British Council Literature Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
Maddie Mortimer'Utterly heart-breaking yet darkly funny', @MaddieMortimer's 'Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies' is shortlisted for the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken @YoungWriterYear Award Find out more: https://t.co/7epAVjNLFE #YoungWriterAward https://t.co/CaixiMg805
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dandelions
Thea LenarduzziOn stage now at @hayfestival, @thea_lenarduzzi author of Dandelions, and @pili_quintana author of The Abyss, discussing their writing and family relations with Daniel Hahn #EquitySeries @ColombianEmbUK https://t.co/r9oHItn3tu
Paperback, 2022
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Where the Cobbled Path Leads
Avinuo KireWe're delighted to be welcoming Avinuo Kire to #JLFLondon to talk about myth and memory in her latest novel, Where the Cobbled Path Leads, with @NamitaGokhale_ . It's not too late to buy tickets to join online or in person: https://t.co/iSyttyi7pF https://t.co/kqb5uGRqq1
Hardcover, 2022
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
White Egrets: Poems
Derek WalcottAs well as a new series of poems on London's tube and Overground trains, you can enjoy many previously featured poems on the @PoemsOnTheTube website, including 'Midsummer, Tobago' by Derek Walcott https://t.co/HdcKCFOXDj @PoetrySociety @natpoetrylib @TfL
Paperback, 2011
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love Marriage
Monica AliWatch novelist Monica Ali in conversation about her new novel Love Marriage at @hayfestival as part of the series of events supported by us. https://literature.britishcouncil.org/blog/2022/hay-festival-2022?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cearts-artsconsumers-all-global-global&utm_content=series #HayFestival2022 Image credit: Yolande de Vries https://t.co/sUCErxcf2X
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Tomb of Sand
Geetanjali ShreeGroundbreaking evening for Indian literature as Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated by @shreedaisy wins the International Booker - the first time for a translation from an Indian language! @deborah__smith @TiltedAxisPress #2022InternationalBooker https://t.co/nSGgAzfNs6
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shakespeare's Poems: Venus And Adonis, Lucrece, Sonnets, Etc
William ShakespeareOur friends at @PoemsOnTheTube have gathered a selection of poems to mark the end of the summer, including the classic Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare Read this and more online: https://t.co/Ss1BLIWcbc @PoetrySociety @TfL @ace_national
Hardcover, 2016
$38.95Member price:$35.06 + Free shipping10% off
Homelands
Eric Ngalle CharlesHear stories of place, memory and language, inspired by Eric Ngalle Charles’ (@yomadene) debut poetry collection Homelands. Part of @hayfestival programme for schools, aimed at Key Stage 3+4 (age 11+) https://t.co/BfAHwWAfol #HayFestival2022 https://t.co/vQPTp8FF5W
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan KarunatilakaCongratulations to Shehan Karunatilaka, whose novel 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' has won the #BookerPrize2022 @ShehanKaru @SortofBooks @lkBritish https://t.co/xnJBuje4SW
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Summer
Ali SmithHerzlichen Glückwunsch to Ali Smith, who has won the Austrian State Prize for European Literature. The prize, awarded to a European author since 1965, will be awarded at the @SbgFestival in the summer @at_British https://t.co/aKB3cWXgSC
Paperback, 2021
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book