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Hay Festival Segovia kits

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:19:01 +0000

These three short kits were the result of a collaborative event in Segovia, Spain, between the organisers of the Hay Festival Segovia 2008 and the British Council, Spain.

The Return of the Moon Man

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:04:47 +0000

‘The Return of the Moonman’ is a short story by the author Eric Malpass and is published by Penguin in ‘Modern British Short Stories’.

The Landlady

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:20:52 +0000

‘The Landlady' is a short story by Roald Dahl.

Weekend

admin — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:17:16 +0000

'Weekend' is a short story by the author Fay Weldon, and published by Penguin in 'Modern British Short Stories'. It originally appeared in 'Cosmopolitan' magazine in 1978.

Francesca Beard: Chinese Whispers

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:09:50 +0000

This project is something out of the ordinary for BritLit as it supports a major piece of performance poetry. The materials here have been designed to support a series of workshops and performances of ‘Chinese Whispers' by Francesca Beard, one of the UK's leading performance poets.

Celebr8 by Levi Tafari

admin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000

‘Celebr8' is a poem about inclusion and diversity. It is by the Liverpool based poet Levi Tafari, himself of Jamaican origin.

The Colourful World of Calum McCall

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:29:50 +0000

Ron Butlin's little tale is a dark little piece, in spite of the title. It's very much a story of loss of dreams

Ullswater

admin — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:00:00 +0000

'Ullswater' is based on the short story by Romesh Gunesekera. It is about the relationship between two very different brothers and how various factors have caused them to grow apart. One brother describes their

Lucky

admin — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:00:00 +0000

'Lucky' is a kit based on the short story by Jane Rogers, and is the first in a series of BritLit projects in collaboration with Comma Press.

Views from Edinburgh

admin — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000

This Kit. Based on the works of Jackie Kay and Ron Butlin this kit looks at theScottish city of Edinburgh. It differs from original BritLit kits in that there is no singlenarrative text to work through.