Book trailers – do they work?
Commonwealth Writers Writer in Residence, Katrina Best, asks "Book trailers – do they work?" …
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Commonwealth Writers unearths, develops and promotes the best new Commonwealth fiction
We want members to exchange ideas and get inspired. Read, watch and hear writers from Nigeria, Canada, India, Pakistan and the UK. Over the next few weeks we’ll also be …
Shortlisted Author Biographies: CW Book Prize & Short Story Prize 2012
Commonwealth Book Prize The Wandering Falcon, Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan), Hamish Hamilton ‘A tribesman who attained the age of one hundred years was asked the secret of his longevity: “ I eat …
Commonwealth Writers announces shortlists for 2012 prizes
Writers from around the world have been shortlisted for the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize in anticipation of becoming a regional winner on 22 May and …
International Radio Playwriting Competition 2012: call for entries
Commonwealth Writers announces partnership with BBC World Service & British Council 1st May 2012. It’s time to get writing, with the launch of the International Playwriting Competition today. For the …
Commonwealth Writers talks to Courttia Newland
Watch our new interview with Courttia Newland, author of several critically acclaimed novels and co-editor of IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain (2000) and hear his …
Book trailers – do they work?
Commonwealth Writers Writer in Residence, Katrina Best, asks "Book trailers – do they work?" …
Commonwealth Writers examines international perspectives on publishing
Commonwealth Writers have today announced details of the ‘International Perspectives’ session run in association with The Literary Consultancy …
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Commonwealth Lecture 2012
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gives the Commonwealth Lecture, 2012 – “Connecting Cultures”. …


