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Trading Stories: From Lahore to Lewis

Friday 26 August 2016 | by Daisy Leitch

A group of illustrators, musicians and story tellers from Scotland and Pakistan travelled from Edinburgh International Book Festival to the Outer Hebrides.

Manchester Literature Festival: Writers from Pakistan

Wednesday 17 August 2016 | by Leah Cross

In partnership with the Karachi Literature Festival, we have supported a series of events coming up at this years' Manchester Literature Festival.

Edinburgh International Book Festival: Writers from Scotland and Pakistan

Tuesday 9 August 2016 | by Leah Cross

On Sunday 21 August the Edinburgh International Book Festival will host an exciting programme featuring writers from Pakistan.

Shakespeare Lives in Illustration: Karrie Fransman

Thursday 28 July 2016 | by Leah Cross

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

Thursday 28 July 2016 | by Leah Cross

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

Tuesday 28 June 2016 | by Andrew Dickson

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

Monday 6 June 2016 | by collaborative

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

Monday 6 June 2016 | by Anca Tomus, Alexandru Calin, Andreea Ioana Șerban, Dana Badulescu and George Volceanov

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

Monday 6 June 2016 | by Jana Mischke and Wiebke Acton; Johanna Ott and Xenia Wierzbicki; Christian Leonhard and Yvonne Jäckel

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

Friday 3 June 2016 | by 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.