Friends
17:30 The Verb - Translation Lab special with William Letford & Clare Pollard
The Verb - Translation Lab special with William Letford & Clare Pollard

Hull Truck

16:00 Mario F. Lawi & Irma Agryanti
Mario F. Lawi & Irma Agryanti
16:45 Joelle Taylor & Jamil Massa
Joelle Taylor & Jamil Massa
17:30 Testament & Jodie Langford
Testament & Jodie Langford
19:00 Modern Poetry in Translation: The Illuminated Paths
Modern Poetry in Translation: The Illuminated Paths

BBC Radio Humberside

12:30 BBC Radio Club
BBC Radio Club
20:00 BBC Radio Humberside Introducing
BBC Radio Humberside Introducing

Middleton Hall, University of Hull

18:30 The Mother with the BBC Philharmonic and Maxine Peake
The Mother with the BBC Philharmonic and Maxine Peake

The Old School House

20:30 Rallying Cry
Rallying Cry

River Hull

The Broken Orchestra - River Walk
The Broken Orchestra - River Walk

Studio Eleven Gallery

14:30 Hinterwater
Hinterwater

Sunday 29 September 2019

Hull Central Library

11:00 Indonesian Poetry Exchange
16:00 Indigenous Language Gala

Hull College Horncastle Building

12:00 Hidden
Hidden
14:00 Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage
15:30 The Verb with Ian McMillan & Stuart Maconie
The Verb with Ian McMillan & Stuart Maconie
17:00 Beyond Belief on BBC Radio 4
20:00 The Freakzone on BBC 6Music
The Freakzone on BBC 6Music

Hull Truck

11:00 Chiedu Oraka & Joseph Coehlo
Chiedu Oraka & Joseph Coehlo
12:00 Clare Pollard & Imtiaz Dharker
Clare Pollard & Imtiaz Dharker
13:00 East Coast Fever
East Coast Fever
13:45 Zena Edwards, Rufus Mufasa & Roseanne Watt
Zena Edwards, Rufus Mufasa & Roseanne Watt
15:00 William Letford and Francesca Beard
William Letford and Francesca Beard
16:00 Jackie Kay & Peter Knaggs
Jackie Kay & Peter Knaggs

Jubilee Church

20:30 Camille O'Sullivan
Camille O'Sullivan

River Hull

The Broken Orchestra - River Walk
The Broken Orchestra - River Walk