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'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
'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.

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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
'In Poland, literature is valued and rewarded.' Image (c) Magic Madzik, licensed under CC BY-2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
16 March 2017 - 08:00

Six Polish books that should be translated into English

Polish translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones recommends six books by contemporary Polish authors, which have not yet been translated and published in English.

Tags
Arts, Literature
'On the main square of Krakow, we find not a monument to a king... but the Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz.' Image (c) DzidekLasek, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
14 March 2017 - 18:00

A brief history of modern Polish literature

Stanley Bill, lecturer in Polish Studies at Cambridge University, takes us through 200 years of Polish literature.

Tags
Literature, English language
A person reading a book.
Date
16 January 2017 - 10:12

Bernardine Evaristo: 'Books expand our imaginations'

Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo talks about reading books against the internet's distractions, as well as which new writers to look out for.

Tags
Literature, Arts
'[W]ild pansy could have potential uses in the treatments of cancer.' Image (c) kahvikisu, licensed under CC-BY-2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
01 December 2016 - 09:45

Would Shakespeare's potions really work?

Shakespeare's plays are full of biochemical concoctions and cosmology, so how much of a scientist was he? We asked the British Council's former science adviser, Dr Tim Slingsby.

Tags
Science, Shakespeare, Arts, Literature, Theatre
'My poems are concerned with many different things, from local realities to the personal'. Image (c) Peter Hershey, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
07 November 2016 - 03:26

A brief introduction to the poetry of Burma

We asked Maung Day, Burmese poet and writer in residence at Edge Hill University in the UK, about poetry in Burma today, and the influences on his own writing.

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Arts, Literature
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