First Monday Blog: Alternative Albion
Six West Midlands writers share their creative impressions of Kyiv.
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These blog posts offer an insight into some of the projects that we’ve supported and how the British Council works with literature, including interviews with writers, diaries from international visits, and reflections on completed or on-going projects. The opinions expressed in the blog are those of the authors.
Architecture and Morality: A Love Letter to the Streets of Kyiv
Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Stuart Maconie shares his creative response to the city of Kyiv.
Rose of Kyiv
Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Cat Weatherill shares her creative response to the city of Kyiv.
Birmingham to Ukraine
Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Kurly McGeachie shares his creative response to the city of Kyiv.
Three Kyiv Poems
Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Jonathan Davidson shares his creative response to the city of Kyiv.
Inside the Cathedral of Assumption
Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Kit de Waal shares her creative response to the city of Kyiv.
Kyiv
Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Jonathan Coe shares his creative response to the city of Kyiv.
Journeys in Translation
How does poetry travel across borders and languages? Ambrose Musiyiwa and Emma Lee, two poets from Leicester who are coordinating a multi-lingual poetry project called Journeys in Translations, discuss their inspirations and explain how you too can get involved.
Don't miss Shubbak Festival at the British Library! Celebrating contemporary Arab culture
Shubbak Festival presents two days of unmissable Arab literature at the British Library, 15-16 July, including panel discussions, readings, interviews and workshops, with leading Arabic-language novelists, poets, short story writers, children’s writers and comic artists.
Remembering Denys Johnson Davies (1922-2017)
Denys Johnson Davies (1922-2017) was an acclaimed and hugely influential Arabic literary translator. Cathy Costain, Head of Arts at the British Council Egypt, reflects on an extraordinary life.
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