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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.

Andrew Kelly at the Ake Festival, Nigeria

| by Andrew Kelly

Andrew Kelly of the Bristol Cultural Development Partnership blogs about his research visit to the Ake Arts and Book Festival in Lagos, Nigeria

ColabNowNow, Mozambique, Oct. 2018

| by Tanya Chitunhu

Poet Tanya Chitunhu blogs about her experiences as one of the digital creatives who took part in the second edition of the ColabNowNow residency hosted by Maputo Fast Forward in Mozambique.

OPEN CALL: Opportunity to Host Poets from Southern Africa

| by Joe White

We are looking for UK poetry and literature organisations to design and run a short networking visit by four poets from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique to the UK in early 2019.

Indonesia Rights Forum

Join us for a half-day seminar on buying and selling rights to Indonesia

Majaaz Poetry Translation Workshop, Tunisia, Sept. 2018

| by Martha Sprackland

Poet and editor Martha Sprackland writes about her experiences at the Majaaz Poetry Translation Workshop in Tunsia last month. The workshop, run in collaboration with Modern Poetry in Translation magazine, brought together 5 young British poets, and 10 young poets from across the Maghreb, to translate each other’s work at a residential workshop at Villa Ma’amoura, Nabul, Tunisia.

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