Tony Harrison and Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze will be appearing at the T-junction poetry festival in Middlesbrough, in a lineup that also includes poets from Finland, Pakistan, Latvia, and Bosnia. Those taking part include Helianne Kallio (Finland), Shazea Quraishi (Pakistan), Karlis Verdins (Latvia), Goran Simic (Bosnia), Wajid Hussain (Pakistan), JK Ihalainen (Finland), George Szirtes, Jackie Litherland, Mark Robinson, Joelle Taylor, Steve Ely, Graham Clifford and Julie Egdell. Teesside's four-day festival takes place from 14-17 April. More details

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