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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.

Keats on the Underground

| by Swithun Cooper

April sees Keats featured as part of Poems on the Underground

Writing on the Wall: Mourid Barghouti

| by Writing on the Wall Festival

Following the recent passing of Palestine poet Mourid Barghouti, Writing on the Wall share the impact and significance of his work to them as an organisation.

What We're Reading December 2020

This month's What We're Reading features a nervous Little Crab, a memoir that is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and poetry to soothe the soul and expand the mind.

What We're Reading - October 2020

Romance, poetry, debut novels and rediscovered classics - celebrate Black British authors and get some Autumn reading inspiration from the latest edition of 'What We're Reading'.

Comics in crisis

| by Hannah Berry

Hannah Berry, on the realities of being a Comics creator in the UK

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