March/April 2025

a group picture of all 20 Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists

British Council Literature Seminar 2024

Our 2024 Literature Seminar is now available on YouTube! Dive into readings and panel discussions with five of Granta's latest Best of Young British Novelists. Watch here.

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VARIOUS: British Council Arts Newsletters (online, free)

If you want to stay up-to-date with the latest from the UK arts scene, make sure to sign up to our newsletters giving you an overview or following the different sectors: Music, Visual Arts and Architecture, Design and Fashion. Find all newsletters here.

Bernardine Evaristo photographed by Tom Jamieson

British Council Literature Seminar 2023: Class and Contemporary UK Writing

Bernardine Evaristo, renowned writer, academic and Man Booker Prize Winner 2019, has chaired the British Council Literature Seminar in 2023. The seminar was on the topic of Class and contemporary UK writing. The seminar consisted of public readings by Bernardine Evaristo and Kit de Waal, presentations by Daljit Nagra, Joelle Taylor and Wayne Holloway-Smith, a panel discussion and four author-led workshops. The seminar's recording is now available online.