The British Council Arts homepage

Crossing Borders

Lancaster University Homepage
 
  useful links
 


 www.lancs.ac.uk
 
Lancaster University’s main website. Information on courses, research, departments and faculties, the campus and city, job vacancies, accommodation and information for international students.


 www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/english
 
The Department of English and Creative Writing website. Information on courses, research, conferences, news and events. Link to the Creative Writing website where you will find details of courses available, how the courses are run, a current list of teaching staff, news and affairs and testimonials from past students.


 www.poetrysociety.org.uk
 
The Poetry Society is a dynamic arts organisation that exists to help poets and poetry to thrive in Britain. This extensive sight offers information on publications, competitions, events and projects, and also specialist advice and information.


 www.kwani.org
 
Founded by Kenyan writers, Kwami is a literary online journal providing a forum for writers to explore Kenyan identity. Also has a discussions page, reviews of current African literature, articles and a calendar of current events taking place in Africa and Britain.


 www.caineprize.com
 
The Caine Prize for African Writers is an annual award for a short story by an African writer published in English anywhere in the world. This site also has information on creative writing workshops that are taking place throughout Africa, and links to other sites of interest to African writers.


 www.britishcouncil.org
 
The British Council’s home page. It is here that you can access information on learning, arts and culture, science, society and current development projects. In the Arts and Culture section you will find information on music, drama, dance, film and digital projects, literature and art, architecture and design. In the Literature section you will find further information on the Crossing Borders project.


 www2.britishcouncil.org/arts.htm
 
Every year we run up to 2000 arts events in 100 countries, reaching an audience of millions, and nurturing long lasting relationships between artists internationally. (features Crossing Borders)


 www.africanwritersabroad.org.uk
 
African Writers Abroad Centre of International PEN the world association of writers, is a membership organisation for writers of African descent who live outside the continent.