BALTIC FOCUS: Pop Up Projects Illustration Exchange
Illustrator Alexis Deacon talks about an international exchange of outstanding and emerging illustrators and comics artists across the UK, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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.
Baltic literature seminars at London Book Fair | 10-12 April 2018
Coming to London Book Fair? Catch our delegation of fabulous Baltic writers in conversation at Olympia
Baltic literature events in the UK | 8-15 April 2018
The three Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are the Market Focus at London Book Fair in 2018 and we have prepared a feast of literary delights for you to get to know some Baltic writers
UN Women #HeForShe Arts Week: creating heroines
Find out about our event with UN Women's #HeForShe Arts Week on the importance of female role models
BALTIC FOCUS: Q&A with Andrei Ivanov
Our final Estonian writer is Russian-speaking Andrei Ivanov.
PODCAST: Galle Literary Festival Round up
This British Council Literature podcast was recorded in Sri Lanka at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival in January 2018. Host Georgina Godwin spoke to Sebastian Faulks, Alexander McCall Smith, Shrabani Basu and many more writers and blogged about her experiences.
BALTIC FOCUS: Q&A with Rein Raud
Meet our next Estonian writer, Rein Raud.
Creating Heroines workshop in Kathmandu
A 3 day collaborative workshop with artists from South Asia and the UK
Creating Heroines: Graphic Novel Masterclass with Dr Nicola Streeten
In February 2018 Dr Nicola Streeten travelled to Kathmandu to deliver a graphic novel masterclass for the British Council. Here she blogs about her experience.
Open Call: Host opportunities for international literature residencies
We are offering two grants to enable UK Literature festivals, organisations or universities to host an international resident in 2018-19. Deadline Friday 9 March 2018.
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