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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

19:00 Linton Kwesi Johnson & Fred D'Aguiar Performance
Linton Kwesi Johnson & Fred D'Aguiar Performance
20:30 The Verb with Linton Kwesi Johnson
The Verb with Linton Kwesi Johnson

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10:00 The Laurel Prize: Workshop #1 with Elena Karina Byrne
The Laurel Prize: Workshop #1 with Elena Karina Byrne
12:00 The Laurel Prize: Workshop #2 with Glyn Maxwell
The Laurel Prize: Workshop #2 with Glyn Maxwell
14:30 The Laurel Prize Reading
The Laurel Prize Reading
20:10 Soweto Kinch: White Juju
Soweto Kinch: White Juju