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ILS Connections

Each month we explore a new theme, with provocations, interviews, podcasts and new writing from literature experts around the world.

This month we are exploring international working - how can we collaborate globally and share expertise?

Featured

ILS 2019 launches

Elif Shafak to curate the new list

Milton

By Nick Harkaway

Ark

Injecting more liveness and literature into ‘live literature’

Boy from the Copperbelt

By Kayo Chingonyi

ILS 2019 launches

Elif Shafak to curate the new list

The Difference Between Me and You

By Courttia Newland

WETHER

By Harry Josephine Giles

Milton

By Nick Harkaway

Ark

Injecting more liveness and literature into ‘live literature’

Boy from the Copperbelt

By Kayo Chingonyi

Citizenship

By Maureen Freely

Mixed Blessings

A Primer, by Melissa Fu

Talking to Tatiana Ilyina

Head of Arts, British Council Russia

The Books of the Dead

ILS awards £35,000 to new collaborative projects

First round of ILS Collaboration and Touring Funding

Kayo Chingonyi in conversation

On Kumukanda and the influence of grime

Ten Men

By Benjamin Myers

The Mermaid and the Diver

By Hannah Berry

Apply for Collaboration Funding

Applications now open!

Squint

by Alexandra Harris

A Tendency To Spill

by Hazel Grian, with Constance Fleuriot

The Performance Tool-Kit

From book tours to gigs in stores, how to read your writing well

ILS Norwich

Watch this space for footage from the week-long event

The First Border We Cross

India/Pakistan: 1947

By Sandeep Parmar

To Live Outside The Law You Must Be Honest

By Richard Beard

Laura Dockrill interview

On writing for children and the influence of London

Soft Borders; Liminal Spaces

Pen Pals

By Laura Dockrill

Crossing Borders: Round 2

New commissions announced

Crossing Borders

By Paul McVeigh

Hannah Berry talks LIVESTOCK

Crossing Borders Commission

By William Letford

A Night Walk

by Andrew Michael Hurley

Green and Brown

Translation and Solidarity

Looking back at Modern Poetry in Translation #1

Mwyara / Blackberrying

By Ifor ap Glyn

Deborah Smith of Tilted Axis discusses translation

New interview from Worlds 2016

Sea Swim

By Andrew McMillan

Crossing Borders Commission

By Raymond Antrobus

Refresh, Expand

International Working - a writer's perspective

Literary Translation Beyond Automation

Language, current affairs and the role of translation

New ILS Writers Announced

We're thrilled to announce the second round of showcased writers

What the ILS website can do for you

Favourites, Slack chat and being showcased

Welcoming organisations from around the world

Join the global brain for literature

ILS events at London Book Fair

New showcased writers to be announced in March

East Meets West on Mobile Storytelling Platforms

Digital literatures in the UK and China

Take part in collaborative poetry project

Martin Jackson invites you to share your ideas on 'tutorials' using Google Docs

Assuming the Habits of the Day and Night

By Vahni Capildeo

Spotlight: Maaboret

The Short Story Project

Attend the International Literature Showcase: Norwich

Applications open now

Spotlight on: STADTSPRACHEN

The languages of Berlin

The Year of Two Thousand Sixteen in Signs

By Sabrina Mahfouz

Walk

By Glenn Patterson

The American Frontier

By Carys Davies

Pat Barker & Michael Morpurgo

In conversation at Durham Book Festival

Spotlight: Lahore Festival

Razi Ahmed explores the civic importance of literature festivals as a place for dialogue across societies

ILIAD by National Theatre Wales

or How I learned to stop worrying and love the reading

Malorie Blackman at London Literature Festival

Recorded at the Southbank Centre

Jackie Kay at Manchester Literature Festival

In conversation with Rachel Cooke

Editorial: Beyond the Page

Sam Ruddock explores the different ways we can experience literature off the page

Benjamin Zephaniah & Liz Berry

Live at the Birmingham Literature Festival

Sebastian Faulks in conversation

Spotlight on Cheltenham Literature Festival

Krakow City of Literature Presents: Poetry Projections

Justyna Jochym shares a different approach to showcasing great writing

Literary Confessions and Festival Contradiction

Nicholas Laughlin on the contradictions of running a literature festival

Editorial: Literature, Live

Sam Ruddock reveals his love of literature events

Off the Shelf

Peggy Hughes of Literary Dundee on five events that excite and inspire

Too Legit To Print

Spoken Word: Literature’s Lesser Offshoot?

Literature, Live: The Slack Sessions

A roundup of the conversations that have been happening on the ILS Slack channel over the past month

The Event's The Thing

A provocation from Jarred McGinnis

Azure Noise and Kinetic Syntax

Poetry as a space of active silence

Spotlight on: Paper Republic

Interview discussing the importance of high quality translators

Pitch for new funding from the ILS Collection

Round Two now open

Everything is Foreign

By Karrie Fransman

A Life in Translation

Ngugi wa Thiong'o on his career and the issues surrounding writing and translation today

Digital Literatures: What Comes Next?

Ceri Gorton discusses trends firing the imagination of literature lovers

The global library

Ali Smith on the proliferation of life and language

The importance of libraries

A provocation by Ali Smith

Feria de Malaga

By Miriam Gamble

Extract: The Long Drop

A sneak peek at Denise Mina's forthcoming novel, The Long Drop

The Woman Next to Me

By Kerry Hudson

Joanna Walsh discusses digital narratives

Interviewed at the Worlds Literature Festival

Family Circle

Spotlight on the Storybarn

Holly Wagstaff talks about the need for creative and imaginative play for children

Reading Lives

Reader, bestselling writer and literacy expert Cathy Rentzenbrink discusses the role of reading in her life

Unpicking Wattpad

Creating new spaces for writers and readers

Digital Technologies, African Publishing

First delivered at Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias, 1 February 2016

Reading In Public is Always a Performance

SJ Fowler explores the role of poet as performer and artist

Story Making Machines

Following the path of the oulipians

Exploring the showcase

What is the ILS and who is it for?

Welcome

Introducing the showcase

Crossing Borders

Bold new work from exciting writers

Out of the Garret

Jenn Ashworth discusses the challenges and opportunities around collaboration

Open call to UK organisations

Become an ILS showcased organisation in 2017

Traversing the print/digital divide

The printed word hasn’t quite left us yet

The Narrative Designer

An interview with Tom Jubert about where games and literature intersect

Tablo’s Take on the Future of Publishing

The Tablo team on making radical changes to the publishing model

The Internet We Imagine

What does the internet hold in store for us in 2020? In 2037? In 2193?

You Show Me Yours

An ILS & Melbourne Digital Writers' Festival collaboration

The Limits and Possibilities of Digital Writing

Exploring the boundaries of what digital spaces can offer

Spotlight On: Digital Writers' Festival

What are the opportunities and challenges of running an online festival

Apply for ILS Collection grants

Open call for proposals worth £2,500

Steps to a digital literature

Tom Abba from Ambient Literature on embracing, and adapting to, digital storytelling

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