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Love, Life and Literature
— Author of Eight Best-Selling Novels, Mike Gayle’s Visit to China
British literature is currently in a particularly vibrant period with many energetic and innovative works filling and enriching the modern British literary scene. As a representative of contemporary British writers, Mike Gayle presented four literary events in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai in September 2009. Please click here to read more.

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	Literature

Read all about it—we're pushing the envelope all the way to the razor-sharp edge of new British literature. It's an exciting time for writing in Britain. From the well-established (Ian McEwan and Doris Lessing) to the very new (Andrea Levy and Andrew O'Hagan), the literary scene is bursting at the seams with energetic, vibrant, and innovative writing.

We promote innovative and contemporary work from the UK, and build audiences for international literature through the British Council's global network. We work with hundreds of authors all over the world, lead over 350 projects with our influential partners, host many websites and publish widely.

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Click here to explore the literature projects we did or supported in China.

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What's up in the UK literature industry? Want to know more about the UK literature awards and various festivals? Find out the answers here.

British Council Literature Websites

Our wide range of websites offer a comprehensive guide to reading, UK and Commonwealth writers, literary translation and UK literary festivals...

Article of the week

Every week, our editor will present you one article in Chinese to review what happened in the UK literature scene lately. Click here to read it.

LITERATURE NEWS

1. Love, Life and Literature
— Author of Eight Best-Selling Novels, Mike Gayle’s Visit to China
British literature is currently in a particularly vibrant period with many energetic and innovative works filling and enriching the modern British literary scene. As a representative of contemporary British writers, Mike Gayle presented four literary events in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai in September 2009. Please click here to read more.

2. British Artist in China – Susan Barker
Since April 2008, we have been featuring British artists living and working in China. This month, Susan Barker shares her novels and experiences in China. Please click here to read more.

3. 100 Words Project
Carrying the legacy of the Olympic Games from Beijing 2008 to London 2012, 100 Words invited young people from both China and Britain to create a script using no more than 100 words or Chinese characters. 100 Words returned to Beijing on 7 July to run a week long workshop with participants from the Beijing Dramatists Association. 100 word plays written and rehearsed during the week were showcased to an invited audience on Saturday 12 July at 9 Theatre in Chaoyang District. Please click here to read more.

Click here to read news about the UK literature news.

Literature Projects Archive

Click here to explore the literature projects we did or supported in China.

LITERATURE WEBLINKS

Our wide range of websites offer a comprehensive guide to reading, UK and Commonwealth writers, literary translation and UK literary festivals as well as information and texts from British Council creative writing projects with teachers and readers notes to accompany our New Writing anthology.