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History is in the Making – Competition and Anthology

To celebrate our bicentenary, 20 current RSL Fellows have contributed to a brand new anthology that recognises some of their favourite writers of the past 200 years. Launched earlier this month, the d …

2022’s RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction announced

Established in 2017, the RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards support writers on their first commissioned works of non-fiction with 3 awards – one of £10,000, one of £5,000 and one of £2,500. The three recipient …

2022’s RSL Literature Matters Awards announced

Now in their fifth year, the RSL Literature Matters Awards aim to enable literary excellence and innovation, providing writers with financial support to undertake new literary projects that extend the …

Second group of RSL International Writers announced

As part of the ongoing RSL 200 festival, we are delighted to announce a new group of 12 International Writers as part of the The RSL International Writers programme. They are Anne Carson, Maryse Condé …

Her Majesty the Queen

HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, at the age of 96. Under the patronage of Her Majesty, between 1953 and 2018, …

Announcing Our Autumn/Winter Events Season

‘It’s time to get ready for my prep school. I go shopping with my mother for my uniform and I think, My God, so many clothes.’ Musa Okwonga, One of Them As teachers and pupils heads back to school, i …

Our thoughts with Salman Rushdie

‘Never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things – childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves – that go on slipp …

New Event with Jamaica Kincaid and Paul Mendez Announced

Ahead of the launch of our full autumn/winter 2022 season, we are please to announce this special event – Among the Flowers: Jamaica Kincaid in Conversation with Paul Mendez. Jamaica Kincaid is one of …

2022 Fellows, Honorary Fellows and Benson Medal

We are delighted to announce the new RSL Fellows and Honorary Fellows for 2022, including our first cohort of Fellows elected through RSL Open, and the recipient of the 2022 Benson Medal. In the larg …

Dalloway Day 2022

Every year, on a ‘Wednesday in mid-June’, Dalloway Day celebrates Virginia Woolf’s work and legacy. And 2022 was certainly no different! We partnered with BBC Radio 3, the British Library, Lit Hub, Th …

RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2022 – Winner Announced

We are excited to announce that Julia Parry has won the 2022 RSL Christopher Bland Prize for The Shadowy Third: Love, Letters, and Elizabeth Bowen (Duckworth Books), as selected by this year’s judges …

Three Awards, RSL Open now open for submissions

It’s a big day here at the RSL, with the opening of this year’s Sky Arts RSL Writers Awards, RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction, RSL Literature Matters Awards and RSL Open. Sky Arts RSL Writers …