Voices Magazine

Date: 09 May 2018 - 08:00

'Losing memory is like misplacing the rule book' – Jan Carson, novelist

The author Jan Carson writes about the role of memory – and its loss – in her books and in her life.

Tags: Literature, Equal opportunities and diversity

Red fire escape on the side of a white factory wall

Date: 11 April 2018 - 08:00

Why one Lithuanian novelist is revisiting the past

Gabija Grušaitė is a novelist and curator. She talks about contemporary Lithuanian literature and her complicated relationship with the books of the past.

Tags: Literature

Date: 28 February 2018 - 16:30

'All good stories for children are about conflict' – Myra Zepf, children's author

Northern Ireland Children's Writing Fellow Myra Zepf talks about writing for and by children, the joy of multilingual storytelling, and why she loves the Irish word for 'jellyfish'.

Tags: Literature

Minimalist sign for books hanging above a wall

Date: 22 February 2018 - 14:47

Livonian literature – writing in a critically endangered language

The Livonian poet Valts Ernštreits was nominated for the Latvju Teksti poetry prize in 2014, and won the Kindred Nations’ award for his book Livonian Literary Language.

Tags: Literature

'Carnival in Port of Spain, Trinidad, spotted this foursome having a grand time waiting for the bands to pass.' Image copyright Mark Morgan used under licence CC by 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 20 September 2017 - 16:32

Joe Hakim: 'Read things out loud as part of the writing process'

Performance poet Joe Hakim travelled to Trinidad and Tobago to work with Caribbean poets. We asked him about what he learned.

Tags: Literature, Performance

'To be a good writer, read a lot of what you like, and listen when people are speaking to you.' Image (c) Ben Wright , used under licence and adapted from the original.

Date: 12 September 2017 - 20:21

Novelist Sally Rooney on contemporary Irish writing

Sally Rooney released her first novel this year and is one of a group of new authors reshaping Irish writing. We asked her about her book and her contemporaries.

Tags: Literature

'Shetlandic is still a living spoken tongue'. Image (c) Mike Erskine, used under licence and adapted from the original.

Date: 28 August 2017 - 14:12

'Recognisable yet strange': a guide to Shetlandic dialect

Christine De Luca is a poet who writes in Shetlandic, which is spoken in the Shetland Isles off the north coast of Scotland. We asked her about the dialect.

Tags: Literature, English language, History

'You will have to work hard for your sales.' Image of cup (c) Garrhet Sampson, licensed under non-exclusive copyright and adapted from the original.

Date: 14 June 2017 - 02:15

How to market and promote your e-book

In his final article in a five-part series on self-publishing, author and digital publishing specialist Nik Peachey talks about the best ways to market your e-book.

Tags: Literature, English language, Learning resources

'The more places you upload your materials, the more likely you are to make a sale.' Image (c) Pexels, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 09 June 2017 - 15:50

How to upload and sell your e-book

In his fourth article in a series on self-publishing, author and digital publishing specialist Nik Peachey talks about what you have to do get your e-book online and up for sale.

Tags: Literature, English language, Learning resources

'One thought lingered in my mind: "A town is gone and I feel nothing."' Image (c) Juan Antonio Segal, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 25 May 2017 - 17:33

The Polish town that vanished off the map

What happens to people's memories when their town disappears? We asked Filip Springer, author of 'History of a Disappearance: The Story of a Forgotten Polish Town'.

Tags: Literature, History

British Council

Voices

Filter your results