British Council Literature Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

British Council Literature

'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

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On 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

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We'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

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As 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

British Council Literature

Watch 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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Groundbreaking 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

British Council Literature

Our 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

British Council Literature

Hear 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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Congratulations to Shehan Karunatilaka, whose novel 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' has won the #BookerPrize2022 @ShehanKaru @SortofBooks @lkBritish https://t.co/xnJBuje4SW

British Council Literature

Herzlichen 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