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Spoken Word

#ASonnetADay - Patrick Stewart reading Shakespeare sonnets.

#Pandemic Poems : A Poem A Day - poems read by Sam West.

Apples and Snakes - spoken word poets from the UK.

Beatfreeks - spoken word performance from the young, diverse, Birmingham-based collective with global aspirations.

Culture in Quarantine - Shakespeare.  A selection of performances from the Royal Shakespeare Company on BBC iPlayer.

Jean Binta Breeze - live performance in Leicester 2011. From Bloodaxe Books.  Wonderful dub poetry from a legendary performer with compassion and a social message: from "The simple things in life" to "Aid travels with a bomb". 

Lyrikline - international poetry.  Many languages and cultures represented.  On-screen and audio. 

National Shelf Service - videos about reading for children. From the Chartered Institute of Information and Library Professionals.

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