Kamila Shamsie: Bocas and Bogotá (Part 2)
In the second instalment of her blog from the Bocas Lit Fest in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamila Shamsie reflects on the relationship between literature and cricket.
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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.
Kamila Shamsie: Bocas and Bogota - Part 1
Novelist Kamila Shamsie blogs from the Bocas Lit Fest in Trinidad and Tobago and the Bogotá Book Fair in Colombia, where she will be discussing her work and her contribution to the anthology Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories After Shakespeare and Cervantes.
WOW Karachi
Women of the World Festival from the Southbank to Karachi!
Nell Leyshon - The Story of my Story
Ahead of her trip to the Bocas Lit Fest, novelist and playwright Nell Leyshon reflects on her experience of writing a short story inspired by Cervantes for the new anthology Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories After Shakespeare and Cervantes.
Found in Translation: Part 3
The third set of films shot in the northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan featuring poetry and translations by UK and Iraqi based writers.
The Great Flight: the refugee-focused issue of Modern Poetry in Translation
Sasha Dugdale, Editor of Modern Poetry in Translation, introduces the Spring issue of the magazine which focuses on poetry by refugees.
Found in Translation: Part 2
The second set of films shot in the northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan featuring poetry and translations by UK and Iraqi based writers.
Tales from Tel Aviv
Anne Caldwell - Programme Manager for Wider Europe on the Literature Team - blogs about some of her unique experiences in Tel Aviv at a meeting of the British Council Arts Team
City to City- Glasgow to Lahore: poets and musicians at the Lahore Literary Festival
Poet Vicki Husband and singer and musician Sarah Hayes share their experiences of visiting the Lahore Literary Festival in our city to city project.
Manchester Literature Festival and Karachi Literature Festival
Manchester Literature Festival co-directors Cathy Bolton and Sarah-Jane Roberts visited the Karachi Literature Festival in February 2016 and left with their heads brimming with ideas for potential programme collaborations.
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