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RSL Ondaatje Prize 2021 – The Shortlist

RSL Ondaatje Prize 2021 – The Shortlist

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2021. Ruth Gilligan The Butchers (Atlantic Books) Louise Hare This Lovely City (HQ) Adam Mars-Jones Box Hill (Fitzcarraldo Edition …
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has died aged 99. He had been married to the Queen, former Patron of the Royal Society of Literature, for 73 years and was, in the words she used at the celebration o …
Merky Books announces New Writers’ Prize winner and partnership with RSL

Merky Books announces New Writers’ Prize winner and partnership with RSL

#Merky Books has announced Jyoti Patel as the winner of the New Writers’ Prize 2021, a competition that aims to discover unpublished, underrepresented writers aged 16-30 from the UK and Ireland. Jyoti …
Boyd Tonkin Awarded Newly-designed Benson Medal

Boyd Tonkin Awarded Newly-designed Benson Medal

As part of the RSL’s bicentenary celebrations, a newly-commissioned Benson Medal has been unveiled, with Boyd Tonkin being announced as the 2020 recipient. Boyd Tonkin is an editor and critic who curr …
Open Call for Videographers

Open Call for Videographers

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RSL has suspended all live events until further notice. As a result, we are looking at different, innovative ways to showcase the fantastic writers who have been made …
Exploring London’s Black cultural heritage with S. I. Martin

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?

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

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

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

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 …