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What do paradise, psychoanalysis, spoil heaps, steelworks, careers, clowning and tennis all have in common? They feature in our Spring 2023 season of events, of course! You’ll be hearing from a dazzli …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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, …
‘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 …
‘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 …
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 …
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 …