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Connecting British writers with readers and festival audiences internationally. Tweets by the bookish team.
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Joined September 2009
RT @cwfcreatives: Do you have a story to share? It's nearly time! #CWprize. The 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize will open for entries f….
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RT @BritishArts: 📢 Calling all creatives who want to make a difference! 🌍. Climate Adaptation for Creatives is a free online programme expl….
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RT @poetryireland: Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce Alvy Carragher (Ireland) and Ali Choudhary (UK) as winners of the The Eavan Bola….
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Opportunity for a UK-Nigerian partnership to deliver @ngBritish's Film Lab Africa project, which focuses on script and screen-writing and film production. More details 👇👇.
📚 Are you passionate about storytelling?. 📽️ Track record in film training, development and production?. 😊 Nigerian-led organisations (in partnership with UK-led) can now apply as delivery partners for our Film Lab Africa Phase 2. 🔗 📅 7 August 2025
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RT @BritishArts: ✨Opportunity for UK publishers: Apply now for the International Publishing Fellowship – Sharjah 2025. A small number of….
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Congratulations to all the poets shortlisted across the different categories of the #ForwardPrizes 🥳👏. Find out more about the shortlisted poets at
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The Forward Prizes for Poetry are the most influential awards for new poetry in the UK and Ireland. Check out the winners of previous years.
The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers! .🔗 Full list:
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RT @cwfcreatives: Read the 2025 #CWprize shortlist!. We are excited to present the first five shortlisted stories from the 2025 Commonwealt….
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RT @Literacy_Trust: Big news! 2026 has officially been announced as the National Year of Reading by @bphillipsonMP. We’re proud to join @e….
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Congratulations to Chanel Sutherland who has won the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize!.
CHANEL SUTHERLAND WINS THE 2025 #CWPRIZE!. We are delighted to announce Chanel Sutherland as the overall winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize!. Chanel, born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and living in Montreal, Canada, saw off 7,920 entrants worldwide to take
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Congratulations to Ivana Bodrožić and translator Ellen Elias-Bursać who have won the 2025 @EBRD Literature Prize.
SONS, DAUGHTERS has won the 2024 @EBRD Literature Prize! . Congratulations to Ivana Bodrožić, Ellen Elias-Bursać, and the incredible team at @7storiespressuk, who have done such a great job bringing this book to our UK readers.
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RT @TheBookerPrizes: We’re delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2026 judging panel for the 10th anniversary of the prize in its curr….
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The 2026 judging panel for the International Booker Prize, the world’s most influential award for translated fiction, has been announced
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RT @hayfestival: Save the dates!. @nbolitfest is streaming free online next weekend with a series of conversations in partnership with Hay….
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RT @BritishArts: ⏳ The #ConnectionsThroughCulture Grants are closing soon! . 💷 The grants support new collaborative projects between artist….
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RT @BritishArts: ⏳ Closing soon: applications to be part of the European Year of the Normans 2027 programme close on 30 June. Arts and cul….
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RT @Booktrust: Happy #EmpathyDay!. Research shows that reading can support children to develop this key ability to value, feel, understand….
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RT @ieBritish: 📣 @ieBritish are delighted to partner with @poetryireland and announce the Eavan Boland Award 2025📣. This Award invites appl….
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📢Opportunity for poets in Ireland and the UK✍️. The Eavan Boland Award invites applications from early-career poets based in the UK and mid-career poets based in Ireland for cross-residency opportunities with @TCDEnglish & @newwritingMCR.
📣Announcing Eavan Boland Award 2025📣. The Eavan Boland Award invites applications from early-career poets based in the UK and mid-career poets based in Ireland for cross-residency opportunities with @TCDEnglish & @newwritingMCR. ℹ️Award Details / Apply:
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Congratulations to @BernardineEvari who has been awarded the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award!.
We are beyond thrilled to announce that the recipient for the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award is @BernardineEvari! . Supported by #BukhmanPhilanthropies .#WomensPrize #OutstandingContributionAward.
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RT @BCouncil_Wales: We’re @hayfestival! Proud to support the @litwales /EUNIC residency - 14 European writers spent 2 weeks @Ty_Newydd expl….
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RT @inBritish: 👏 Brilliant news! A big congratulations to Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi as #HeartLamp wins the #InternationalBooker2025.….
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