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"Bridging distances through literature"
Started: May 7th, 2009, 06:01 PM; ended: May 7th, 2009, 07:04 PM 
Prestonian and Polish Readers Talk Caravans
This will be a follow-up chat from November with Prestonian and Ukranian Reading Groups
Started: February 20th, 2008, 05:55 PM; ended: February 20th, 2008, 07:01 PM
Author Catherine Johnson Speaks with 7-12 year old readers in India
Started: February 13th, 2008, 02:13 PM; ended: February 16th, 2008, 11:30 AM
Online Chat with Romesh Gunesekera and Uzbekistan
Romesh Gunesekera talks about his life and works with students in Uzbekistan.
Started: December 20th, 2007, 11:53 AM; ended: December 20th, 2007, 01:06 PM
Author James Lasdun Speaks with Seoul, South Korea
NW 14 author James Lasdun speaks to readers in Seoul, South Korea about his short story Peter Khan's Third Wife.
Started: December 13th, 2007, 12:50 PM; ended: December 13th, 2007, 02:04 PM
Prestonian and Ukranian Readers Talk Tractors
Readers from Preston in Lancashire and Kyiv, Ukraine discuss A Short History of Tractors in the Ukraine by Marina Lewycka
Started: November 19th, 2007, 05:59 PM; ended: November 19th, 2007, 07:02 PM
Online chat with Romesh Gunesekera
Readers from around the world discuss 'Ullswater' and 'A House in the Country' with author Romesh Gunesekera.
Started: September 28th, 2007, 11:49 AM; ended: September 28th, 2007, 01:04 PM
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - discussion between British and Nigerian readers
Readers from Nigeria joined others from London and Scotland in a lively chat about the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the author considered to be the 'father of African literature' and who won this year's Man Booker international prize.
Started: July 26th, 2007, 06:59 PM; ended: July 26th, 2007, 08:19 PM
White Teeth by Zadie Smith - discussion between Canadian readers and Susan Tranter
Readers from New Delhi, India, were also invited to join the chat, although unforseen circumstances meant they were eventually unable to do so. Click here for information about White Teeth.
Started: June 9th, 2007, 11:44 AM; ended: June 9th, 2007, 12:25 PM
Chat with author of The Gift of Rain, Tan Twan Eng, and participants at the Oxford Conference and in Malaysia
Chat with author of The Gift of Rain, Tan Twan Eng, and participants at the Oxford Conference and in Malaysia
Started: April 3rd, 2007, 10:28 AM; ended: April 3rd, 2007, 11:08 AM
Chat between author Matt Whyman and a group of young writers in Ekaterinburg and Volgograd in Russia.
Popular teen author Matt Whyman chats to young Russian writers about creative writing and his books The Wild, Boy Kills Man and Inside the Cage.
Started: March 29th, 2007, 12:58 PM; ended: March 29th, 2007, 01:56 PM
Chat between readers in Denmark and the British Council
Danish readers and the UK are discussing a short story by C. Rose from the New Writing anthology
Started: March 29th, 2007, 09:59 AM; ended: March 29th, 2007, 10:59 AM
Chat between reading groups in BC Nizhny Novgorod and Derbyshire libraries.
Started: March 28th, 2007, 02:58 PM; ended: March 28th, 2007, 03:58 PM
World Book Day chats
Started: March 1st, 2007, 02:29 PM; ended: March 1st, 2007, 03:27 PM
Chat with Abdulrazak Gurnah and workshop participants in KL
Started: February 6th, 2007, 08:59 AM; ended: February 6th, 2007, 09:57 AM
Mal Peet chats to young readers about his book Tamar
To find out more about this chat contact kristina.hedderly@britishcouncil.org
Started: October 23rd, 2006, 10:59 AM; ended: October 23rd, 2006, 11:50 AM
Chat with award-winning children's book writer and illustrator, Lauren Child
Started: October 16th, 2006, 10:59 AM; ended: October 16th, 2006, 12:00 PM
Children in Kolkata discuss books from the Reading Mission booklist
Started: October 5th, 2006, 12:02 PM; ended: October 5th, 2006, 12:53 PM
Chat between reading groups in Edinburgh and Uzbekistan
Started: September 25th, 2006, 12:23 PM; ended: September 25th, 2006, 01:15 PM
Oliver Jeffer's chats to young readers in Chennai, India
Oliver Jeffers, author of the Kate Greenaway Medal short-listed book Lost and Found chatting to young readers from Chennai in India.
Started: August 26th, 2006, 11:29 AM; ended: August 26th, 2006, 12:42 PM
A chat between Lambeth readers and readers from Serbia & Montenegro.
Started: May 19th, 2006, 10:58 AM; ended: May 19th, 2006, 12:00 PM
Chat between Lambeth's Dunraven School reading group and Uzbekistan and Serbia and Montenegro
Started: March 24th, 2006, 10:59 AM; ended: March 24th, 2006, 11:59 AM
Chat between Nepal and Uzbekistan
Started: March 17th, 2006, 10:58 AM; ended: March 17th, 2006, 12:05 PM
World Book Day UK
The theme of the chat between Nigeria and Blackburn was 'Happy endings'.
Started: March 2nd, 2006, 05:29 PM; ended: March 2nd, 2006, 06:32 PM
World Book Day - UK
The theme of the chat between Russia and Blackburn was 'Happy endings'.
Started: March 2nd, 2006, 12:58 PM; ended: March 2nd, 2006, 02:15 PM
Get London Reading
A chat as part of Get London Reading 17 February to 7 March between Londoners and readers from Uzbekistan, Russia, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro.
Started: February 17th, 2006, 09:59 AM; ended: February 17th, 2006, 11:45 AM
Kolkata Summer Reading Challenge - Part 2
Started: January 18th, 2006, 11:30 AM; ended: January 20th, 2006, 04:27 PM
Kolkata and Blackburn chat
Reading Groups in Kolkata and Blackburn are discussing ‘The Poisonwood Bible’ by Barbara Kingsolver.
Started: December 21st, 2005, 11:32 AM; ended: December 21st, 2005, 01:53 PM
Reading Groups in Kenya, Namibia and the UK discuss A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
Reading Groups in Norfolk, UK, Kenya and Namibia are discussing 'A Grain of Wheat' by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
Started: October 27th, 2005, 10:56 AM; ended: October 27th, 2005, 12:55 PM
Readers groups in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan chat with author Matt Whyman
British Council reading groups in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan chatting with Matt Whyman, author of 'The Wild', a book set in Kazakhstan and Russia.
Started: October 19th, 2005, 10:22 AM; ended: October 19th, 2005, 12:05 PM
Kolkata Summer Reading Challenge
Which books did you enjoy reading as part of the Summer Reading Challenge? Who is your favourite author?
Started: September 17th, 2005, 11:52 AM; ended: September 17th, 2005, 01:13 PM
Norwich and Nairobi reading groups
These twinned reading groups in the UK and Kenya will be discussing A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and other African writing.
Started: July 14th, 2005, 12:27 PM; ended: July 14th, 2005, 01:48 PM
Sherry Ashworth Q&A with Uzbekistan
Novelist Sherry Ashworth answered questions from members of the Readers Club at British Council Uzbekistan about her novel Disconnected. The book features Catherine an A-grade student who loses her way.
Started: May 4th, 2005, 09:55 AM; ended: May 4th, 2005, 11:01 AM
Namibia and Derbyshire Readers chat
Readers from Namibia and Derbyshire discussed novels from the Out of Africa and Reading Africa booklists as well as other books that they have enjoyed.
Started: April 18th, 2005, 03:57 PM; ended: April 18th, 2005, 05:21 PM
Nigeria/Lambeth chat – Africa@21
Lambeth libraries and Nigeria chatted with the author Diran Adebayo as part of Africa@21.
Started: December 13th, 2004, 06:27 PM; ended: December 13th, 2004, 06:29 PM
Malawi Africa@21 chat
As part of the launch of Africa@21 Shadreck from the British Council in Malawi discussed 'A grain of wheat' by Ngugi wa Thiong'o with Susan Tranter, the Online Reader in Residence.
Started: November 9th, 2004, 02:02 PM; ended: November 9th, 2004, 02:04 PM
Nigeria/Lambeth chat - Africa@21
Reading Groups at libraries in Nigeria and Lambeth have been reading and discussing Waiting for an Angel by Helon Habila and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Read their online discussion here.
Started: October 26th, 2004, 04:57 PM; ended: October 26th, 2004, 06:45 PM
Setting up and running readers' communities including use of chat and webboards
British Council Poland will discuss setting up and running reading groups as part of Imagine This.
Do you have experience of running an online readers' community? Join in our chat with participants from around the world who are interested in using chat and webboards to reach readers.
Started: January 20th, 2004, 09:28 AM; ended: January 20th, 2004, 11:27 AM
Chat with the UK playwright Sir Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard is here today to chat with you at 15.30 CET (14.30 GMT). He is currently visiting Poland but has taken time out to join you for a chat about his work today. Do log on and join in.
Started: November 18th, 2003, 02:24 PM; ended: November 18th, 2003, 03:28 PM
Talk about science fiction with Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is in Poland to launch the British Council Imagine This project about UK science fiction and fantasy and joined us for a chat today. To learn more about Stephen and the project take a look at our news pages.
Started: September 25th, 2003, 12:29 PM; ended: September 25th, 2003, 01:28 PM
BBC Big Read Debate
What do you think of the books selected for the BBC Big Read?
Do you think they are a good reflection of the UK today?
What image of the UK do you think they project overseas?
Should we organise an alternative list?
For a list of all the BBC Big Read titles see the Reader in Residence's newsletter
Started: July 1st, 2003, 01:45 PM; ended: July 14th, 2003, 10:39 AM
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