Unwritten Poems – filling in the gaps
Tanya Shirley, one of the poets involved in the Unwritten Poems project, talks about filling in narrative gaps, the legacy of colonialism and slavery, and the joy of exploring new formats
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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.
Unwritten Poems – uncovering Caribbean experiences of WW1
Karen McCarthy Woolf introduces the Unwritten Poems project, exploring Caribbean experiences during the First World War
Caribbean Poems on the Underground
In June and July 2018 Poems on the Underground is a celebration of Caribbean poetry.
Muriel Spark 100
Marking the centenary of the birth of poet and novelist Muriel Spark with a call for poems inspired by a line from The Driver's Seat.
Poetry on the Chinese metro
A new project is bringing poetry to audiences across China as they travel on the metro!
Hear new work from Contains Strong Language
Matt Beavers reports back on the major new BBC Poetry Festival in Hull
Tri-lingual poetry events in Scotland | 14-16 March 2017
A rare chance to hear three of Russia’s leading contemporary poets reading in partnership with Scottish poets Christine De Luca, Jen Hadfield and Stewart Sanderson.
Poem by Kaiser Haq in response to Shakespeare's Sonnet 66
For our Sonnet Exchange event at Alchemy Festival this year, Bangladeshi poet Kaiser Haq was commissioned to write a response to Shakespeare. Kaiser chose to take as his starting point Sonnet 66, 'Tired with all these, for restful death I cry'. His response is below.
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