Manchester Literature Festival: Writers from Pakistan
In partnership with the Karachi Literature Festival, we have supported a series of events coming up at this years' Manchester Literature Festival.
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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.
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Writers from Scotland and Pakistan
On Sunday 21 August the Edinburgh International Book Festival will host an exciting programme featuring writers from Pakistan.
Shakespeare Lives in Illustration: Karrie Fransman
Illustrator and comic creator Karrie Fransman talks about her 'Tragedy' illustration, commissioned for our Shakespeare Lives campaign, and shares before and after sketches of her work.
Shakespeare Lives in Illustration
As part of our Shakespeare Lives campaign, we commissioned three illustrators to visually interpret Shakespearean themes.
Andrew Dickson: Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare's Globe
After his recent trip to Moscow as part of the UK–Russia Year of Language and Literature 2016, writer Andrew Dickson reflects on Russia's relationship with Shakespeare.
Word of the Day - Translating Shakespeare into Polish
Our Polish translators blog on the most challenging word(s) of the day, after taking part in A Great Feast of Languages workshop in Cologne.
Word of the Day - Translating Shakespeare into Romanian
Romanian translators taking part in A Great Feast of Languages workshop in Cologne blog on the most challenging word(s) of the day, when translating texts from Shakespeare's plays.
Word of the Day - Translating Shakespeare into German
German translators blog collaboratively on the most challenging word(s) of the day, as they take part in A Great Feast of Languages workshop in Cologne.
Index on Censorship: Edin Suljic
After visiting his homeland, former Yugoslavia, last summer Edin Suljic was inspired to write his latest poem My Mate Shakespeare. His poem featured in the Spring 2016 special Shakespeare edition of Index on Censorship magazine. The British Council helped to support an event with Index on Censorship around Shakespeare and dissent at the Hay Festival on June 3rd 2016.
Index on Censorship: Shakespeare and dissent
The British Council supported an exciting programme of events at Hay Festival, celebrating Shakespeare on the 400 year anniversary of his death. On Friday 3 June, Rachael Jolley, editor of Index on Censorship magazine, was in conversation with Simon Callow, David Aaronovitch and Alexa Huang for an event on Shakespeare and dissent.
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