Literature

BAFTA Nominated Eastenders, Coronation Street Casualty Writes, Ben Tagoe joins the Amplify Project

“writing for Coronation Street…for characters that have been known and loved for decades, and you…

Call for entries – Audio Drama Awards 2024

Deadline: Sunday 1 October 2023 Entries are now open for two of the BBC Audio…

Serpentine Podcast: Intimacies, Available from 22nd August

Serpentine is delighted to announce a new season of its recently relaunched podcast, a curated…

Talawa Firsts 2023: Rubi Alexandra, Malika Booker and Kareem Parkins-Brown and more

After a decade of #Talawa Firsts, the 11th edition sees an expansion of the festival,…

The Caine Prize for African writing announces 2023 shortlist

The Caine Prize for African Writing, an esteemed annual award honouring outstanding African writers, is…

MARGARET BUSBY Appointed President of English PEN

Today, English PEN announced that editor, writer, broadcaster, and literary critic Margaret Busby has been appointed as…

The Mo Siewcharran Prize returns for 2023

Hachette UK’s The Future Bookshelf is running the Mo Siewcharran Prize for its fourth year…

International Woman’s Month: 10 Books to Read by Women Writer’s you should know: Those People Next Door, Breaking the Maafa Chain, Girls Rule, Rose and the Burma Sky, Keisha The Sket and more

Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah Best-selling author and travel writer, Kia Abdullah, brings a captivating…

Susan Smith BlackburnPrize 10 Finalists include Maryam Hamidi, Zadie Smith and Francisca Da Silveira

 The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, the oldest and largest…

Intersection: Poetry and Prose – Derek Owusu in conversation with Professor Benjamin Zephaniah : FREE EVENT

Derek Owusu is an award-winning writer and poet from North London. Owusu has written poetry…

Twelve writers appointed in the second year of the RSL International Writers programme

“Literature is knowledge. Fiction is knowledge. It is a particular kind of knowledge – ambiguous,…

“Raising the profile of DCI authors” – 2023 SoA Awards judges announced

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Eric Ngalle Charles, Kathy O’Shaughnessy, Alvin Pang and Sarah McIntyre are among…

Quick Chat with “Kind Obi” Author Kamapala Chukwuka

Chukwuka’s new book Kind Obi is available now on Amazon; a colourful story book which…

Malorie Blackman shares PEN Pinter Prize 2022 with Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace

PEN Pinter Prize 2022 winner Malorie Blackman announces Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace as the International Writer…

An Evening with Anni Domingo, Hatchards, Piccadilly

“Breaking the Maafa Chain” is a searing chronicle of two sisters’ struggle for true freedom…

Museum of Colour to launch global poetry exhibition by British people of colour

Celebrating 250 years of contribution to British society by poets of colour including Nikita Gill,…