RSS FeedTue, 21 May 2013 20:03:17 +0200 http://literature.britishcouncil.org/rss Tue, 21 May 2013 20:03:17 +0200 News from the British Council Literature Department http://literature.britishcouncil.org <![CDATA[The 2013 Palestine Festival of Literature]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/the-2013-palestine-festival-of-literature British Council Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/the-2013-palestine-festival-of-literature <![CDATA[The Hay Festival 2013]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/hay British Council Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/hay <![CDATA[Meet the Director]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/cortinaqa British Council Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/cortinaqa <![CDATA[Cortina Butler appointed as new Director Literature]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/cortina-butler British Council Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/cortina-butler <![CDATA[Two fantastic jobs at the British Council]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/lit-adviser-jobs British Council Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/may/lit-adviser-jobs <![CDATA[Cariblit site goes live!]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/cariblit-website British Council Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/cariblit-website <![CDATA[The Caribbean welcomes the Edinburgh World Writers' Conference]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/ewwc-bocas British Council Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/ewwc-bocas <![CDATA[#bestyoung short docs: Foulds, Mohamed, Sahota]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/best-young-short-docs British Council Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/best-young-short-docs <![CDATA[The birth of a list]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/desmond-clarke British Council Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/desmond-clarke <![CDATA[Istanbul via Glasgow]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/ece-temelkuran-and-edwin-pickstone British Council Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/ece-temelkuran-and-edwin-pickstone <![CDATA[Turkish delights]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/turkish-delights British Council Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/turkish-delights <![CDATA[Barbara Nadel - 'New Fiction: Fantasy and Crime']]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/barbara-nadels-lbf-blog British Council Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/barbara-nadels-lbf-blog <![CDATA[Seven short eats from Sri Lanka]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/anjali-joseph British Council Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/anjali-joseph <![CDATA[Dhaka diary]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/tom-warner British Council Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/tom-warner <![CDATA[WHAT IS THERE - Reality vs. Fiction ]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/benjamin-woods-istanbul-residency British Council Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/benjamin-woods-istanbul-residency <![CDATA[John Angliss - Translating Fiction.]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/john-angliss-on-translation-and-modern-fiction British Council Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/john-angliss-on-translation-and-modern-fiction <![CDATA[Derrick Mattern - Translating Poetry.]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/derrick-mattern-on-translating-poetry British Council Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/april/derrick-mattern-on-translating-poetry <![CDATA[A.D. Miller's China diary]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/march/ewwc-beijing1 British Council Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/march/ewwc-beijing1 <![CDATA[Out Of It in Lahore]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/march/lahore-lit-fest British Council Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/march/lahore-lit-fest <![CDATA[EWWC: Bookworm Beijing]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/march/ewwc-beijing British Council Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/march/ewwc-beijing <![CDATA[Reel Iraq: Found in Translation ]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/march/reel-iraq British Council Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2013/march/reel-iraq <![CDATA[Granta and British Council Announce ‘Best of Young British Novelists’ Partnership]]> 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12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/june/alternative-geographies <![CDATA[Introducing The World Poetry Summit]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/june/poetry-summit British Council Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/june/poetry-summit <![CDATA[Watch Salman Rushdie live from the Hay festival online, 3 June, 14.30 BST]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/may/salman-rushdie British Council Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/may/salman-rushdie <![CDATA[Watch A Yi, Bi Feiyu and Liu Cixin here and now...]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/may/videos British Council Mon, 28 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/may/videos <![CDATA[New! British Council Series at the Hay Festival 2012]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/may/hay1 British Council Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/may/hay1 <![CDATA[Graphic novelist Zara Slattery writes about re-inventing Dickens for a Greek audience ]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/may/zara-slattery-comic-con British Council
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]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/adibf <![CDATA[Latest podcasts from the Norwich Showcase now live!]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/norwich-showcase-podcasts-announcement British Council Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/norwich-showcase-podcasts-announcement <![CDATA[Watch British writers read, discuss and explore their work here on our site]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--chandrahas/norwich-videos British Council Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--chandrahas/norwich-videos <![CDATA[Literary Days: Chandrahas Choudhury, novelist and literary critic from New Delhi blogs from the Norwich Showcase]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--chandrahas British Council Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--chandrahas <![CDATA[Egyptian writer and journalist Sahar Elmougy shares her reflections on discussions at the Norwich Showcase ]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--sahar British Council Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--sahar <![CDATA[Martin Jankowski a freelance writer, editor and cultural curator from Berlin shares his thoughts during the Norwich Showcase]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--martin British Council Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--martin <![CDATA[Listen to Hannah Lowe reading live]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/hannah-lowe British Council Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/hannah-lowe <![CDATA[Watch events live from the Norwich showcase]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/live-poetry British Council Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/live-poetry <![CDATA[You’re Launching a Literature Festival Where?]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/festivals-blog British Council Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/festivals-blog <![CDATA[Calling writers with international ambitions]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/ace-fund British Council Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/ace-fund <![CDATA[China Market Focus Programme at The London Book Fair 2012 Announced]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/lbf-2012-press-conference British Council Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/lbf-2012-press-conference <![CDATA[Read a blog by Umapagan Ampikaipakan, Malaysian writer, critic and radio presenter at the Norwich Showcase]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--umapagan British Council Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/march/blogs-from-norwich--umapagan <![CDATA[Winners of Dickens 2012 Creative Writing competition announced in Singapore]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/writing-competition-winners British Council Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/writing-competition-winners <![CDATA[Dickens commemorated in 24 countries over 24 hours with global read-a-thon]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/readathon British Council Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/readathon <![CDATA[Craig Taylor speaks at the Kolkata Book Fair]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/kolkata British Council Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/kolkata <![CDATA[Hay Festival Cartagena - British writers on stage in Colombia]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/hay-cartagena-2012 British Council Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/hay-cartagena-2012 <![CDATA[The Jaipur Literature Festival takes place in India]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/jaipur British Council Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/jaipur <![CDATA[Follow our LIVE stream as some of the best British writers discuss the relevance of Dickens today]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/dickens-seminar British Council
Join some of Britain's best contemporary writers as they meet in Berlin today to discuss that very question over the course of three days, close to the bicentenary of Dickens' birth.]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/dickens-seminar <![CDATA[British writers are a success in Sri Lanka this weekend]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/dickens-in-sri-lanka British Council
The Galle Literature Festival was marked by five literature-packed days and a medley of literary events from all over the world. ]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/dickens-in-sri-lanka <![CDATA[What the Dickens? A Photography Workshop in Azerbaijan]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/boz-and-azerbaijan British Council Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2012/january/boz-and-azerbaijan <![CDATA[Neel reflects on his Writer's Residency in Belgium]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/december/blog-iv British Council Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/december/blog-iv <![CDATA[What Would Dickens Write Today?]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/december/what-would-dickens-write-today British Council
You can watch the discussion unfold from 26th January on British Council Germany's website and join the discussion on Twitter. ]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/december/what-would-dickens-write-today <![CDATA[Dickens in New York - 170 Years On]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/december/boz-and-new-york British Council Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/december/boz-and-new-york <![CDATA[Richard T Kelly Becomes Boz in Argentina Dickens Project]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/december/boz-and-buenos-aires British Council
]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/december/boz-and-buenos-aires <![CDATA[Digital Publishing Trends up for discussion at the Non/Fiction Book Fair]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/dan-franklin British Council ]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/dan-franklin <![CDATA[Tales of Two Cities: the Shoreditch House Literary Salon goes to Moscow]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/salon British Council Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/salon <![CDATA[Inventing memories in Russia with British writers]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/sam-leith British Council Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/sam-leith <![CDATA[Costa Book Awards: Shortlist announced!]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/costa British Council Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/costa <![CDATA[Neel Mukherjee - The next instalment from Belgium]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/neel-mukherjee--blog-iii British Council
Neel's six week programme is part of an exchange with the Flemish writer Rachida Lamrabet and the Free Word Centre in London. Here he writes his third blog...]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/neel-mukherjee--blog-iii <![CDATA[Hay Dhaka puts the spotlight on Bangladesh]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/dhaka-launch British Council Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/dhaka-launch <![CDATA[Granta Scope Chinese Potential]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/granta British Council Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/granta <![CDATA[Exclusive Interview with Hanif Kureishi: part of our rich literature programme with Turkey]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/hanif-kureishi British Council Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/hanif-kureishi <![CDATA[Hay Kerala Starts Today!]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/kerala British Council Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/kerala <![CDATA[The 'Sketches by Boz' project has begun]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/zara-slattery British Council Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/zara-slattery <![CDATA[Tim Bowler Visits Schools in Denmark]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/tim-bowler1 British Council Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/tim-bowler1 <![CDATA[Countdown to Hay Dhaka]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/dhaka British Council Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/dhaka <![CDATA[Neel Mukherjee writes again from Passa Porta, Belgium]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/neel-mukherjee--blog-ii1 British Council
Neel's six week programme is part of an exchange with the Flemish writer Rachida Lamrabet and the Free Word Centre in London. Here he writes his second blog...]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/neel-mukherjee--blog-ii1 <![CDATA[Neel Mukherjee blogs from Passa Porta in Belgium]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/neel-mukherjee--blog-i1 British Council
Neel's six week programme is part of an exchange with the Flemish writer Rachida Lamrabet and the Free Word Centre in London. Here he writes his first blog...]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/november/neel-mukherjee--blog-i1 <![CDATA[Scottish author Zoe Strachan on her residency in Iowa, USA]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/iowa-2 British Council Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/iowa-2 <![CDATA[Poems On The Underground Autumn Series launched]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/poems-launched British Council Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/poems-launched <![CDATA[David Mitchell, Michelle Paver and Tiffany Gower take part in Hay Festival Segovia]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/david-mitchell British Council Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/david-mitchell <![CDATA[Performance Poets in China]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/performance-poets-in-china British Council
As a relatively new concept in China, the more animated, outgoing and inclusive aspects of performance poetry offered audiences a fresh view of what poetry means, and an insight as to how the UK is pushing the genre forward for the 21st century.]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/performance-poets-in-china <![CDATA[Julian Barnes wins the Booker Prize]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/booker-prizewinner-2011 British Council Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/booker-prizewinner-2011 <![CDATA[The Istanbul Tanpınar Festival Gets Under Way]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/tanpinar British Council Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/tanpinar <![CDATA[British Council's Writer-in-Residence Zoë Strachan Makes Huffington Post Headlines]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/iowa British Council Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/iowa <![CDATA[Paul Gravett and Oscar Zarate Head to Algeria for the 2011 International Comic Festival]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/algeria British Council Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/algeria <![CDATA[James Bridle talks Publishing in India]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/publishing-next British Council Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/october/publishing-next <![CDATA[Dickens 2012 Launches in China]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/china-launch-dickens-2012 British Council Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/china-launch-dickens-2012 <![CDATA[British publishers head to Brazil and Argentina]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/publishers-trip British Council Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/publishers-trip <![CDATA[Aoife Mannix and Jacob Sam La Rose to Latvia]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/spoken-word-poets-to-latvia British Council Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/spoken-word-poets-to-latvia <![CDATA[Man Booker Shortlist Announced]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/man-booker-shortlist British Council Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/man-booker-shortlist <![CDATA[Arab Spring at the Edinburgh International Book Festival]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/august/arab-spring British Council Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/august/arab-spring <![CDATA[Jeanette Winterson and Susie Orbach to the Beijing Book Fair ]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/august/authors-to-china British Council Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/august/authors-to-china <![CDATA[British Council and London Book Fair to China]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/china British Council Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/september/china <![CDATA[Poetry Parnassus Calls for Nominations Have Now Closed]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/august/poetry-parnassus British Council Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/august/poetry-parnassus <![CDATA[The Man Booker Long List has been announced]]> http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/august/man-booker-longlist British Council Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://literature.britishcouncil.org/news/2011/august/man-booker-longlist