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The Baltic Countries - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - are the Market Focus countries at the 2018 London Book Fair.
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Creating Heroines
A collaborative project with female artists and graphic novelists from South Asia and the UK
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Poets and writers walk, talk and share stories in these films from four cities across Canada
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British Council Literature Seminar in Berlin
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New poetry featured across the Chinese metro
Find out about a poetry project making journeys more stimulating and inspiring
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Contains Strong Language
The UK's biggest poetry festival devoted to new work happened in Hull at the end of September #Hull2017
Welcome to British Council Literature
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From Our Blog
Upcoming Baltic Literature
By Leah CrossAhead of the Baltic Market Focus at the 2018 London Book Fair, here are some recently and soon-to-be published titles, translated into English.
Creating Heroines: Graphic Novel Masterclass with Dr Nicola Streeten
By Dr Nicola StreetenIn February 2018 Dr Nicola Streeten travelled to Kathmandu to deliver a graphic novel masterclass for the British Council. Here she blogs about her experience.
Open Call: Editors Trip to Indonesia
Are you a publisher of writing in translation? Join us on a trip to Jakarta and Makassar Writers Festival!
Raymond Antrobus at Kingston Book Festival
By Raymond AntrobusRaymond Antrobus blogs about his time in Jamaica at the Kingston Book Festival!
Our Latest Projects
Creating Heroines
Creating Heroines is a collaborative international project initiated by the British Council. Bringin...
EBRD Literature Prize
Winner Istanbul Istanbul by Burhan Sönmez and translated by Ümit Hussein won the first EBRD Literatu...
The London Book Fair: Baltic Countries Market Focus 2018
The Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, will be the Market Focus countries at The London B...
British Council Literature Seminar in Berlin 2018
Writing Gender and Sexuality: #BritLitBerlin 2018 | 25 - 27 January The British Council Literatu...
Who We’re Working With
Vahni Capildeo
Vahni Capildeo was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1973, to Leila Bissoondath Capildeo and Deven...
Inua Ellams
Inua Ellams was born in Nigeria in 1984 and moved to the UK as a child. He is a poet, performer, pla...
Monique Roffey
Monique Roffey is an award winning Trinidadian-born British writer. She has written four novels and ...
Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney was born in 1991 in Castlebar, County Mayo. She holds degrees in English and American L...
Opportunities
Arts opportunities
A list of British Council current and upcoming international opportunities for artists.
Artists’ International Development Fund
Apply for the Artists' International Development Fund to develop artistic skills.
Open Call: Host opportunities for international literature residencies
Open Call: Host opportunities for international literature residencies
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