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British Council Arts
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor winner of the Caine Prize 2003
Literature
How We Work
Activities
Publications and Websites
partnerships
The literature work of the British Council can only be achieved through partnerships with the many organisations we work with. Here is a short (non-exhaustive) list of some of them:
Artlogic Media Ltd
Web site design for the following sites: Contemporary Writers, Medi-Cafe, enCompassCulture, New Writing, and Literary Translation.
BBC World Service
Bloodaxe Books
Publishers of The Poetry Quartets recording series of contemporary poets reading and discussing their poetry.
British Centre for Literary Translation
Development and management of the web site www.literarytranslation.com
Caine Prize for African Writing
The Caine Prize for African Writing is awarded annually for an African short story. The Prize is named after Sir Michael Caine, Chairman of the Booker Prize management committee for nearly 25 years. The British Council hosts a yearly colloquium to which the shortlisted African writers and British publishers, agents and authors are invited to discuss the short story in Africa.
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Partners in our biannual British Council Bookcase: a showcase of contemporary writing.
European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)
A database of English Studies teaching across Europe.
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
Work on the Literature and Cultural Studies Special Interest Group.
Lancaster University
Partner in the Crossing Borders (now Radiophonics) Creative Writing project
National Association for Literature Development
The organisation in Britain providing information on and for Literature Development Workers
National Association of Writers in Education
The National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) supports the development of creative writing of all genres and in educational settings throughout the UK. Literature Department works with NALD in spreading the word that creative writing has a place within educational institutions overseas.
Northcote House Publishers
Publishers of the Writers and their Work series.
poems on the underground
Poetry posters for London Underground travellers which we distribute to British Council offices around the world.
Poetry Library
The national collection and information source, for poetry in the English language since 1912.
Scottish Arts Council
Partner for the biannual 'Bookcase' Literature festival
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