The written word, in its variety of forms, is the cornerstone of Britain's culture. UK writers today enjoy pre-eminent international standing and a reputation for outstanding creativity with language.

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We bring to you British literature in its most creative and up to date forms and introduce the new surging waves of literature and teaching methods that are now prevalent in the UK.

WHAT WE DO

			We invite creative and innovative writers from the UK with the aim of pushing the boundaries of inspiration further.
			We seek to work with teachers, professionals and young writers alike to develop the sense of innovation and creativity.
			We support and encourage writers in Algeria and the region with the aim of building networks of young writers in the region and putting them in touch with young writers in the UK.
			We invest in projects that have a strong educational and developmental dimension that lead into long-term partnerships between the Algerian, regional and UK creative sectors.

Comic Strip Festival in Algiers

Riadh El-Feth. from 13th to 17th October 2010

The British Council Algeria is taking part in the 3rd edition of the Comic Strip Festival of Algiers to encourage dialogue between Algeria and UK through cartoons and overcome language barrier.

For this edition, the festival aims at presenting works related to the following fields :

• The nation heritage, as a means to revisit history and reflect on the identity problems.

• Sciences, with a pictorial representation of scientific events.

• Cartoons fictions which allow a much easier reading of novels belonging to universal or local literature.

Two British authors have been invited to represent the British Council and the UK in this event: Paul Grist and Nana Li.

The two cartoonist will exhibit their works and take part in a series of conferences and workshops for students and cartoonists.

More details about the festival can be found on: http://www.bdalger.net/

Activities with the British Council:

• Thursday 14 October 2010  

1030 Projection of short animated films (approx. 1h05).

1400 Simultaneous Workshops given by both guests.

• Friday 15 October 2010

1030 Projection of short animated films (approx. 1h05)

1030 Conference - Paul Grist participating “Publishers face the demands of the public and authors”.

1400 Simultaneous Workshops given by both guests.

• Saturday 16 October 2010

1030 Projection of short animated films (approx. 1h05).

1130 Book signing – Both authors.

1400 Simultaneous Workshops given by both guests.

• Sunday 17 October 2010

1030 Projection of short animated films (approx. 1h05).

1030 Conference – Nana LI participating “The adaptation of novels into comics”.

1400 Simultaneous Workshops given by both guests.