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Writers - Literature
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Visit our arts sites. This unique, searchable database contains profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers, as well as writers from these regions whom we have worked with. Included in the profiles are biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, and information about awards. Graphic novels and Illustration. Granta Best of Young British Novelists. On Shakespeare's Sonnets. Shakespeare Lives in Literature. The London Book Fair: Turkey Market Focus 2013. Writer, journalist...
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Our work in arts | British Council
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Skip to main content. Our work in arts. Our work in education. Our work in society. British Council for you. School and teacher resources. Study, Work, Create. Our work in arts. Arts is a cornerstone of the British Council’s mission to create a friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and the wider world. We find new ways of connecting with and understanding each other through the arts, to develop stronger creative sectors around the world that are better connected with the UK.
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Bidisha Mamata - Literature
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Visit our arts sites. Bidisha Mamata is a British writer and broadcaster based in London. Educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, she began writing for newspapers internationally at 15 and signed her first book deal at 16. Her second novel was published at 21 and her third book, a travel memoir, in 2008. And various other publications internationally. Her fourth book,. Reportage on the Middle East, was published in 2012. Her fifth book,. Asylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London.
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Tony Ross - Literature
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Visit our arts sites. Graphic novels and Illustration. Tony Ross was born in London in 1938. He trained at the Liverpool School of Art and has worked as a cartoonist, a graphic designer, as the Art Director of an advertising agency, and as Senior Lecturer in Art at Manchester Polytechnic. He has illustrated books for many authors, including Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin, but he also writes and illustrates his own books. His first title was. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Is It Because ?
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Contemporary Opera & Music Theatre Showcase | British Council Music
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Contemporary Opera and Music Theatre Showcase. The Great Escape 2016. Sam Carter in Pakistan. Visit our arts sites. Contemporary Opera and Music Theatre Showcase. Contemporary Opera and Music Theatre Showcase. Harrison Birtwistle's The Cure, performed at the Royal Opera House. Photography by Clive Barda / Royal Opera House. Join 1000s of music industry pros and emerging artists in Liverpool’s cutting edge creative quarter w/ @SoundCityPlus. We'll see you there! Well known to improve a Friday! The UK is a...
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John Burningham - Literature
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Visit our arts sites. Graphic novels and Illustration. Conville and Walsh Ltd. John Burningham was born in 1936 in Farnham, Surrey, and attended the alternative school, Summerhill. In 1954 he spent two years travelling through Italy, Yugoslavia and Israel, working at a variety of jobs. Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers. 1963) winning the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1963, an achievement he repeated with. In 2012, he was shortlisted for a Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. Borka: t...
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Fringe first-timers - Edinburgh Showcase
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Trade Fair and Pitch. Visit our arts sites. Monday 3 August 2015. Tim Etchells from Forced Entertainment looks forward to the company's first visit to the Edinburgh Fringe and explains why now is the right time for them to be part of the Edinburgh Showcase. We've talked about Edinburgh more than a few times of course, but it tends to clash with other commitments of ours in Europe, or in the UK rehearsing. Plus there are usually good financial reasons not to do it, and more viable options elsewhere! Which...
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