Royal Society of Literature

The RSL have teamed up with Bertha DocHouse cinema to offer our Members and Fellows two free tickets (for yourself and a guest) to see upcoming screenings of Art Spiegelman: Disaster is my Muse. Book your place or find out more about RSL Membership: rsliterature.org/whats-on/art-s…

Let’s hear it for the panel of the 2025 Giles St Aubyn Awards! This year’s award will be judged by Hugh St Aubyn, Gavin Francis @gavinfranc and Durre Shahwar 🎉 Now open for submission, closing Monday 1 September 2025. Find out more or apply here: rsliterature.org/rsl-giles-st-a…

Huge congratulations to our Head Librarian and the Helen Hamlyn Director of the University Libraries, Richard Ovenden, who has been awarded with the 2025 Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature. rsliterature.org/announcement-o…

A number of new @RSLiterature fellows have been announced, with Honorary Fellows including Caroline Michel and Tracy Bohan bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

We are also delighted to announce that this year’s Benson medallist is Richard Ovenden, Head of Gardens, Libraries, & Museums, Bodley’s Librarian and the Helen Hamlyn Director of the University Libraries at @UniofOxford @bodleianlibs. Congratulations! 🏅 👏

We are thrilled to introduce our 2025 Fellows and Honorary Fellows, inducted into the Royal Society of Literature this evening. Please join us in celebration of each Fellow’s extraordinary achievement and valuable contributions to literature 👏

“Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.” Iris Murdoch, #BornOnThisDay in 1919 📚❤️

There's just one week left to apply to our first year of the RSL Scriptorium Awards! Apply today: rsliterature.org/rsl-scriptoriu…

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust, #BornOnThisDay in 1871 📚❤️

This week we're throwing a party in celebration of the 20th anniversary of London's original literary and you're invited! Book Slam X Royal Society of Literature Thursday 3 July · 7PM–LATE FREE Bar Maon & Fifth · 11 Woodfield RD, W9 2BA Register now: rsliterature.org/whats-on/rsl-x…

The inaugural 2025 RSL Scriptorium Awards are now OPEN! Supported by RSL President @BernardineEvari, the awards provide free writing residencies in her cottage on the Kent coast and will be judged by Sarah Sanders, Kayo Chingonyi and Victoria Hislop. rsliterature.org/rsl-scriptoriu…

With just over two months left to apply to the V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize, we are delighted to announce our 2026 judges! 🙌 The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize open until 28 August: rsliterature.org/vs-pritchett-s…

Introducing the second installment of RSL x Book Slam, London’s hottest literary salon, promising a night of words and music circling memory and truth, connections and chasms. Discover the full line-up and secure your tickets today: rsliterature.org/whats-on/rsl-x…

"This is a glorious and affecting tribute to Woolf’s genius and a quietly dazzling piece of theatre in its own right." - Everything Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Oxford until Sun 22 June. Book tickets today! 🎫bit.ly/43AIsl5 📷Jane Hobson @engfac @OxfordEvents #Oxford #Oxfordshire

Tonight we'll be joined by Phelim McDermott, @HelenTennison, Merve Emre and @ecshowalter in conversation with Bidisha for more Dalloway Day celebrations. 📅 Wednesday 18 June, 7PM 📍 @britishlibrary 🎟️ £12 In-person/£6.50 online Book now: rsliterature.org/whats-on/a-cen…

Submissions are open for our 2025 Literature Matters Awards and we want to hear from you! Applications are open until Friday 8 August – follow the link to enter: rsliterature.org/rsl-literature…

The opening night of our Mrs Dalloway production is finally here and we couldn’t be more excited! 📅 The London Library 11 - 15 June 📅 Oxford 19 - 22 June Tickets: rsliterature.org/whats-on/virgi… In partnership with @creationtheatre & @londonlibrary 📷 Jane Hobson

Every Kind of People, a memoir by Kathryn Faulke, has won the @RSLiterature Christopher Bland Prize bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

On Thursday, we were thrilled to welcome poet, playwright & novelist Gabriel Gbadamosi & members of the @RSLiterature for a post-show conversation with playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker about Little Brother. 2 weeks left to catch the show! 🎟 bit.ly/JSTLittleBroth…

Congratulations to our 2025 winner Kathryn Faulke for her incredible debut Every Kind of People. Judge @JackyWilsonHQ surprised Kathryn with the news while she was on shift at a unit for dementia patients. Watch the full video on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/9aUAxWFwjeg