This database was created to provide a snapshot of contemporary British Literature, offering unique critical perspectives of the work of some of the writers living and working in the UK today. Our website is currently under review and as a result we are not updating the database or adding new entries at this time. Please check our blog pages for updates on our current Literature programmes.
The British Council wishes to engage a researcher to conduct in-depth research into the trade publishing and literature sectors in six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
'Poems on the Underground' commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Windrush's arrival in Britain with a new set of six poems.
Celebrate some of the authors appearing at Hay Festival 2023 and get some summer reading inspiration from the latest edition of 'What We're Reading'.
Hay Festival is back, and from 25 May to 4 June, we’ll be there supporting a selected programme of events on the topic of equity and featuring up-and-coming writers from the UK and around the world.