POETRY & PERFORMANCE 28 SEPT - 1 OCT 2017

PART OF THE HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE 2017 CELEBRATIONS INTRODUCTI0N

Poetry is enjoying a renaissance. From moments POETRY & PERFORMANCE of national significance to mainstream advertising, 28 SEPT - 1 OCT 2017 poetry is being chosen to persuade, charm or express outrage, defiance and solidarity. One of the oldest art forms, it is being rediscovered The UK’s biggest poetry and as a versatile, dynamic and powerful mode of expression, enjoyed and created by young and performance festival of new old, on paper, phones and iPads, in digital spaces, writing comes to Hull as part on the streets as well as in books and magazines. Our new festival reflects this diversity by providing of the UK City of Culture 2017 something for everyone. celebrations. Bringing over 50 Contains Strong Language presents leading local, national, events to the city over 4 days. international poets and world class spoken word artists alongside brand new voices. 17 poets will be resident in the city for four days. The Hull Find out more and ‘17 are an ensemble of exciting and innovative poets, commissioned to Book your Tickets at create new work which will be premiered in the city during the festival. We also celebrate Hull’s status as a city which has inspired poets in the HUll2017.co.uk past, such as Philip Larkin, Andrew Marvell and Stevie Smith. bbc.co.uk/containsstronglanguage Contains Strong Language is the BBC’s new national poetry and #hull17CSL spoken word festival, with coverage in national and local, radio and TV programmes. It is a partnership between the BBC, Wrecking Ball Please see the website for information about live captioned events. Press, Humber Mouth, Hull UK City of Culture, The British Council, The Arts Council and a number of other poetry organisations.

Festival Directors Susan Roberts and Shane Rhodes

2 3 Cover image: Isaiah Hull © Cesare De Giglio Cover image: The Hull ’17 Poets Resident in the city for Contains Strong Language, BOHDAN PIASECKI DEAN WILSON JACOB POLLEY JOE HAKIM JOELLE TAYLOR the Hull ’17 will Bohdan is a Polish poet based Dean Wilson was a postman for Jacob Polley is the author of four Joe Hakim is a writer, poet, and Joelle Taylor is a professional bring you new and in Birmingham. He has taken his twenty years and is now a security acclaimed poetry collections, The spoken word performer from published spoken word artist. She existing poetry, and poems to venues ranging from guard as well as Hull’s fourth best Brink, Little Gods, The Havocs Hull. He has had residencies at is also the founder and Artistic an underground Tokyo club to a poet. He has been published in and Jackself. He received an Eric Contact in Manchester, Birmingham Director of SLAMbassadors UK. will be involved in tramway in Paris. In the UK, he various magazines including Pen Gregory Award in 2002. In 2004, REP, and in London at both the She has performed at a diverse regularly features at spoken word Pusher, The North, Smiths Knoll, Polley was named one of the ‘Next Battersea Arts Centre and the range of high profile venues events throughout nights, festivals and readings. Pennine Platform, The Slab, Rising, Generation’ of the best new poets Shunt Vault. including Buckingham Palace, the the festival . and The Wolf. in Britain. 02 Arena, and Glastonbury Festival.

FRED VOSS HANNAH SILVA HARRY GILES KATE FOX KATE tEMPEST lOuISE WALLWEIN

Whilst working as a steel-rule Hannah Silva is a poet, playwright Harry Giles / Aitch is a Scottish Kate Fox has been a stand-up Kate Tempest is a published Louise Wallwein was brought up in die maker, a steelcutter, and a and performer known for her writer and performer. Harry has poet for ten years. She is currently playwright, novelist, poet and 13 different children’s homes and machinist, Fred Voss wrote novels innovative explorations of form, featured in the SPILL National making #Lass War on the man- respected recording artist. Brand wrote her first play at the age of 17. and poetry. The factory experience voice and language in performance. Platform, toured North America heavy Northern Powerhouse. As a New Ancients, her self-performed A poet, playwright and filmmaker, became the theme of his writing, She won the Tinniswood Award and given feature performances stand-up she has been in demand epic poem to a live score, won her explosive work detonates her granting him a Wormwood Award for Best Radio Drama Script and at venues from the Bowery Poetry at literature festivals across the the prize 2013 and audiences’ imaginations. She has in 1988. has been shortlisted for the Ted Club to the Soho Theatre. country. nominated for the 2017 Mercury written plays for BBC Radio. Hughes Award. music prize.

HELEN MORT IMTIAZ DHARKER ISAIAH HULL MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS VICKY FOSTER ZENA EDWARDS

Helen Mort was born in Sheffield. Imtiaz Dharker is a poet, artist Isaiah Hull has supported Kate Michael Symmons Roberts is an Vicky Foster is a poet and pub Zena Edwards has become known Her first collection ‘Division Street’ and documentary-maker. She was Tempest, Lemn Sissay, and Skepta award winning poet and a writer of singer from Hull. Her first collection, as one the most unique voices of won the Fenton Aldeburgh Prize. awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal at major events for the BBC. He’s fiction, libretti and scripts for radio. Changing Tides, has just been performance poetry to come out Her collection No Map Could Show for Poetry in 2014, recipient of the just 19. The Old Trafford writer His poetry has won the Forward, published by King’s England of London. She was nominated Them is a Poetry Book Society Cholmondeley Award and a Fellow and spoken word artist is one of the Costa and The Whitbread Press. She is the host of Women of for the Arts Foundation Award for recommendation. of the Royal Society of Literature. the Roundhouse and BBC Radio poetry Prize. His new collection Words which is an event for female Performance Poetry 2007 and won 1Xtra’s Words First finalists. Mancunia is published this year. performers of poetry, prose, drama, the Hidden Creatives Award 2012. and song.

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LIVE Photo © Andrew Marshall 1st Edition Reading: Radio 3 Douglas Dunn Breakfast THUR 28 SEPT THUR 28 SEPT THUR 28 SEPT WATERFRONT HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY HULL COLLEGE 12:00 - 17:00 THUR 28 SEPT 11:30 - 12:30 11:00 - 12:00 UNIVERSITY OF HULL LIVE Waterfront (check website for details) Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF The Horncastle Building, FREE ADMISSION THE BRYNMOR JONES LIBRARY FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG 6:00 - 9:00 FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Attachment is a poetic concept, a Douglas Dunn opens an exhibition of message in a bottle 2.0. Inspired by University Of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull-related first edition poetry books with Radio 3’s flagship arts and ideas the rusty machines of Swiss sculptor Hull HU6 7RX a reading from his ground-breaking first programme Free Thinking discusses the Jean Tinguely, the fully automatic poetic NO AUDIENCE FOR THIS EVENT collection, Terry Street, published in 1967. 17th century Hull poet Andrew Marvell’s machine gives physical form to digital A graduate of Hull University, Dunn worked ‘To His Coy Mistress’. Presenter Matthew messages. Conceived by Swiss designer The BBC Radio 3 Breakfast show comes in the library with Larkin who became his Sweet will be joined by Michael Symmons David Colombini, the machine allows live from Hull University. Petroc Trelawny mentor. Elegies (1985), written in response Roberts, Helen Mort and University of Hull people to send digital messages, images opens the Contains Strong Language to the death of his first wife, earned him academic Stewart Mottram. or videos into the air by attaching them to season on National Poetry Day for the BBC. further critical and popular success. biodegradable balloons.

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Radio 5 Live THUR 28 SEPT HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY Afternoon 14:30 - 15:30

Edition Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF with LIVE perf0rmances FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed)

BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Look North are at the heart of the UK City of Culture, broadcasting live every day from THUR 28 SEPT the studios in Queen’s Gardens. Hull 17 HULL COLLEGE Listeners to BBC Radio Humberside have 13:00 - 16:00 been composing ‘Poems on a Postcard’ Gala Launch LIVE about where they live in East Yorkshire The Horncastle Building, and Northern Lincolnshire. Resident Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG ‘Landlines’ poets Dean Wilson and Vicky THUR 28 SEPT This special event split over two nights is FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Foster perform some of the 2017 poems a Gala showcase of the work of the Hull which will be strung on washing lines to KARDOMAH94 ‘17 Contains Strong Language poets. BBC Radio 5 Live Broadcast live from Hull form an art installation in many of the 17:00 - 18:30 This is an unbeatable opportunity to hear College. Sarah Brett talks to Hull ‘17 poets festival locations. a diverse range of work from our resident 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN festival writers. Part 1 of 2 (see page 36). about their work. With performances, plus CONTAINS STRONG a focus on Hull as the City of Culture. LANGUAGE COMMISSION FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed)

8 9 The Verb 35 years of Spoken Word

THUR 28 SEPT JUBILEE CHURCH 18:00 - 20:00

62 King Edward Street, Hull HU1 3SQ FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed)

Ian McMillan presents a special edition of Radio 3’s The Verb as we celebrate the story of spoken word in the UK, with Apples and Snakes on their 35th anniversary. Join John Agard, Grace Nichols, Zena Edwards, Joelle Taylor, Dizraeli, Yomi Sode, John Hegley, Hannah Silva, Debris, Chiedu Okara and Ty. Kathryn CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE COMMISSION Williams Jo Whiley THUR 28 SEPT KARDOMAH94 THUR 28 SEPT 19:30 - 21:30 HULL COLLEGE 20:00 - 22:00 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN LIVE Tickets: £15.00 The Horncastle Building, Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG A performance from Mercury nominated FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) and critically acclaimed folk artist Kathryn Williams. Kathryn doesn’t stick to a tried and tested formula when she writes a new Coming live from the UK City of Culture, album. She told one interviewer that she Jo brings you a special show on National wanted to have a career that lasted long Poetry Day as part of the BBC’s Contains enough for her to develop her craft and Strong Language season. move through different phases. Eighteen CONTAINS STRONG years later, she’s certainly achieved that. LANGUAGE COMMISSION

10 11 Film Screening Auden

FRI 29 SEPT FRUIT 11:00 - 12:00

62-63 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU Film Screening FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) The Verb Mersey beat W.H Auden in a New Age of Anxiety examines why Auden’s poetry still shines International poetry through in the 21st century. This film explores the peculiar hold that this angry poets movement young man of the 1930s still has on our individual psyches and what he can tell us about the perilous political climate in which we live. FRI 29 SEPT FRUIT 12:30 - 13:30 1st Edition Reading: Photo © Graeme Oxby 62-63 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU Kath McKay Kate Fox FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) In 1967 Penguin Books published The Mersey Sound, number 10 in the Modern FRI 29 SEPT FRI 29 SEPT Poets series, by Liverpool poets Roger HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY KARDOMAH94 McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri. FRI 29 SEPT It went on to sell over 500,000 copies. 11:30 - 12:30 12:00 - 12:45 HULL COLLEGE In the same year that The Beatles released Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN 11:30 - 12:30 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Liverpool established itself as a focal point The Horncastle Building, in the cultural revolution of the Summer First Edition reading Local Hull writer Kate Fox has made a living as a stand-up Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG of Love. Kath McKay’s poetry plays out the daily poet for ten years. Being funny & Northern FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) tragi-comic dramas of life in a large city. is sometimes a help and sometimes a This hour-long film for BBC Four Nothing escapes her: landscapes of hindrance and she’s doing a PhD about Ian McMillan presents The Verb, Radio 3’s celebrates the 50th anniversary of the canals and parks, head lice and bullying, why. Sometimes they let her on Radio 4. cabaret of the spoken word with a host of collection, through the eyes of the two intermingled with stories of love and Her car radio is tuned to Radio 2. She is International poets from Latvia, America surviving poets, Roger McGough and Brian death. And the sense of Ireland at the currently making #Lass War on the man- and Poland including Michael Dickman, Patten, and their many followers - from back of it all. heavy Northern Powerhouse, and blogs at Bodhan Piasecki, Orbita, and the Trinidad Craig Charles and John Cooper Clarke to www.katefox.com Talking Doorsteps project with Joe Hakim. Willy Russell and Benjamin Zephaniah.

12 13 Photo © Jerome Whittingham Photo © Jerome

Film Screening Between Men Who the ears sleep in cars FRI 29 SEPT Poetry from Women of FRI 29 SEPT HULL COLLEGE Poland Words FRUIT 14:00 - 15:00 Photo © Monika Deimling, PAS - Performance Art Study 14:00 - 15:15 The Horncastle Building, Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG FRI 29 SEPT 62-63 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) KARDOMAH94 FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Hull ‘17 poets Helen Mort and Hannah 13:00 - 14:00 Men Who Sleep In Cars by Michael Silva perform two very different Symmons Roberts is written entirely in new imaginative works which blend 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN verse. Sarah (Maxine Peake) finds the adventurous sound and interview with FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) familiar streets of Manchester, a backdrop exceptional poetry. Inspired by the life and to the film, difficult to leave. As well work of legendary climber Gwen Moffat, Hull’s Women of Words collective join as being a love song to a city, the film Helen Mort will be climbing a route on FRI 29 SEPT forces with Northern poet Kate Fox to explores how three men came to sleep in rock in the Lake District then trying to celebrate the voices of the trailblazing their vehicles, and how their lives, turned recreate the experience through language, KARDOMAH94 women of Hull. From girl groups to girl upside down for very different reasons, investigating her theory that a climb is 14:30 - 15:00 power, last orders to lass war, boxers interconnect. ‘a set of instructions for the body.’ Can to burlesquers, Mums to meat rafflers, poetry evoke what it’s really like to be 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN natives to newbies, we’ve gone out and Sarah - Maxine Peake on the edge? Hannah Silva presents FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) spoken to dozens of women and woven Marley - Nick Haverson Solitary confinement - described as deep their stories into our stories and the stories Antonio - Cesare Taurasi custody, a prison within a prison. Hannah Wojciech Cichon, Weronika Lewandowska, of the city. Powerful, funny, poignant, McCulloch - Rob Edwards Silva’s Solitary is an immersive sound and Bohdan Piasecki perform poetry in punchy poetry mixed up with a few Photography - Tim Baxter experience of segregation as a woman celebration of Polish culture here in the UK surprises… Directed by Susan Roberts battles with time. alongside poets from Poland. This event CONTAINS STRONG CONTAINS STRONG CONTAINS STRONG sees the three poets present their work in LANGUAGE COMMISSION LANGUAGE COMMISSION LANGUAGE COMMISSION varying styles.

14 15 Grace Nichols, Film Screening John Agard Through The Lens Of Larkin

FRI 29 SEPT FRUIT 15:30 - 16:00 Film Screening 62-63 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU FRI 29 SEPT Bohdan FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Black roses HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY The killing of Piasecki Through the Lens of Larkin: poet and Hull 15:30 - 16:30 Sophie Lancaster University academic John Wedgwood Clarke (Books That Made Britain) will get Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF on his bike and follow in the tyre tracks FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) FRI 29 SEPT of the man himself to explore the places FRI 29 SEPT KARDOMAH94 and relationships which shaped one of the John Agard and Grace Nichols are FRUIT 20th Century’s greatest poets. joined by poets from Trinidad to 15:15 - 16:15 celebrate Caribbean poetry, performance 16:30 - 17:30 and culture. 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN 62-63 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) John Agard has consistently defied what FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) RADIO is expected and established his career Bohdan Piasecki is a poet from Poland as a poet, bringing a uniquely Caribbean Sophie Lancaster was kicked to death in based in Birmingham. He has taken HUMBERSIDE voice to our shores to help broaden the a Lancashire park in 2007 because of her his poems to venues ranging from the horizons of both adults and children, appearance. Sylvia Lancaster remembers upstairs room in an Eastbourne pub to challenging educators to look beyond their her daughter and the tragic events after the main stage of the Birmingham Rep. Keep your ears and eyes peeled for pop- narrow frames of reference. the attack as Sophie tells her own story Bohdan will be presenting work created up performances from established names through a sequence of poems written by over the last few months at his pop-up to open mic events at Radio Humberside Grace Nichols’ work has been central poet by Simon Armitage. With Rachel poetry stations from the streets of Hull. across the weekend #Hull17CSL to our understanding of the important Austin and Julie Hesmondhalgh to mark CONTAINS STRONG cultural Caribbean-British connection for the 10th anniversary of Sophie’s death LANGUAGE COMMISSION nearly 3 decades. in 2007.

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Film Screening Dean Wilson & Zena Edwards Talking Joelle Taylor & Harry Giles doorsteps films introduced by joe Hakim

FRI 29 SEPT FRUIT 18:00 - 19:00

62-63 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Lamanby Photo © Graeme Oxby FRI 29 SEPT KARDOMAH94 Talking Doorsteps is a spoken word FRI 29 SEPT FRI 29 SEPT 18:00 - 19:30 exchange project that explores the idea of “home” by connecting young poets HULL COLLEGE KARDOMAH94 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN and filmmakers from across the globe 16:30 - 17:30 16.30 - 17.45 FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) and sharing their work digitally with audiences worldwide. For Hull 2017, The Roundhouse, Wrecking Ball Press and The Horncastle Building, 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN Readings from writer and performer Harry the Bocas Lit Fest have teamed up with Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Giles, and writer/poet and vocalist Zena the British Council and the BBC. Over FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Edwards. Harry is from Orkney and has the course of three workshops in Port of Readings from Joelle Taylor, the Artistic lived on four islands, each larger than the Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Hull (UK) and Poet Jacob Polley recovers an Director of SLAMbassadors UK, and last. Harry trained in Theatre Directing London (UK), the next generation of spoken extraordinary house of dream-memory Dean Wilson, twenty years a postman and Sustainable Development and their word artists from the Caribbean and the UK through words put to a powerful and eleven years as Hull’s self-proclaimed work generally happens in the crunchy have developed new work which has been soundscape, created and performed John fourth-best poet. Joelle has performed places where performance and politics filmed by filmmaker Pippa Riddick. Join us Alder. Lamanby movingly explores how we for the British Council, nationally and get muddled up. Zena was raised in for a screening of the films and insight into might hold on to what matters … internationally, touring numerous countries Tottenham and has become known as one the project with Joe Hakim. including Zimbabwe and Botswana. the most unique voices of performance CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE COMMISSION Dean’s first collection is out now with poetry to come out of London. She won CONTAINS STRONG Wrecking Ball Press. the Hidden Creatives Award 2012. LANGUAGE COMMISSION

18 19 FRI 29 SEPT MIDDLETON HALL DR John 20:00 - 22:00 Cooper University Of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX Clarke Tickets: £25 & Special Guests

Front Row Dr John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original ‘people’s poet’. Since then his career FRI 29 SEPT has spanned cultures, audiences, art HULL COLLEGE forms and continents. Today, JCC is as relevant and vibrant as ever, and 19:00 - 20:00 his influence just as visible on today’s Photo © Edward Bishop Sheehan Tom Photo © LIVE pop culture. His latest show is a mix The Horncastle Building, of classic verse, extraordinary new Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG material, hilarious ponderings on Tracey Thorn FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) modern life, good honest gags, riffs and chat - a chance to witness a living & Ben Watt Join the audience for a live broadcast legend at the top of this game. John of Front Row, Radio 4’s flagship arts will appear with Special Guests Toria iN COnVErsATIOn programme, presented by John Wilson Garbutt and Mike Garry. and featuring an exuberant mix of interviews, discussion, and performance. “I say to people, have you heard of John Cooper Clarke and if they say, yes, yeah he’s an absolute genius and you just go, ‘oh - ok, you’ve saved me a lot Hull Liming of time” - Steve Coogan

FRI 29 SEPT KARDOMAH94 FRI 29 SEPT 20:00 - 22:00

HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN 18:00 - 19:00 FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed)

Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF Tilt presents Hull Liming: Where spoken FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) word meets carnival. An evening of performance, spoken word, storytelling, The duo chat with Simon Armitage, music, drinks and DJs under one roof. discussing their songs and books, and Experience the culture, sounds and their years in Hull where they formed best- sensations of Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica selling band Everything But The Girl. and Hull.

20 21 Childrens poetry workshop

SAT 30 SEPT HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 10:00 - 11:00

Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF Verb Live FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed)

Radio 3 Calling all budding poets. Meet Liz 1xtra/BBC 2 Kessler, author of the best- selling EMILY WINDNSAP series which actually Words First started life as a poem. Liz will get your imaginations pumping and your words popping in a workshop described as ‘a FRI 29 SEPT sneaky way to write a beautiful poem 1st Edition Reading: BONGO BONGO without even realising it.’ Age 6+ Sean O’Brien 20:00 - 22:00 Talking Malton Street, SAT 30 SEPT Hull HU9 1BY

Photo © Ayesha Dharker Photo © doorsteps FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 11:30 - 12:30 Presented by 1Xtra’s Mim Shaikh. BBC 1Xtra bring their Words First poets FRI 29 SEPT SAT 30 SEPT Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF to Hull to celebrate the musical lyricism HULL COLLEGE KARDOMAH94 FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) at the heart of the station’s identity. Bashy’s controversial Black Boys is 22:00 - 22:45 11:30 - 12:15 LIVE A First Edition poetry reading. Sean fundamental to 1Xtra’s history, and now O’Brien returns to the city he grew up 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN we revisit the track through spoken word. The Horncastle Building, in - Hull. He has won many major prizes FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) The night features original work from Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG including the Cholmondeley Award, the Isaiah Hull, Asma Elbadawi, Solomon FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Somerset Maugham award, the E.M. O.B., Amina Jama, Reuben Fields and Join us for a high energy showcase of Forster Award and the Forward Prize Liam McCormick, plus live music from Ian McMillan presents Radio 3’s The Verb poetry, in Partnership with The British for Best Collection. His latest collection, the freshest talent including Hull’s very broadcasting live from Hull with a look at Council and The Round House. Ideas and The Beautiful Librarians is a bleak and own Chiedu Oraka. the poetry inspired by the city including social activism featuring performances comic lament for lost England. He is also the 2017 new ‘washing line’ poems with from Deborah Stevenson, Joe Hakim and the editor of The Firebox, an acclaimed A section of the filmed event will be Dean Wilson and Vicky Foster, Imtiaz Chiedu Orakld. anthology of post-war UK poetry. He presented by Kate Tempest for BBC 2, Dharker’s piece for JoinedUp dance CONTAINS STRONG is Professor of Creative Writing at the and broadcast on Saturday 30 September. company, and a new look at Larkin. LANGUAGE COMMISSION University of Newcastle.

22 23 Jacob Polley & Michael Dickman

BBC WritersRoom

GLUE Louise WallwEin Hull A city of poets, SAT 30 SEPT SAT 30 SEPT in its own HULL COLLEGE KARDOMAH94 SAT 30 SEPT 13:30 - 14:30 12:30 - 14:00 words HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY The Horncastle Building, 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN 13:30 - 14:30 Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) SAT 30 SEPT FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) JUBILEE CHURCH Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF Readings from the award winning Michael FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) A one-woman show mixing monologue, Dickman and Jacob Polley. Michael is the 13:00 - 14:30 live art and a sound score. Glue tells the author of three books of poems, as well Join the BBC Writersroom panel of Award- true story of Louise Wallwein and her as a book of plays co-written with his twin 62 King Edward Street, Hull HU1 3SQ winning poets, Simon Armitage, Michael first two meetings with her birth mother, brother Matthew. He currently teaches at FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Symmons Roberts and Hannah Silva, as three decades after being put up for Princeton University, New Jersey. they discuss writing poetic drama. This is adoption. The audience is invited to share From Larkin and Stevie Smith to Andrew a unique opportunity to hear about some a very private first reunion, but also the Jacob Polley is the author of four Marvell and Andrew Motion, from loved of their critically acclaimed work across subsequent more public second meeting. acclaimed poetry collections, including classics to contemporary observations. Radio, TV, Stage and Film, what’s involved the T.S. Eliot Prize-winning Jackself. A unique opportunity to hear renowned in the development and writing process of CONTAINS STRONG Born in Cumbria, he now lives and works actors read poems by Hull poets. poetry and scripted drama, and how they LANGUAGE COMMISSION in Newcastle. Presented by Lindsey Chapman. traverse across several media.

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HULL RISES

SAT 30 SEPT HULL COLLEGE 10:00 - 12:30 13:00 - 15:30

Hull School of Art and Design, Queens Gardens, Wilberforce Drive, Hull HU1 3DG FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Misguided Meet at entrance to Main Tower Block tour Ever been knocked back and risen again? An afternoon of fun for the family. Did you know the work ‘Lord’ derives from Involving workshops and the poetry the Anglo Saxon for ‘Loaf Protector’. SAT 30 SEPT Poetry Picnic - takeaway and a performance from In these bread-making and creative- STARTS AT JUBILEE CHURCH Fred Voss. Our talented team of writing workshops led by poet John ENDS AT KARDOMAH94 Poetry Take Away poet chefs will carefully craft a free Wedgwood Clarke, we’ll explore what this personalised poem for you, perform simple foodstuff can tell us about who 14:30 - 16:15 Fred Voss it and wrap it up to take away. we are. Come prepared to get floury and share both crust, crumb and word. 62 King Edward Street, Hull HU1 3SQ “We guarantee tears, laughter and FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) everything in between” Visual artist Laura Wilson, commissioned SAT 30 SEPT by Invisible Dust to make a new bread- Richard Tyrone Jones, ‘ringmaster of inspired piece for their Surroundings QUEENS GARDENS “Everything prepared fresh on the spoken word’ at the Edinburgh Fringe, project, will also be in residence 11:00 premises” brings his infamous Misguided cultural 13:30 - 17:00 -15:00 at the Art Gallery, Hull School of Art tour to Hull: a city-centre walk featuring and Design. Queens Gardens, Hull “No such thing as free lunch? There is fun, facts, and frivolous fiction - but can from The Poetry Take Away” FREE ADMISSION A University of Hull and Hull UK City of Culture 2017 you tell which is which? Starring local CONTAINS STRONG project in partnership with Invisible Dust and Hull poets David Osgerby, Robert Eunson and LANGUAGE COMMISSION Culture and Leisure. Vicky Foster.

26 27 BBC Imtiaz Dharker WritersRoom New Voices This Tide of Top tips Humber Orbita SAT 30 SEPT HULL COLLEGE SAT 30 SEPT 15:15 - 15:45 KARDOMAH94 16:30 - 17:00 16:30 - 17:30 The Horncastle Building, Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed)

JoinedUp Dance Company present a new Orbita is a creative collective of Latvian SAT 30 SEPT piece of contemporary dance inspired by SAT 30 SEPT poets writing in Russian whose works HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY Imtiaz Dharker’s specially commissioned are dedicated to dialogue between poem This Tide of Humber. This Tide of HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY various creative genres and cultures. 18:00 - 19:30 Humber captures the inexplicable pull of a Since 1999 Orbita has published a 15:15 - 16:15 Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF city where dislocation and separation mix number of almanacs in which literary FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) with images of water and sky to create a works appear side by side with works Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF of visual art. Orbita has created several unique sense of place. Imtiaz Dharker’s FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) wonderful evocation of the city of Hull multi-media poetry videos, performances This open mic event will feature the and the River Humber is interpreted by and installations; produced a number BBC Radio 3’s Verb New Voices Laura Ever wondered how to get noticed by the JoinedUp Dance Company to create a of bilingual (Russian-Latvian) poetry Potts, Sarah Sayeed and Kirsty Taylor. BBC? How to send your script and what wistful, enigmatic performance piece with collections and 3D poetry works. Part It is a chance for anyone to get up and happens when you do? How do they an original score by composer Joe Roper. of the European Writers’ Tour 2017, share their poetry with a wider audience assess your work? What grabs them and supported by EUNIC, the European - whether it is the first time you have CONTAINS STRONG what puts them off? If you’re after some Commission and in partnership with The presented your work or just another LANGUAGE COMMISSION tips, this is a session not to be missed. Royal Society of Literature. opportunity to shine, this event is for you.

28 29 BBC Radio 3 Philharmonic A clockwork orange

SAT 30 SEPT

MIDDLETON HALL Photo © Rich P Blake 18:30 - 20:30

University Of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Photo © Cesare De Giglio Hull Contains Strong Language and Radio 3 present a new dramatisation of the A city of poets, controversial dystopian classic A Clockwork Orange using an original in its own score composed by author Anthony Burgess with new orchestration by Iain Isaiah Hull words Farrington. Experience this thrilling performance of a radio drama with music performed by the BBC Philharmonic SAT 30 SEPT SAT 30 SEPT before it is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 1 October. KARDOMAH94 HULL COLLEGE

CONTAINS STRONG 18:00 - 20:00 20:00 - 21:00 LANGUAGE COMMISSION LIVE 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN The Horncastle Building, FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) In the last year alone, Isaiah Hull has supported Kate Tempest, Lemn Sissay Be in the audience for a live and Skepta at major events for the BBC. Radio 4 broadcast. And he’s just 19. Inspired by poet Saul Williams, author Philip Larkin and classical From Larkin and Stevie Smith to Andrew Greek tragedies, the Old Trafford writer Marvell and Andrew Motion, from loved and spoken word artist is one of the classics to contemporary observations. Roundhouse and BBC Radio 1Xtra’s A unique opportunity to hear renowned Words First finalists. He is a member of actors read poems by Hull poets. the young writers collective Young Identity. Presented by Lindsey Chapman.

30 31 Photo © Ayesha Dharker kate tempest 6 Music Cerys Matthews Imtiaz Dharker SAT 30 SEPT 2012/13 she wrote and performed Brand HULL MINSTER New Ancients, an hour-long epic poem SUN 1 OCT which won the Ted Hughes prize, a Herald SUN 1 OCT KARDOMAH94 20:30 - 22:30 Angel award, and an Off West End award. She has released three albums. The first, HULL COLLEGE 11:00 - 12:00 Trinity Square, Hull HU1 2JJ Balance, in 2011 with her band Sound of 10:00 - 13:00 Tickets: £25 Rum, and the second and third (Everybody LIVE 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN Down in 2014, nominated for the Mercury The Horncastle Building, FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Kate Tempest and her band will be Music Prize in the same year, and Let Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG performing Mercury nominated Let Them Them Eat Chaos in 2016) with producer FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Imtiaz Dharker is a poet, artist and Eat Chaos in Hull Minster. With full support and long-term collaborator Dan Carey. documentary-maker. She was awarded from her band and a stunning backdrop, She has published two poetry collections, Cerys Matthews draws on her eclectic the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in this will be an unmissable performance and was named Next Generation Poet by music tastes to bring you the best in 2014, recipient of the Cholmondeley of Kate’s explosive second solo album. the Poetry Society in 2015. Her first novel, spoken word and performance poetry. Award and a Fellow of the Royal Society Born in 1985, Kate grew up in Lewisham, The Bricks That Built the Houses, was This brings an exciting conclusion to the of Literature. Her poems are also featured and is a lyricist, playwright, musician, and published in 2016. BBC’s live broadcasts from the Contains on the British GCSE syllabus and A Level novelist. She has written three plays, and in Strong Language Season. English syllabus.

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Helen Mort & Pansy Boy & Michael Symmons Louise Wallwein Roberts 1st Edition Reading: Peter Didsbury Schcrat SUN 1 OCT Workshop HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY SUN 1 OCT 11:30 - 12:30 KARDOMAH94 SUN 1 OCT SUN 1 OCT Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF 12:15 - 14:00 FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY KARDOMAH94 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN 14:00 - 16:00 14:30 - 15:45 Peter Didsbury will be undertaking a FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) poetry reading from some of the British Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN Library archive of first edition poetry Pansy Boy is a creative extension of Paul FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) 18+ FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) books. Peter was born in Fleetwood, Harfleet’s on-going artwork, The Pansy Lancashire, but moved to Hull as a child. Project. He has been planting pansies Scratch clubs are safe spaces where Readings from Fenton Aldeburgh He was educated at Hull and Oxford and at the site of homophobia since 2005. performance poets at any stage of their Prizewinner Helen Mort and Whitbread has worked as an archaeologist. His work The Pansy Project has featured in many career can get together to try out new Poetry Award winner Michael Symmons follows a quirkier and more philosophical exhibitions and festivals around the world. material and receive peer feedback. Roberts. As well as poetry Helen style than that of his contemporaries, and Notably his Pansy Project Garden won a Scratch Hull will be facilitated by Apples also writes creative non-fiction and is has been a potent influence on younger gold medal at the RHS Hampton Court and Snakes producer Kirsten Luckins, but working on her first novel. Michael, who Hull poets. His Scenes from a Long Sleep: Palace Flower Show in 2010. Paul will be will only flourish thanks to the generosity is professor of poetry at Manchester New and Collected Poems was published joined by Louise Wallwein who launches of participating Hull poets sharing their Metropolitan University reads from his in 2003. her first poetry collection ‘Glue’. skills, experience and supportive critique. latest collection ‘Mancunia’.

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Vicky Foster Photo © Chris Smith, Scottish Book Trust

SUN 1 OCT KARDOMAH94 16:00 - 17:15 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN Roger McG0Ugh, FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Brian Patten & William Letford Readings from Hannah Silva and Vicky Foster. Hannah is known for her innovative explorations of form, voice and language LiTTLe MACHiNe & Fred Voss in performance and has been shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award. Vicky hosts Women of Words; an event for female performers of poetry, prose, drama and song, and is the founder of Trinity Hub. Matt Caley & HULL 17 GALA Brendan Cleary PART 2 SUN 1 OCT SUN 1 OCT SUN 1 OCT MIDDLETON HALL KARDOMAH94 KARDOMAH94 18:00 - 20:00 19:00 - 20:30 SUN 1 OCT 17:30 - 18:45 University Of Hull, Cottingham Road, 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN HULL COLLEGE 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN Hull HU6 7RX FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) 14:30 - 16:00 FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) TICKETS: £20 hullboxoffice.com Readings from Fred Voss and William The Horncastle Building, Readings from acclaimed poets Brendan As part of Larkin Reflections, Roger and Letford. After dropping out of an UCLA Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG Cleary and Matthew Caley. Originally from Brian’s new show with Walter, Steve & Ph.D programme, Fred worked as a FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) County Antrim, Brendan has published Chris of LiTTLe MACHiNe features a fine busboy, a steelcutter and a machinist. many collections from a variety of presses. selection of vintage, classic & surprising The factory experience became the theme This special event split over two nights is He currently lives and writes in Brighton, poems set to music. It’s a gala gig that’s of his writing. William has taken part in a Gala showcase of the work of the Hull and edits The Echo Room. Matthew’s making waves! 2017 sees them celebrating translation projects through Lebanon, ‘17 Contains Strong Language poets. first collection Thirst was shortlisted the 50th anniversary of the iconic & top- Iraq, and Palestine, and has completed This is an unbeatable opportunity to hear for the Forward Prize, and he has been selling Penguin Modern Poets No.10: The successful residencies in Haileybury a diverse range of work from our resident commended in the National Poetry Mersey Sound, which they shared with the Imperial Service College and the Burns festival writers. Part 2 of 2 (see page 9). Competition on multiple occasions. much missed Adrian Henri. House Museum.

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GCSE School Reading First StorY

Photo © Andy Gallacher Photo © FRI 29 SEPT MIDDLETON HALL How the Wind Blows 10:30 - 17:00

University Of Hull, Cottingham Road, SUN 1 OCT The tour will be an audio visual work Hull HU6 7RX featuring live performance by The INVITE ONLY JUBILEE CHURCH Unthanks, film footage of Molly Drake, a 20:30 - 23:30 set depicting her living room in abstract THUR 28 SEPT First Story’s Young Writers’ Festival is fashion, and spoken word pre-recorded heading to the north for the first time, 62 King Edward Street, Hull HU1 3SQ by Molly’s daughter, actress Gabrielle MIDDLETON HALL to the University of Hull on Friday 29th Tickets: £25 Drake. In some cases, The Unthanks 09:00 - 12:00 September. Over 400 students from in characteristically adventurous style, First Story schools in Hull, the Humber, Performing the Songs and Poems have drifted considerably from the 13:00 - 16:00 Yorkshire and the East Midlands will of Molly Drake ornamentations and voicings of the participate in a full day of intimate original songs, and at other points have University Of Hull, Cottingham Road, writing sessions, energy-fuelled poetry A wistful mother makes some simple yielded more faithfully. At the core in both Hull HU6 7RX slams and writer talks featuring a host home recordings in her family sitting cases lie the emotive sentiments of a INVITE ONLY of acclaimed writers, each one bringing room during the 1950s. Little could she unique and unheralded woman. their own personality and imagination have known that more than sixty years The BBC invites schools from the city of to the mix. Young writers will have the later, the dust would be blown off her “The Unthanks are capable of such beauty Hull and surrounding areas to join a GCSE chance to share the stage reading their song collection, firstly in 2013 with the that sometimes I can hardly bear to listen poetry reading and discussion session. own work. First Story believes that writing release of her own recordings, and now to them. And sometimes, when I know I Poets on the current syllabus - Simon can transform lives, and that there is by The Unthanks, who believe her work need it, I’ll listen to them to open me up Armitage, Imtiaz Dharker and Daljit Nagra, dignity and power in every young person’s is extraordinary enough to rank alongside and clean me out.” Martin Freeman offer young people the chance to gain story. For more information about First and independently of her brilliant son, first-hand knowledge about their poems. Story’s work and to become a part of the . Chaired by Chief Examiner Tony Childs. programme, visit www.firststory.org.uk

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THUR 28 SEPT FREE THINKING HULL COLLEGE 11:00 - 12:00 7 FRI 29 SEPT TRACEY THORN & BEN WATT HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 18:00 -19:00 20

THUR 28 SEPT ATTACHMENT OUTDOOR SPACES 12:00 - 17:00 7 FRI 29 SEPT FRONT ROW HULL COLLEGE 19:00 - 20:00 20

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THUR 28 SEPT LANDLINES HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 14:30 - 15:30 8 FRI 29 SEPT DR JOHN COOPER CLARKE + GUESTS MIDDLETON HALL 20:00 - 22:00 21

THUR 28 SEPT HULL 17 GALA LAUNCH (PART 1 OF 2) KARDOMAH94 17:00 - 18:30 9 FRI 29 SEPT 1XTRA/BBC 2 EVENT BONGO BONGO 20:00 - 22:00 22

THUR 28 SEPT THE VERB - 35 YEARS OF SPOKEN WORD JUBILEE CHURCH 18:00 - 20:00 10 FRI 29 SEPT VERB LIVE RADIO 3 HULL COLLEGE 22:00 - 22:45 22

THUR 28 SEPT KATHRYN WILLIAMS KARDOMAH94 19:30 - 21:30 11 SAT 30 SEPT CHILDREN’S POETRY WORKSHOP HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 10:00 - 11:00 23

THUR 28 SEPT JO WHILEY HULL COLLEGE 20:00 - 22:00 11 SAT 30 SEPT TALKING DOORSTEPS KARDOMAH94 11:30 - 12:15 23

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FRI 29 SEPT 1ST EDITION READING: KATH MCKAY HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 11:30 - 12:30 12 SAT 30 SEPT GLUE - LOUISE WALLWEIN HULL COLLEGE 13:30 - 14:30 24

FRI 29 SEPT KATE FOX KARDOMAH94 12:00 - 12:45 12 SAT 30 SEPT JACOB POLLEY & MICHAEL DICKMAN KARDOMAH94 12:30 - 14:00 24

FRI 29 SEPT THE VERB - INTERNATIONAL POETS HULL COLLEGE 11:30 - 12:30 13 SAT 30 SEPT HULL - A CITY OF POETS, IN ITS OWN WORDS JUBILEE CHURCH 13:00 - 14:30 25

FRI 29 SEPT MERSEY BEAT POETRY MOVEMENT BBC FOUR FRUIT 12:30 - 13:30 13 SAT 30 SEPT BBC WRITERS’ ROOM HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 13:30 - 14:30 25

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SUN 1 OCT PANSY BOY & LOUISE WALLWEIN KARDOMAH94 12:15 - 14:00 34 SUN 1 OCT SCRATCH WORKSHOP HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 14:00 - 16:00 35 3 SUN 1 OCT HELEN MORT & KARDOMAH94 14:30 - 15:45 35 MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS

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