PODCAST: Hay Festival 2018
Listen to Georgina Godwin interview writers and audience members at this year's 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.
Unwritten Poems – uncovering Caribbean experiences of WW1
Karen McCarthy Woolf introduces the Unwritten Poems project, exploring Caribbean experiences during the First World War
NEWS: Society of Authors prize round-up
Winners of the eight Society of Authors prizes announced
Announcing the Small Wonder Festival writer-in-residence
Layla AlAmmar is this year's British Council International Writer-in-Residence at Small Wonder Short Story Festival
Jane Austen in Pakistan
A new book, launched at the British Council library in Lahore, explores Jane Austen's relevance to contemporary Pakistan.
British Council Nature Writing Seminar 2018
We look back on last month's British Council Nature Writing Seminar and what made it so exceptional
Caribbean Poems on the Underground
In June and July 2018 Poems on the Underground is a celebration of Caribbean poetry.
PODCAST: London Book Fair round-up
Catch up with all the news, interviews and gossip from London Book Fair Baltics Market Focus
What We Are Reading: An Empathy Day Special
In the lead up to Empathy Day on 12 June, members of the British Council Literature team talk about books that helped them see the world through other people's eyes.
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