Hay Festival 2022
The British Council is delighted to support a specially selected programme of events at the 2022 Hay Festival.
Blog
These blog posts offer an insight into some of the projects that we’ve supported and how the British Council works with literature, including interviews with writers, diaries from international visits, and reflections on completed or on-going projects. The opinions expressed in the blog are those of the authors.
SHARJAH FOCUS: Which authors are coming to London Book Fair?
We reveal the authors who will be representing Sharjah at the Market Focus and London Book Fair 2022.
SHARJAH FOCUS: Public events
Celebrate Arabic Literature at this public event in London
SHARJAH FOCUS: London Book Fair events
If you're heading to The London Book Fair this month, join us at these Cultural Programme events
Announcing The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award shortlist
The British Council is partnering with the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award for the fifth year.
British Council Literature Seminar Berlin - Now Neu NI: Contemporary Writing from Northern Ireland
Having begun at a monastery in Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1986, before landing at locations including Walberberg and Hamburg - and, in 2021, taking place entirely online due to the Covid-19 pandemic - the British Council Literature Seminar returns to Berlin this year, for its annual three-day event of readings, workshops and discussions.
10 Arabic titles that should be translated into English
In 2022, the spotlight falls on Sharjah as London Book Fair's Market Focus country. Sawad Hussain, Arabic translator, here gathers some of the best Arabic fiction not yet translated
International Literature Showcase: emerging UK writers
Good writing knows no borders. Poet, writer, and academic Kei Miller will introduce his selection of ten unmissable emerging writers based in the UK on 19 June.
British Council at the Online Book Fair 2021
Join us for three free literature events live on 30 June
What We're Reading Welsh Literature Edition
Inspired by our recent British Council Literature Seminar on Welsh writing, this month's What We're Reading is dedicated to Welsh Literature. We asked Elena Schmitz (Head of Programmes, Literature Wales, and member of the British Council’s Arts and Creative Economy Advisory Group) to join us.
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