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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 …

Drue Heinz, 1915-2018

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

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

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 …

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Gillian Slovo

Gillian Slovo

Gillian Slovo has published thirteen novels, a family memoir and has also written three verbatim plays. She started in crime, writing five novels featuring her detective Kate Baeier, before branching out into narrative driven literary fiction. Ice Road …


Gillian Slovo recommends A Different Drummer, Milkman, The Association of Small Bombs, The Changling.

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    RSL autumn/winter 2019 season – now booking

    August 1, 2019

    Booking for our autumn/winter events is now open for RSL Members and Fellows. Events include: 13 Sep …

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    Job vacancy – Events and Outreach Manager

    July 15, 2019

    Events and Outreach Manager £26,500 – £30,000 pro rata (4 days a week), permanent We are currently s …

  • A Room of My Own competition
    A Room of My Own competition

    June 26, 2019

    90 years ago, Virginia Woolf addressed what a writer needed to write. What do you think you need to …

  • RSL Elects 45 new Fellows and Honorary Fellows
    RSL Elects 45 new Fellows and Honorary Fellows

    June 25, 2019

    On 24 June, the RSL elected 45 new Fellows and Honorary Fellows. The new RSL Fellows for 2019 are: H …

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