Portuguese writer Dulce Maria Cardoso spent her childhood in Angola, returning to Portugal following the Angolan civil war of independence in 1975. Her award-winning novels have been widely translated. Hear her talk about her latest, The Return, published in English last year and dealing with issue
Thursday 5 Oct 2017, 7-8:30 pm, British Library, Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB Book here How can literature reconcile the personal with the national, even international, experience? As authors around Europe increasingly write about history through a familial lens, Dulce Maria Car
Monday 11 Sep 2017, 7-8:30 pm, British Library, Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB Book here This is a chance to hear the writer and opera director reading from her work and in conversation with James Runcie, Commissioning Editor for Arts on BBC Radio 4, director and author of The G
Much-loved international best-selling author Marian Keyes is well known for her novels, such as Watermelon and Rachel’s Holiday, as well as for her collections of lively and honest journalism. She is also very vocal about her love of fashion and make-up, and the joy, comfort and transformative po
FAVOURITE DAYS “What day is it?” “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favourite day,” said Pooh. There are lots of ‘favourite days’ coming up this autumn and many #ReasonsToBeCheerful – my favourite hashtag. It helps, ofcourse, just having spent a few weeks on a mountaintop i
Join us on Tuesday 19 September to celebrate the publication online of a new set of poetry commissions to celebrate literary connections between the UK and Poland. Eight poets living in Poland and the UK, including Alice Oswald, Jacek Dehnel, Ruth Padel and Vahni Capildeo, were commissioned to refle
