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Change to RSL ‘office’ hours for July & August 2020

We hope that you are all keeping as well as possible during this extended, strange, timeless summer. Following a busy season celebrating award winners and sharing conversations with writers and reader …

Exploring London’s Black cultural heritage with S. I. Martin

As part of Dalloway Day 2020 the RSL has launched ‘There We Stop; There We Stand’, an interactive map and audio walking tour from artist S. I. Martin – author, artist and founder 500 Years of Black Lo …

Do you have books to send to someone in a UK prison?

We are proud to be working with fellow charity Give A Book on a campaign to support the UK’s prisons, which have been dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Now more than ever, we hope that l …

COVID-19 Update

In these difficult times, we have been working with our partners to best ensure the safety of our employees, community of Members and Fellows, and Council. Today, we’ve come to the decision that: We a …

RSL Elects 45 new Fellows and Honorary Fellows

On 24 June, the RSL elected 45 new Fellows and Honorary Fellows. The new RSL Fellows for 2019 are: Hanan al-Shaykh, Monica Ali, David Baddiel, Mary Beard, Elleke Boehmer, Jez Butterworth, Vahni Capild …

Encore Award 2018 – joint winners announced

We are delighted to announce that the £10,000 Encore Award 2018 for best second novel of the year is jointly awarded to Andrew Michael Hurley for Devil’s Day (John Murray) and Lisa McInerney for The B …

Drue Heinz, 1915-2018

For twenty years Drue Heinz supported the RSL, most notably through our annual Anglo-American literature events. An Honorary Fellow, she was an extraordinary philanthropist for literature, and here ou …

RSL Literature Matters Awards 2018 – winners announced

We are delighted to announce the six recipients of the 2018 RSL Literature Matters Awards. The Awards aim to enable literary excellence and innovation, providing writers with financial support to unde …

RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction – winners announced

We are delighted to announce that the recipients of the inaugural RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for first commissioned works of non-fiction are: £10,000 – David Farrier Footprints: In Search of Future Fos …