The countdown is on as Contains Strong Language heads to Sydney, Australia this month! From BBC broadcasts to poetry masterclasses, we can't wait to get the festival started! Head to https://t.co/ZoWvcuIyIk to find out more 🎉@redroompoetry

'Contains Strong Language', the @BBC’s flagship poetry and performance festival, is leaving British shores for the first time in its eight years to put a spotlight on Australia as part of Poetry Month 2024! See the full program and book your tickets here: https://t.co/qsYrGFs9iq

Only 4 weeks to go to 'Contains Strong Language', BBC’s flagship poetry and performance festival coming to Australia as part of Poetry Month 2024. See the full program and book tickets: https://t.co/S4sk91GgYZ #PoetryMonth #ContainsStrongLanguage

Amazing last day at @bbccslfest Performed a set with an amazing audience and finished with a freestyle inspired by something @ScallyClarke sent me 🙏🏽❤️ Honoured to have been on same bill as brilliant @ceciliaknapp & holy pants @ToriaGarbutt just 🔥🌟❤️💯 everyone🤯

It’s been an absolute dream meeting, performing with, and learning from some of the best poets in the UK and the world. My heart is full from these new poetic connections. Thank you @bbccslfest, Leeds 2023 and the @BritishCouncil for an incredible week.

Ian and Kadijah and Malaika at ⁦@bbccslfest⁩ !

Such a great time performing and enjoying other poet’s performances at the @bbccslfest this weekend! Lovely to meet members of the Queer Muslim Collective @VervePoetryFest and seeing lush poets like @kimmoorepoet @Malikabooker @lebomashile @chrisjtse @deartitilope @ianduhig 💚

MORNING! Live with @BBCRadio3 from LEEDS today with producers @bonaomi1 & @OliveEClancy - the Contains Strong Language Festival is happening here all weekend check it out @bbccslfest. Poet, musician, MC @testamentonline is my guest + Delius, Liszt, Byrd, @nightports, Mozart 🎶

Another fantastic @bbccslfest event at @Howard_Assembly #Leeds: @lemnsissay reading from his collection of short poems, Let The Light Pour In. Thought-provoking, moving, funny... pretty much all the bases covered. Photos show the poet in full performance mode - amazing!

Ian's got his show shirt on. He's all ready for our special live edition of The Verb in Leeds, onstage with Simon Armitage, @chrisjtse, @hanan_issa_ and @deartitilope - live at 10pm @BBCRadio3

Hope we get the applause! ⁦@bbccslfest⁩ ⁦@BBCRadio3⁩

We have got a limited amount of tickets available for 'If on a Winter's night' Please speak to the box office @LeedsPlayhouse for tickets or book online. Get your tickets now to see Toby Jones @thistimcrouch and Indira Varma 📻

We’re the festival booksellers at the BBC Contains Strong Language @bbccslfest festival! Drop by the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds to check out all these goodies 🥳📚😍

I can wholeheartedly recommend tuning into @BBCRaido4 on Monday for Start The Week featuring the wonderfully inspiring @lemnsissay and @lebomashile 🤩 recorded today during @bbccslfest 2023 👏

Calling all poetry fans! Hear 6 fantastic LGBTQIA+ poets from India and the UK sharing new work as part of Language Is A Queer Thing, live @bbccslfest in Leeds Friday 22 Sept, 3:30pm Leeds Central Library Tickets: https://t.co/ufGnNoPyKc #LIAQT @tqmp_india @VervePoetryFest

Only 3 days left until Contains Strong Language Festival arrives in Leeds 🥳 We still have tickets left, make sure to click the link in our bio to see our amazing poets and performers at #cslfest 🎉

Working on the introductions and questions for the four (count ‘em) editions of @R3TheVerb we’ll be making at the @bbccslfest in Leeds next weekend! What a mixture of poetry and performance; I’ll see you all there and on @BBCRadio3 !

One Week Away ✨⁠ ⁠ The @laurelprize 2023 Ceremony, Fri 22 Sep at 3.30 pm (BST). Part of @bbccslfest 🌍⁠ ⁠Readings from our shortlist: Liza Katz Duncan @autumnhousepress, @jorie_graham, @HRHopkins, @ZaffarKunial, @YvonneReddick. ⁠ https://t.co/xYhiWLk0fu

One Week Away ✨⁠ ⁠ The Laurel Prize 2023 Ceremony, Fri 22 Sep at 3.30 pm (BST). Part of @bbccslfest 🌍⁠ ⁠Readings from our shortlist: Liza Katz Duncan @autumnhousepress, @jorie_graham, @HRHopkins, @ZaffarKunial, @YvonneReddick. ⁠ https://t.co/XBmE4qvyD8

Our eight finalists are: Alex Ojo @A_nisa_i_am @aannamargarita @h_truslove JED Spoken2Life @TheLisaOHare @NigeenDara Head to https://t.co/b5JOeASxB7 to get your FREE ticket to the showcase and check out all the other FREE events we have on over the weekend!