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RSL 200

RSL 200

On our 200th birthday we are thrilled to launch RSL 200, a five-year celebration of the best in literature past, present and future. We’re delighted that the first day of these celebrations includes s …
RSL welcomes HRH The Duchess of Cornwall as new Royal Patron

RSL welcomes HRH The Duchess of Cornwall as new Royal Patron

RSL President Marina Warner says: The Council, Fellows and Members and staff of the RSL are delighted and honoured that Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall, has agreed to become our Royal Patr …
Kazuo Ishiguro is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017

‘Since his early novels, A Pale View of Hills and The Artist of the Floating World,  till his most recent, The Buried Giant,  Kazuo Ishiguro has created a series of memorably delicate and poignant sto …
Literature Matters campaign

Literature Matters campaign

Today, Tuesday 26 September, the RSL launches its Literature Matters progamme which aims to highlight the power and value of great writing. And it asks writers and readers to help – with contributions …
‘Literature is always vital’, President Marina Warner on the the RSL

‘Literature is always vital’, President Marina Warner on the the RSL

As I begin as President of the RSL, the country and the world are in tumult. Literature is always vital, but in such conditions it matters even more. New RSL President Marina Warner on the importance …
Marina Warner is elected first female President of the RSL

Marina Warner is elected first female President of the RSL

Following Colin Thubron’s hugely successful presidency Marina Warner has been elected the RSL’s 19th President. She will be President Elect until the election is ratified at the RSL’s AGM of Fellows o …

RSL Trailer

Watch our trailer on the work of the RSL and why it matters. Film by Paul Wyatt.