Literally Swiss UK and Pro Helvetia Switzerland are collaborating in the first ever UK-Swiss Publishing Book Fair, a special one-day digital, interactive event. This uni
The promotion and dissemination of arts and culture face major challenges and possible transformation throughout the world. The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is therefore launchi
Michelle Steinbeck is a Swiss author, curator and editor. She writes stories, poetry and plays; columns and reportages. Her first novel My Father was a Man on Land and a Whale in
LITERALLY SWISS is an exciting new concept showcasing, quite literally, some of the best writing in English, and featuring some of the best Swiss and British writers with Literary
Born in South Africa, Deborah Levy is an acclaimed British writer of theatre, fiction and essays. Intellectual and compassionate, visual and lyrical, her writing on trauma, exile,
Thursday 8 Feb 2018, 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm; British Library, Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB London. More info and booking details here Get inside the head of Switzerl
Pedro Lenz is one of Switzerland’s most exciting storytellers and performers, born in Swiss-German Langenthal and famous for his poems, articles and novels written in dialect. He
Xiaolu Guo is a gifted Chinese-British novelist and filmmaker, born in South China and moving to London in 2002. She studied film at the Beijing Film Academy and published 6 books
Alain de Botton was born in Switzerland and grew up speaking French and German. Aged 12 he went to school in England, followed by studies in Cambridge, London and Harvard. He publi
In order to raise international awareness of Swiss literature, Pro Helvetia has launched a magazine named 12 Swiss Books. It is published annually to coincide with the Frankfurt Bo
