Welcome to the British Council's Literature team site.
We work with hundreds of writers and literature partners to develop innovative projects and collaborations.
Hay Festival is back, and from 25 May to 4 June, we’ll be there supporting a selected programme of events on the topic of equity and featuring up-and-coming writers from the UK and around the world.
The British Council has commissioned a scoping report into the trade publishing and literature sectors in nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa in which it operates.
Bernardine Evaristo chairs the 38th British Council Literature Seminar in Berlin from 16-18 March.
The British Council is partnering with the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award for the sixth year.
Niall Griffiths was born in Liverpool in 1966, studied English, and now lives and works in Aberystwy...
Sabrina Mahfouz is a British-Egyptian writer, performer and educator. She was raised in London and C...
Kei Miller was born in 1978 and grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. He studied English at the University o...
Monique Roffey is an award winning Trinidadian-born British writer. She has written four novels and ...
@LitBritish RT @tqmp_india: #LIAQT2023 will bring together 6 talented queer poets from India and the UK through an in person residency & a festival sho…
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@LitBritish Huge congratulations to @gospodinov68 and translator @rodel_angela as ‘Time Shelter’ is announced as the first Bulg… https://t.co/OkxRthTbos
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@LitBritish RT @beccaleigh99: Fantastic line up of Welsh writers at Hay this year. @BCouncil_Wales is delighted to be there supporting our brilliant Li…
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