Literature Matters RSL 200: Neil Gaiman and Marlon James in conversation
RSL 200 is the Royal Society of Literature’s bicentenary event series bringing together some of the world’s best-known writers to explore the impact of literature on their lives. Neil Gaiman and Marlon James, two of the most revered fantasy writers of their generation, share a life-long love of the mythic and the transcendent power of […]
RSL 200: Stephen Fry and Shaparak Khorsandi
Stephen Fry talks to Shappi Khorsandi about writing across forms – from sketch comedy to poetry, independently and in collaboration, written and performed – that has elevated him to the status of national treasure.
RSL 200: Kazuo Ishiguro
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is made a Companion of Literature
RSL 200: Hilary Mantel CRSL
Hilary Mantel is made a Companion of Literature in 2020.
RSL 200: Edna O’Brien CRSL
Edna O’Brien DBE, elected as a Fellow of the RSL in 2011, is an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short story writer. Philip Roth described her as “the most gifted woman now writing in English’’ and she was awarded The Irish PEN Award in 2001.
RSL 200: Philip Pullman CRSL
Philip Pullman is made a Companion of Literature in 2020.
RSL 200: Colin Thubron CRSL
Colin Thubron is made a Companion of Literature in 2020.
RSL 200: Anita Desai CRSL
Anita Desai is made a Companion of Literature in 2020.
RSL 200: Simon Armitage, Vice-President
Simon Armitage is elected a Vice-President of the RSL.
RSL 200: Mary Beard, Vice-President
Mary Beard is elected a Vice-President of the RSL.
RSL 200: Bernardine Evaristo, Vice-President
Bernardine Evaristo OBE was elected a Fellow in 2004. Bernardine won the The Booker Prize in 2019 for ‘Girl Woman Other,’ and is professor of Creative Writing at Brunel.
RSL 200: Jackie Kay, Vice-President
Jackie Kay is elected a Vice-President of the RSL.