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Scottish BAME Writers Network

Contributed by: Alycia Pirmohamed
Published: 09/10/2019
Article, Comment, Poetry, Short story
Themes: RSL Literature Matters Award

Recipient of 2019 RSL Literature Matters Award Alycia Pirmohamed shares some of the work from the 'Ceremony' anthology.

Mallarmé Matters

Contributed by: Robert Fraser
Published: 18/12/2018
Short story
Themes:

Short fiction from RSL Fellow Robert Fraser.

Interview with Matt Bryden

Contributed by: Matt Bryden
Published: 05/12/2018
Audio
Themes: RSL Literature Matters Award

Recipient of 2018 RSL Literature Matters Award Matt Bryden talks about his time in residence in Bristol Temple Meads Train Station.

Interview with Pascale Petit

Contributed by: Pascale Petit
Published: 05/12/2018
Interview
Themes: RSL Literature Matters Award

Recipient of 2018 RSL Literature Matters Award Pascale Petit talks through her writing process and influences.

Literature Matters: Identity and Idealism

Contributed by: Hari Kunzru
Published: 20/09/2018
Audio
Themes: RSLFellow, whyLiteratureMatters

Hari Kunzru reflects on what literature means to us; whether its meaning changes when you develop from a reader into a writer; and whether fiction should have political ramifications.

Why Literature Matters – interview with Tracy Chevalier

Contributed by: Tracy Chevalier
Published: 12/04/2018
Interview
Themes: RSLFellow, whyLiteratureMatters

How digital, mobile literature can foster gender equality

Contributed by: Giulia Pelosi
Published: 04/04/2018
Article
Themes: whyreadingmatters

By Giulia Pelosi, Worldreader Gender Specialist

A Civil Engineer’s View

Contributed by: Gyan Shrivastava
Published: 06/03/2018
Comment
Themes: whyLiteratureMatters

Retired civil engineer Gyan Shrivastava on why literature matters to him.

Literature Matters: The democracy of reading

Contributed by: Philip Pullman
Published: 26/02/2018
Audio
Themes: RSLFellow, whyLiteratureMatters, whyreadingmatters

For the second of our Literature Matters event RSL Vice President Philip Pullman discusses the importance of reading.

Imagination in Action (full transcript)

Contributed by: Marina Warner
Published: 22/01/2018
Talk
Themes: RSLFellow, whyLiteratureMatters

A full transcript of RSL President Marina Warner's talk 'Literature Matters: Imagination in Action'

Reader

Contributed by: Grahame Davies
Published: 16/01/2018
Poetry
Themes: poem, poetry

A poem by Grahame Davies.

Literature Matters: imagination in action

Contributed by: Marina Warner
Published: 31/10/2017
Audio
Themes: RSLFellow, whyLiteratureMatters

Marina Warner looks at the interactions of stories and power in unsettled times.

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