Joelle Taylor

We have next month's touring headliner guest and masterclass host with the Loud Poets Showcase, TS Eliot award-winning, Polari Prize award-winning author and poet.

Joelle Taylor is here to discuss her work, including her most recent collection, Maryville.

And we're also going to discuss the masterclasses that she will be hosting and what we can expect from her shows with Loud Poets in October.

But first, let's have a look at some of Joelle's work.

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Thank you.

That was Angel from Joelle Taylor.

And without further ado, Joelle, welcome to the Loudcast.

You both look pretty happy to me.

Tomorrow night's show comes live from the Contains Strong Language Festival at the Lowry in Salford, where poets Donna Ashworth and Joelle Taylor and two of the team behind the successful musical Operation Mincemeat will be joining Samira.

If you'd like to be there in person, you can still go.

Request free tickets on the Contain Strong Language website and just look on that for Front Row.

And Roger starts a week's tour tonight in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, continuing around the UK, playing Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and London, and ending up in Swansea next Tuesday.

And if you're in Salford this Thursday, there are tickets still available for this Thursday's Front Row, which is live from the Contained Strong Language Festival in at the Lowry in Salford, features the top poets Donna Ashworth and Joelle Taylor.

You can go to the Contain Strong language for free tickets to be part of that audience.

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