Links

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Aduna

Aduna promotes the performing and visual arts from Africa. www.aduna.org.uk Including:

• Development education in schools and community groups around the performing arts from Africa
• Workshops around drumming, storytelling, DJing, dance, textiles, fashion and photography
• Twinning of UK schools with those in Senegal and Mali
• Organisation of events and festivals
• Consultancies in the cultural sector (monitoring, evaluation, proposal writing)

Africa 05

A celebration of African culture in Britain, including visual arts, cinema, literature, history, music, craft, and performing arts in 2005.

www.bbc.co.uk/bbcafrica/africa05/

African Review of Books

Extracts from Africa's top 100 books, views and reviews plus much more. www.africanreviewofbooks.com

African Writers Abroad

The African Writers Abroad Centre of International PEN (the world association of writers), is a membership organisation for writers of African descent who live outside the continent. www.africanwritersabroad.org.uk

Animating Literature

Portal to news and information for readers, writers, teachers, students and literature professionals. http://literature.britishcouncil.org

BBC Radio 3's The Verb African Book Club

Radio 3's showcase of new writing, literature and performance asked poet and performer Nii Parkes to recommend four outstanding books which would give readers new and telling perspectives on writing from the African continent.  Nii was asked to choose books listeners might not have read and which have had a lasting impact on African writers and readers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcafrica/africa05/bookclub1.shtml

British Council Literature

Promotes contemporary and innovative literature and creative writing from the UK to audiences around the world through the British Council's global network. In 2004 the department is working with more than 400 authors and academics in over 70 countries as part of showcases, workshops, festivals, conferences, tours, residencies and virtual projects. The department works extensively with artists and cultural organisations, building skills, capacity and cultural awareness, creating access to audiences and markets, and promoting international collaboration and creative exchange. Features Crossing Borders. www.britishcouncil.org/arts-literature.htm

British Council Literature Matters E-Zine

Literature Matters the British Council Literature team's newsletter that became an e-zine in January 2004. It is now published online twice a year with news about British Council events and publications including articles and interviews with authors. The latest issue is now live online.

www.britishcouncil.org/home/arts-literature-literature-matters.htm

British Council Main Website

The British Council’s home page. It is here that you can access information on learning, arts and culture, science, society and current development projects. In the Arts and Culture section you will find information on music, drama, dance, film and digital projects, literature and art, architecture and design. In the Literature section you will find further information on the Crossing Borders project. www.britishcouncil.org

British Council South Africa Website

Kwani

Founded by Kenyan writers, Kwani is a literary online journal providing a forum for writers to explore Kenyan identity. Also has a discussions page, reviews of current African literature, articles and a calendar of current events taking place in Africa and the UK. www.kwani.org 

Lancaster University’s Main Website 

Information on courses, research, departments and faculties, the campus and city, job vacancies, accommodation and information for international students. www.lancs.ac.uk 

Literature links

The British Council has over 300 links to literature and creative writing sites organised in the following categories: bookshops; creative reading; creative writing; diversity and diaspora; events; fiction; libraries; literature, language and culture; literary translation, organisations; page to screen; periodicals; playwriting; poetry; prizes; science and literature; study opportunities; and young people's literature.

www2.britishcouncil.org/home/arts/arts-literature-links.htm

Poetry Kit

www.poetrykit.org

Sable

A literary magazine for new writing. www.sablelitmag.org/writingcourses.html

The British Embassy

The Caine Prize

The Caine Prize for African Writers is an annual award for a short story by an African writer published in English anywhere in the world. This site also has information on creative writing workshops that are taking place throughout Africa, and links to other sites of interest to African writers. www.caineprize.com

The Department of English and Creative Writing website

Information on courses, research, conferences, news and events. Link to the Creative Writing website where you will find details of courses available, how the courses are run, a current list of teaching staff, news and affairs and testimonials from past students. www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/english

The Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa

The Poetry Society is a dynamic arts organisation that exists to help poets and poetry to thrive in the UK. This site offers information on publications, competitions, events and projects, and also specialist advice and information. www.poetrysociety.org.uk

The Story Triangle - Workshop

The main objective of this paper is to scientifically identify and study the abstract and often elusive elements of story understructure, then affix then in their appropriate places on the story map, with the hope that a comprehension of them will assist the stuggling writer to clearly perceive what he'she is writing about in moments of indecision.

Workshop - The Story Triangle.doc

Wasifiri

Writers Of Zimbabwe

This website was designed to promote writing in Zimbabwe and to give Zimbabwean writers a platform to come together and share experiences.
www.writers.co.zw