POETRY & PERFORMANCE 28 - 30 SEPT 2018 INTRODUCTI0N

Contains Strong Language is back! Building on POETRY & PERFORMANCE the huge success of last year’s inaugural festival, 28 - 30 SEPT 2018 Hull welcomes 18 poets – the Hull 18 – along with local, national, and international artists to join in The UK’s biggest poetry and this celebration of poetry and spoken word. performance festival of new writing returns to Hull in 2018. The special alchemy that makes a great festival combines artistic talent, brand new commissions, world premières and appreciative Bringing over 30 events to the city audiences. Contains Strong Language was originally planned to over 3 days, leading poets and return in 2019, but the interest and excitement generated last year forced a re-think. We couldn’t wait to do it again. world class spoken word artists will take to the stage alongside In returning to Hull, the festival provides important continuity and legacy from City of Culture 2017. Hull’s reputation as a vibrant, brand new voices. creative and innovative city —a poetry city— continues to grow. Book your Tickets at Contains Strong Language is the BBC’s national poetry and spoken BbcCSL.eventbrite.com word festival, with coverage on national and local radio and TV. It is .co.uk/containsstronglanguage a partnership between the BBC, Wrecking Ball Press, Arts Council, Absolutely Cultured, 14-18 NOW and The British Council. #containsstronglanguage

Please see the website for information about live captioned events. Festival Directors Susan Roberts and Shane Rhodes

3 Cover image: Kat François © sloetry.co.uk Kat François Cover image: The Hull 18 Poets The Hull 18 Poets

Amanda Dalton Charnell Lucien Isaiah Hull Karen McCarthy Woolf Kat François Louise Wallwein

Amanda Dalton’s poetry publications Charnell Lucien is a spoken word Isaiah Hull’s first poetry collection Karen McCarthy Woolf was born in Kat François is a performance Louise Wallwein MBE is an include How To Disappear and Stray. artiste, tutor, motivator, social issues Nosebleeds will be published to English and Jamaican artist, broadcaster, playwright and award-winning poet, playwright Recent BBC audio dramatisations advocate, youth empowerer and by Wrecking Ball Press. Back at parents. Her book An Aviary of director. Kat was the first person to and performer from Manchester, include several Henry James novels mentor. Born and raised in central Contains Strong Language by Small Birds was shortlisted for win a televised poetry slam in the renowned as an explosive artist and her CSL commission Tove Trinidad, Charnell began writing popular demand, Isaiah returns the Forward Felix Dennis and the UK and also won the World Slam who detonates her audiences’ Jansson’s The Summer Book. Amanda at the age of 13. She is currently to Hull with Young Identity, the Fenton Aldeburgh first collection Championships. imaginations. Glue, her acclaimed will be in conversation with Sophia working on her first book To Self, spoken word organisation formed in prizes. Seasonal Disturbances was one-woman show, was performed at Jansson at Hull Central Library. With Love. Manchester. published in 2017. CSL in 2017.

Ishion Hutchinson Jackie Kay Jacob Polley Malika Booker SHIRLEY MAY Simon Armitage

Born in Jamaica, Ishion Hutchinson Born to a Scottish mother and Jacob Polley is the author of four Malika Booker is a British poet and Shirley May comes from Simon Armitage CBE was born is the author of poetry collections Nigerian father, Jackie Kay MBE acclaimed poetry collections: The multi-disciplinary artist of Guyanese Manchester’s Speakeasy Collective and lives in West Yorkshire. He has Far District and House of Lords and was adopted by a white couple at Brink, Little Gods, The Havocs and Grenadian parentage. She and is Visiting Fellow at MMU. She is published over a dozen collections Commons. Awards include National birth and brought up in Glasgow. and Jackself, which won the 2016 co-founded the writers’ collective part of Commonword’s development of award-winning poetry, most Book Critics Circle, Whiting Writers Bantam, published in 2017, is her T.S. Eliot Prize, and the Somerset Malika’s Poetry Kitchen. Her agency. Shirley writes from a recently The Unaccompanied. He Award, PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, first collection since being named Maugham Award-winning novel Talk poetry collection Pepper Seed was Caribbean Diaspora reference point, is Professor of Poetry at Leeds and Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize and a Scottish Makar, the Scottish Poet of the Town. shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney expressing being part of the Black Oxford Universities. Guggenheim Fellowship. Laureate. Centre prize. British Canon.

Jay Bernard Jay T John Joe Hakim Tanya Shirley VICKY FOSTER VLadimir Lucien

Jay Bernard is a writer from London. Jay T John is a non-binary poet Joe Hakim is a writer, poet and Tanya Shirley has published two Vicky Foster is a poet from Hull. Vladimir Lucien is a writer, actor Their work is multi-disciplinary, who hails from a fishing village in spoken word performer from Hull. poetry collections: She Who Sleeps Her first collection Changing Tides and critic from St. Lucia. His writing critical, queer and rooted in the West Trinidad. Inspired and moved Festival appearances include With Bones and The Merchant of was published by King’s has been published in regional and archives. Works include multi-media by the works of other writers across Latitude, Big Chill and Edinburgh Feathers. In 2017 she was awarded Press. Vicky performed to acclaim international journals. His debut piece Surge: Side A, winner of the the Caribbean Diaspora, their Fringe. In 2017, Joe travelled to a Silver Musgrave Medal from The at Contains Strong Language 2017. collection of poetry Sounding Ted Hughes Award 2018 and short greatest aspiration is to create art as Trinidad with the Roundhouse and Council of the Institute of Jamaica She is the host of Women of Words. Ground, published by Peepal Tree film Something Said. resistance. Wrecking Ball Press for the Talking for her outstanding contribution in Press, won the 2015 Bocas Prize for Doorsteps project. the field of literature. Caribbean Literature.

4 5 First Story Showcase Front Row BBC MUSIC DAY FRI 28 SEPT FRI 28 SEPT HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY HULL COLLEGE FRI 28 SEPT 13:30 - 15:00 19:00 - 20:00 LIVE HULL PARAGON INTERCHANGE Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF The Horncastle Building, PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG THE DAY FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Since 2016, the national literacy charity Ferensway, Hull HU2 8NH First Story has been working with Join the audience for a live broadcast FREE ADMISSION secondary schools in Hull. Students have of Front Row, Radio 4’s flagship Arts worked with acclaimed authors and poets programme, featuring an exuberant mix of As part of BBC Music Day, Hull Paragon BBC Music Day brings the nation together for a year, culminating in a collection of interviews, discussion and performance. Interchange will be participating in Platform to celebrate the power of music to change professionally published anthologies. to Perform, where choirs from across the lives. From celebrating community music Here’s an opportunity to hear that young UK are collaborating with over 40 railway projects and initiatives, to working with writing talent. stations to entertain commuters on BBC big-name musicians through a host of Music Day. Look out for spine-tingling performances and activities across TV, local choirs, Ian McMillan from BBC Radio radio and online, BBC Music Day shines 3 and BBC Humberside, live in Paragon a light on our relationship with music, and Interchange during the day. explores the impact it can have on our lives.

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FRI 28 - SUN 30 SEPT A captivating theatrical journey through The Verb the back streets of Hull. Discover the HULL CITY CENTRE poetry and voices that shout from the BBC Radio 3 Live LOCATION WILL BE REVEALED AT BOOKING rooftops, whisper round the corners and VARIOUS TIMES FROM 12:00 - 18:00 echo through the squares. FRI 28 SEPT Audiences will gather to embark on a FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) HULL COLLEGE journey of discovery of Hull’s lesser 21:45 - 22:45 known places and the stories of its LIVE characters along the way - meeting poets, wordsmiths and artists en route who will The Horncastle Building, bring the poetry to life. Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Written by award-winning poet and playwright Louise Wallwein. Ian McMillan presents Radio 3’s The Verb broadcasting live from Hull. Featuring Commissioned and produced by musician and poets Joe Hakim, Absolutely Cultured. Louise Wallwein, and Jackie Kay.

8 9 The Blackwood Jacob Polley

SAT 29 SEPT HULL COLLEGE 11:00 - 12:00

The Horncastle Building, Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed)

The Blackwood grows a new branch of the story of boyhood friends explored in Jacob Polley’s award-winning collection Jackself. It is set in a world both recognisably modern as well as starkly folkloric and weird. As well as a moving drama, The Blackwood is a haunting ‘landscape in noise’, created by musician and sound designer John Alder. With Ashley Margolis.

John Alder played guitar, sang BBC Teach with backing vocals and was co- songwriter with British rock band Joseph Coelho ‘The Jags’, going on to play session guitar and sing backing vocals for producer Steve Levine. SAT 29 SEPT BBC Teach is launching a new series of An award winning composer on films for teachers, featuring the popular BBC nature documentaries for HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY poet Joseph Coelho. Joseph has created Wildlife on One, John has also 10:00 - 11:00 some great new poems to help KS1 been a composer, sound designer and KS2 children with their literacy and and video artist for theatre Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF creativity. His Class Clips take primary productions with Northern Stage, FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) children through some of the basic Quarantine, The National Theatre concepts of writing and performing poetry, of Scotland and Live Theatre. using a mix of live action and engaging animation. Joseph will run a workshop in Hull Central Library to talk about this CONTAINS STRONG great project. LANGUAGE COMMISSION

10 11 Photo © Paul Musso Photo © Paul Kofi Smiles Show with BBC WritersRoom Young Identity WORKSHOP TOp Tips 0n SCriptWriting SAT 29 SEPT Wales Pictures / BBC Vox Image © BBC RADIO HUMBERSIDE 12:30 - 14:30 (on air 13:00 - 14:00) SAT 29 SEPT BBC Writersroom is always on the look-out for fresh, new, talented writers of any age Queen’s Gardens, Hull HU1 3RH HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY and experience with an original voice and FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) 11:30 - 12:30 great stories to tell. Due to popular demand, Isaiah Hull and Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF Join Usman Mullan, Development Producer his fellow Young Identity poets make a FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) for BBC Writersroom North (which focuses welcome return to Hull for this special on championing writers from across the UK) appearance live with Kofi Smiles. The Ever wondered how to get noticed by the who will provide you with some invaluable group will be joined by Nabb Gang BBC? How to send your script and what tips and answer any burning questions you performing their dynamic poetry and happens when you do? How do they may have about scriptwriting. spoken word. assess your work? What grabs them and what puts them off? If you’re after some tips, this is a session not to miss. LIVE

12 13 Jackie Kay - Short Films A ScoTTIsh SoldieR & PriVate Joseph Kay BBC WritersRoom SAT 29 SEPT pAnEL HULL COLLEGE Writing Poetry vS 13:00 - 14:30 Scripted Drama Alfred Bradley The Horncastle Building, Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG Bursary FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Showcase & Launch

A screening of two short films: A Scottish Soldier and Private Joseph Kay, followed SAT 29 SEPT by a Q and A with Jackie Kay and filmmaker Matt Kay. HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 16:30 - 17:30 In A Scottish Soldier, Jackie Kay tells the story of Arthur Roberts and a snapshot of SAT 29 SEPT Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF life in the trenches during the First World FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) War. The documentary, directed by Clara HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY Glynn, explores what it was like being 13:00 - 14:00 The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is a black a hundred years ago. £5,000 writing bursary to Northern writers Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF new to radio and the chance of a Radio 4 Kay’s poem Private Joseph Kay is dedicated FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) drama commission. to her grandfather who fought at the Somme. Join our award-winning panel of poets: The Award was established in 1992 to Maintaining the family Simon Armitage, Amanda Dalton, Louise commemorate the life and work of Alfred lineage, the film that Wallwein and Kat François, as they Bradley, the distinguished BBC Radio Drama responds to the poem discuss writing poetry vs. drama. This is Producer. Previous winners include Lee Hall and themes it raises was a unique opportunity to hear about some (Billy Elliot and War Horse), Peter Straughan made by award-winning of their critically acclaimed work across (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Debt) and filmmaker Matt Kay, who radio, TV, stage and film, what’s involved Cat Jones (Doctors and Waterloo Road). will join the Q and A to in the development and writing process of discuss the making of poetry and scripted drama, and how they Come to the launch to hear live script-in- this and other work as a traverse several media. hand performances from past winners. young filmmaker.

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14 15 UNWRITTEN SAT 29 SEPT Caribbean Poems After HULL COLLEGE the First World War 17:00 - 18:00 RADIO 3 / VERB SPECIAL The Horncastle Building, Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed)

Ian McMillan presents a special edition of Joinedup Radio 3’s The Verb.

Dance Company What does it mean to fight for a ‘mother country’ that refuses to accept you Still as one of its own? The stories of the 15,600 volunteers who signed up to the British West Indian Regiment in the First SAT 29 SEPT JoinedUp Dance Company present a rich World War remain largely unknown. This visual experience in response to Simon collaborative project is co-commissioned HULL COLLEGE Armitage’s collection of poetry Still, by 14-18 NOW, BBC Contains Strong 15:00 - 15:30 commissioned by 14-18 NOW. Language and the British Council.

The Horncastle Building, Using contemporary dance, projection, Unwritten Poems invited contemporary Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG text and costume, this new work explores Caribbean Diaspora poets to write into FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) the episodic disruption that disturbs the that vexed space, exploring the nature of eternal stillness and rhythms of the land war and humanity – as it exists now, and and considers moments of revelation and at a time when Britain’s colonial ambitions protection, permanence and transition, were still at a peak. image and metaphor. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE COMMISSION

16 17 SAT 29 SEPT MIDDLETON HALL I Told You 19:30 - 21:30 I Was Ill University Of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed)

Join us for a live recording at the University of Hull’s Middleton Hall, to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Award- winning actress and writer Jessica Hynes (pictured) writes and performs her own short drama about a female stand-up in search of the perfect gig. In the centenary year of his birth, this is a special homage to Spike Milligan, where three writers respond to Milligan’s style, his work, his legacy. Each 25-minute drama will be interspersed with Young Identity Milligan’s poetry performed live. & NabB Gang THE ESSAY ON SAT 29 SEPT Ted Hughes HULL COLLEGE BBC Radio 3 21:00 - 22:30

The Horncastle Building, SAT 29 SEPT Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG HULL COLLEGE FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) 19:00 - 20:00 One Mic Stand is a popular poetry showcase and slam night which takes The Horncastle Building, place quarterly at Contact Theatre, Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG Manchester. It was started by Young FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Identity, a spoken word organisation that was formed in Manchester in 2006, by Part One: recorded live for BBC Radio 3, poets Shirley May and Ali Gadema. Young leading writers provide insight, opinion Identity’s poets have worked alongside and intellectual surprise around the artists such as Lemn Sissay, Saul Williams, subject of Ted Hughes. Linton Kwesi Johnson, Kate Tempest, and the late Amiri Baraka. Young Identity bring CONTAINS STRONG a squad of their leading poets to this very LANGUAGE COMMISSION special event.

18 19 Louise Wallwein & Charnell Lucien Gruff Rhys

SAT 29 SEPT JUBILEE CHURCH 19:30 DOORS / 20:00 START Joinedup

62 King Edward Street, Hull HU1 3SQ Dance Company TICKETS: £20 Still Gruff Rhys is a Welsh musician, composer, producer, filmmaker and author. He SUN 30 SEPT performs solo and with several bands, SUN 30 SEPT KARDOMAH94 including . HULL COLLEGE 10:30 - 11:00 Rhys is prolific and inventive, and his 10:00 - 10:30 music encompasses a range of styles, 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN including psychedelia, folk and electro- The Horncastle Building, FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) pop. He formed electro-pop outfit Neon Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG Neon with producer . Their FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) A renowned and award-winning poet, was nominated for playwright and performer from Manchester, the 2008 Nationwide JoinedUp Dance Company present a rich Louise Wallwein is an explosive artist who visual experience in response to Simon detonates her audiences’ imaginations. He won the 2011 for his Armitage’s collection of poetry Still. Using Her plays have been broadcast by the album which was followed contemporary dance, projection, text BBC and graced the stage of Sydney up by in 2014. and costume, this new work explores Opera House, Royal Exchange and the episodic disruption that disturbs the Contact Manchester. Charnell Lucien has His most recent album Babelsberg was eternal stillness and rhythms of the land been writing and performing for nine years. released in 2018 and he has recently and considers moments of revelation and Her work speaks on issues such as single composed a song to celebrate the 70th protection, permanence and transition, parenting, family planning, HIV and AIDS anniversary of the NHS. image and metaphor. and cancer.

20 21 SHIRLEY MAY & Tanya Shirley Jacob Polley BBC RADIO 3 & Vladimir Between Lucien The Ears

SUN 30 SEPT HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 11:00 - 12:00 Vicky Foster Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) SUN 30 SEPT Bathwater KARDOMAH94 Unwritten Poems: Miss Birdie’s Letter 11:15 - 11:45 SUN 30 SEPT Poet Karen McCarthy Woolf follows HULL COLLEGE the trail of a letter sent to her Jamaican 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN SUN 30 SEPT grandmother by her Church, commending FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) 11:30 - 12:30 KARDOMAH94 her on 67 years of faithful service. The trip takes her back to her father’s village, and Shirley May believes her role is to make The Horncastle Building, 12:00 - 12:30 to 1918, when her grandmother sets off both performance and page poetry Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG for downtown Kingston from the country accessible to young people. She has FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN parish of St Catherine, a district that is worked for 25 years to promote a culture FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) now under a state of emergency as part around performance poetry to make it A one-woman show of poetry and of a government crackdown on gang “cool” and happening by mentoring and monologue supported by a sound score Recognition for Jacob Polley’s work violence. What would life have been like supporting new writers. Tanya Shirley from The Broken Orchestra, which includes a Somerset Maugham award, for a rural migrant at the end of the First has conducted writing workshops in explores Vicky’s real-life experiences of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and in World War? And how does that compare Venezuela, Canada, the USA, England, what happens when violence spills over January 2017 he won the T.S. Eliot Prize to today? Scotland and the Caribbean and has into family life. for collection Jackself. Vladimir Lucien lives been a writer-in-residence twice at Sierra and works in St Lucia. He won the 2015 CONTAINS STRONG Nevada College, Lake Tahoe and is a CONTAINS STRONG Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature for his LANGUAGE COMMISSION proud Cave Canem Fellow. LANGUAGE COMMISSION collection of poetry Sounding Ground.

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Joe Hakim & Kat François Vicky Foster

Photo © Anneka Morley Photo © & Jay T John THE SUMMER Photo © Hannah Edy BOOK wITh AmanDa DaLt0n The Verb - BBC RADIO 3 � �OPhIa jan��0n Foyle Young SUN 30 SEPT Poets HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY SUN 30 SEPT 12:30 - 14:00 SUN 30 SEPT KARDOMAH94 HULL COLLEGE 14:00 - 14:30 Albion Street, Hull HU1 3TF SUN 30 SEPT FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) 13:00 - 14:00 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN KARDOMAH94 LIVE FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) The Horncastle Building, Amanda Dalton is a huge admirer of Tove 12:45 - 13:45 Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG Jansson. Here, she will discuss the poetic The host and founder of Hull’s Women FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) qualities of The Summer Book and the 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN of Words, Vicky Foster has written Moomintrolls with Tove Jansson’s niece FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) commissions for radio, TV and podcasts Sophia who inspired the character of In the 20th year of The Foyle Young and is currently working on a one-woman Sophia in the book. The Summer Book for Jay T John, non-binary and hailing from Poet of the Year Award, we meet some radio show Bathwater, commissioned by Radio 4 will be played in full at the end of Trinidad, aims to create art as resistance. of the latest young winners of the prize, the BBC, debuting at CSL. Joe Hakim the session. A slam poet, Kat François is also a alongside poets who won the award back has toured and performed with LIFE, playwright and director. Her critically when they were teenagers, including Jay a Hull-based punk band and currently CONTAINS STRONG acclaimed play, Raising Lazarus, deals with Bernard, Phoebe Stuckes and Caroline works with schools in Hull and the LANGUAGE COMMISSION experiences of Caribbean soldiers in WW1. Bird, who is one of this year’s judges. Warren Youth Project.

24 25 Ishion Karen McCarthy Photo © Mary McCartney HutchinSOn Woolf & Jackie kay & & Malika BoOker Amanda Dalton Jay Bernard

THE ESSAY ON Ted Hughes BBC Radio 3 SUN 30 SEPT SUN 30 SEPT KARDOMAH94 15:30 - 16:00 SUN 30 SEPT SUN 30 SEPT KARDOMAH94 14:45 - 15:15 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN KARDOMAH94 HULL COLLEGE FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) 16:15 - 16:45 14:30 - 15:30 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Amanda Dalton’s publications include 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN The Horncastle Building, How to Disappear and Stray. She also FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG Malika Booker’s first poetry collection, writes for theatre and is an Associate FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) Pepper Seed, was longlisted and Artist at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Jackie Kay has an impressive array of shortlisted for multiple prizes and her Theatre. Born to English and Jamaican awards for her works Trumpet and Red Part Two: more leading writers provide poem Nine Nights was longlisted for the parents, Karen McCarthy Woolf’s award- Dust Road – the latter won Scottish insight, opinion and intellectual surprise Forward Prize for Best Single Poem in winning first collection, An Aviary of Small Book of the Year. She was awarded an around the subject of Ted Hughes. 2017. Winner of numerous awards, Ishion Birds, was followed up with Seasonal MBE in 2006. Jay Bernard is a writer, Hutchinson has authored two poetry Disturbances, which explores nature, the archivist and film programmer. Their CONTAINS STRONG collections and was born in Port Antonio, city and the sacred. multi-media piece, Surge: Side A, won the LANGUAGE COMMISSION Jamaica. Ted Hughes Award.

26 27 Leonard Cohen is my Spirit Guide A Celebration of LEONARD COHEN

SUN 30 SEPT JUBILEE CHURCH The Echo Chamber DOORS 19.30 / START 20.00 BBC Radio 4 Photo © Cesare De Giglio 62 King Edward Street, Hull HU1 3SQ Paul Farley TICKETS: £20

Join us for a tribute to Leonard Cohen, SUN 30 SEPT novelist, poet and one of the greatest singer songwriters ever to grace the HULL COLLEGE Isaiah Hull planet. Admitting to influences as wide 16:30 - 17:30 ranging as Hebrew prayer and Spanish LIVE book launch poet Federico García Lorca, Cohen The Horncastle Building, himself has, in turn, inspired generations Charlotte Street, Hull HU1 3DG of artists. FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) SUN 30 SEPT Salman Rushdie once said of his work, Poet Paul Farley presents a special edition KARDOMAH94 “If I could write like that, I would.” of BBC Radio 4’s contemporary poetry 17:00 - 17:30 series The Echo Chamber. The evening features a stellar troupe of musicians including Mercury Music 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AN Prize nominee Kathryn Williams, along The Echo Chamber is a weekly showcase FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) of the best new poetry from the UK and with Georgia Ruth, Sylvie Lewis, Paul beyond. Recent guests have included Smith, David Ford, Astrid Williamson, Join us to celebrate the launch of Marry Waterson, Adem, Arcelia and Ocean Vuong, Gillian Clarke, Caroline Nosebleeds. Isaiah Hull’s first collection Bird, Robin Robertson, Kaveh Akbar, Martin Carr. They offer their own take on of poetry is published by Wrecking Ball Cohen’s music and poetry. Kayo Chingonyi, Emily Berry, Andrew Press. Isaiah has established himself as Motion, Zaffar Kunial, Simon Armitage one of the most exciting young voices and many more. Hosted by Kerry Shale, whose acting in the country and has supported Kate credits include the West End production of Tempest, Lemn Sissay and Skepta at Frost/Nixon and TV’s Patrick Melrose, Dr In this live show we’ll hear new work from major events for the BBC. a very special guest, recorded in front of Who and Red Dwarf. He also played Steve Coogan’s agent in The Trip and The Trip the Contains Strong Language audience CONTAINS STRONG for broadcast in October 2018. LANGUAGE COMMISSION To Spain.

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Radio Humberside is broadcasting 5 CAROLINE PLC CAROLINE special programmes across the festival. GREA Phil White broadcasts live from Hull’s BBC RADIO T UNION STREET Double Tree Paragon Station on Friday 12-3pm by Hilton as part of BBC Music Day with a live HUMBERSIDE 1 choir and Contains Strong Language 2 previews. Loren Fox and Kerrie Marsh highlights are presenting their ‘Culture Night’ show live from Hull College on Friday night from 7-10pm with special guests. BBC HUMBERSIDE 4 On Saturday 8-10pm BBC Music THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND 6 Introducing on Radio Humberside presents a spoken word special 8 Dock St, Hull HU1 3DP featuring local poets, spoken FREE ADMISSION (Ticketed) word artists, rappers and lyricists. 3 Introduced by Alan Raw in front of a studio audience, the line-up includes renowned Hull poet Joe Hakim and local rapper Cameo Brooks. BONUS ARENA

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1 HULL COLLEGE 4 JUBILEE CHURCH (THE HORNCASTLE BUILDING) 5 UNIVERSITY OF HULL 2 HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY (MIDDLETON HALL) 3 KARDOMAH94 6 RADIO HUMBERSIDE 30 ContAINS str0nG LanGUaGe DIARY ContAINS str0nG LanGUaGe DIARY

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FRI 28 SEPT BBC MUSIC DAY HULL PARAGON THROUGHOUT 7 SUN 30 SEPT VICKY FOSTER / BATHWATER HULL COLLEGE 11:30 - 12:30 23 INTERCHANGE THE DAY SUN 30 SEPT JACOB POLLEY & VLADIMIR LUCIEN KARDOMAH94 12:00 - 12:30 23 FRI 28 SEPT FIRST STORY SHOWCASE HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 13:30 - 15:00 6 SUN 30 SEPT HOME TOWN STORY HULL CITY CENTRE VARIOUS TIMES 8 FRI 28 SEPT HOME TOWN STORY HULL CITY CENTRE VARIOUS TIMES 8 FROM 12:00 - FROM 12:00 18:00 18:00 SUN 30 SEPT THE SUMMER BOOK WITH AMANDA DALTON HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 12:30 - 14:00 24 FRI 28 SEPT FRONT ROW HULL COLLEGE 19:00 - 20:00 6 SUN 30 SEPT KAT FRANÇOIS & JAY T JOHN KARDOMAH94 12:45 - 13:45 24 FRI 28 SEPT THE VERB / BBC RADIO 3 LIVE HULL COLLEGE 21:45 - 22:45 9 SUN 30 SEPT FOYLE YOUNG POETS / THE VERB - BBC RADIO 3 HULL COLLEGE 13:00 - 14:00 25 SAT 29 SEPT BBC TEACH WITH JOSEPH COELHO HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 10:00 - 11:00 10 SUN 30 SEPT JOE HAKIM & VICKY FOSTER KARDOMAH94 14:00 - 14:30 25 SAT 29 SEPT THE BLACKWOOD / JACOB POLLEY HULL COLLEGE 11:00 - 12:00 11 SUN 30 SEPT THE ESSAY ON TED HUGHES / BBC RADIO 3 HULL COLLEGE 14:30 - 15:30 26 SAT 29 SEPT BBC WRITERSROOM WORKSHOP HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 11:30 - 12:30 12 SUN 30 SEPT ISHION HUTCHINSON & MALIKA BOOKER KARDOMAH94 14:45 - 15:15 26 SAT 29 SEPT HOME TOWN STORY HULL CITY CENTRE VARIOUS TIMES 8 FROM 12:00 - SUN 30 SEPT KARDOMAH94 15:30 - 16:00 27 18:00 KAREN MCCARTHY WOOLF & AMANDA DALTON

SAT 29 SEPT KOFI SMILES SHOW WITH YOUNG IDENTITY BBC RADIO HUMBERSIDE 12:30-14:30 13 SUN 30 SEPT JACKIE KAY & JAY BERNARD KARDOMAH94 16:15 - 16:45 27

SAT 29 SEPT JACKIE KAY - SHORT FILMS HULL COLLEGE 13:00 - 14:30 14 SUN 30 SEPT PAUL FARLEY / THE ECHO CHAMBER BBC RADIO 4 HULL COLLEGE 16:30 - 17:30 28

SAT 29 SEPT BBC WRITERSROOM PANEL HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 13:00 - 14:00 15 SUN 30 SEPT ISAIAH HULL BOOK LAUNCH KARDOMAH94 17:00 - 17:30 28

SAT 29 SEPT JOINEDUP DANCE COMPANY / STILL HULL COLLEGE 15:00 - 15:30 16 SUN 30 SEPT LEONARD COHEN IS MY SPIRIT GUIDE JUBILEE CHURCH 19:30 29

SAT 29 SEPT ALFRED BRADLEY BURSARY LAUNCH HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 16:30 - 17:30 15

HULL COLLEGE SAT 29 SEPT UNWRITTEN / BBC RADIO 3 VERB SPECIAL 17:00 - 18:00 17 FUNDED BY SAT 29 SEPT THE ESSAY ON TED HUGHES / BBC RADIO 3 HULL COLLEGE 19:00 - 20:00 19

SAT 29 SEPT I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL MIDDLETON HALL 19:30 - 21:30 18

SAT 29 SEPT GRUFF RHYS JUBILEE CHURCH 19:30 20

SAT 29 SEPT YOUNG IDENTITY & NABB GANG HULL COLLEGE 21:00 - 22:30 19 OUR PARTNERS

SUN 30 SEPT JOINEDUP DANCE COMPANY / STILL HULL COLLEGE 10:00 - 10:30 21

SUN 30 SEPT LOUISE WALLWEIN & CHARNELL LUCIEN KARDOMAH94 10:30 - 11:00 21

SUN 30 SEPT BETWEEN THE EARS HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY 11:00 - 12:00 22

SUN 30 SEPT SHIRLEY MAY & TANYA SHIRLEY KARDOMAH94 11:15 - 11:45 22 ABSOLUTELY READY FOR MORE? JOIN US IN HULL AS THE CULTURE CONTINUES...

URBAN JAMIE REID XXXXX: FIFTY YEARS LEGENDS: OF SUBVERSION AND NORTHERN THE SPIRIT LIGHTS Humber Street Gallery Hull City Centre 13 Oct – 6 Jan 29 Nov – 02 Dec FREE Unticketed FREE Unticketed

Artist and anarchist Jamie Reid’s work is This winter Absolutely Cultured will synonymous with the spirit of British punk. illuminate Hull’s architecture and paint the city’s streets with moving animations and Humber Street Gallery presents the artist’s atmospheric music to celebrate the deep first major solo presentation in the UK, cultural connections between Hull and our showcasing artwork spanning from the Nordic neighbours across the water. 1970s to present.

Using projection and commissioned Co-curated by John Marchant, Gallerist soundscapes from large and spectacular to and Curator, alongside David Sinclair, intimate and moving, the city will be at its Head of Visual Art and Engagement at dazzling winter best. The Civic, Barnsley.

Commissioned and produced by Absolutely Cultured.

BUILT ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF HULL 2017 POETRY & PERFORMANCE 28 - 30 SEPT 2018

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