🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

📝✨New opportunity for writers! The International Audio Drama Competition is open for entries! 🏆 Have your drama produced by BBC World Service and broadcast to a global audience 🌍 Open to writers based outside of the UK 📅 Deadline: 4 June ow.ly/aoWq50V2Nq2 #BBCPlay

Congratulations to all the authors longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction!

Looking for some new reading tips this World Book Day? Then check out the longlist of the Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize. Happy #WorldBookDay 📚

🎉 This year’s #FiveFilmsForFreedom programme is LIVE! Dive into stories of love and courage from across the globe and stand in solidarity with communities where LGBTQIA+ freedom is limited. In partnership with BFI Flare 🌼. Which one will you watch first? bit.ly/4ipwOOG

Looking for some new reading tips? Then check out the books longlisted for the Jhalak Prize! #JhalakPrize25

Congratulations to Harriet Baker, winner of the #YoungWriterAward for her book, Rural Hours

We're deeply saddened to hear of the death of Alex Wheatle, whose writing was enjoyed by readers in many countries around the world. theguardian.com/books/2025/mar…

Looking for some reading tips to take you into the weekend? Then check out the six books shortlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize! Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers! 🥳📚

Circular Culture is open to festivals in countries of the Americas who'd like to collaborate with a UK partner. Find out more:

Congratulations to the writers shortlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction! 🥳

#Opportunity for UK arts and culture organisations to collaborate with partners in the Normandy region of France. Find out more about the open call by the Regional Council of Normandy Région Normandie arts.britishcouncil.org/get-involved/o…

To mark International Dylan Thomas Day, some of the writers shortlisted for the dylanthomprize will be reading at the British Library on 14 May.

We're thrilled to be supporting the 2025 Bocas Lit Fest in Trinidad and Tobago, which runs until Sunday 4 May. If you're not lucky enough to be there in person, you can watch sessions live on the YouTube channel of Bocas Lit Fest (link below)

Around 80% of international adults believe that British literature and academic research positively contribute towards the UK’s international reputation, according to a recent Publishers Association survey 👇 thebookseller.com/news/publisher…

📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce is out now! It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot: booktrust.org.uk/about-us/readi… Arts Council England #ACESupported

👏 Brilliant news! A big congratulations to Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi as #HeartLamp wins the #InternationalBooker2025. We’re proud to have supported its translation through our #SeasonOfCulture, with English PEN. 📚✍️ #IndiaUKTogether

Congratulations to Clare Pollard on winning the 2025 Tadeusz Bradecki Prize!

Congratulations to Yasmin Zaher on winning the 2025 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize!

We’re Hay Festival! Proud to support the @litwales /EUNIC residency - 14 European writers spent 2 weeks Tŷ Newydd exploring minoritised languages, ending with a public event today. We’re also supporting events with voices from Mexico, Malaysia & the UK👇 arts.britishcouncil.org/get-involved/e…

Congratulations to Bernardine Evaristo who has been awarded the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award!