Our 2022/23 Folio Academy Mentors present work from the current cohort of mentees. Featuring:

Juno Szczawinska mentored by Emily Berry (top left)

Frankie Buchanan mentored by Sam Byers (top centre)

Lily Ritchie mentored by Diana Evans (top right)

Sadiqah Miah mentored by Frances Leviston (bottom left)

Qudsia Malik mentored by Chris Power (bottom centre)

Diana Ozola mentored by Momtaza Mehri (bottom right)

Tickets are free, please reserve a place here.

Former judge, shortlistee and founding member of the Rathbones Folio Academy, Tessa Hadley, herself a multi-award-winning author, will be joined by Victoria Adukwei Bulley, (Winner, Poetry 2023) and Will Ashon (shortlisted, Non-fiction 2023) in a conversation delving into the idea of readability, the pressures on creativity and what makes a work of ‘literature’.  

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A reflection on recent events

University of Chichester digital writer in residence Volodymyr Rafeienko, Guardian foreign correspondent and author Luke Harding, and poet and translator Sasha Dugdale talk about the act of witnessing through writing, and the effects of connection with other writers through times of war and great upheaval.

 Live and in person at the University of Chichester – tickets are free but must be booked here 

Invitation only 

In a gala ceremony live at the British Library, we announce the three category winners and the overall winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize 2023

An evening of literary exploration with the 2023 Judges and shortlisted authors 

Ali Smith, Jackie Kay and Guy Gunaratne, together with shortlisted authors  Yomi Sode, Daisy Hildyard, Will Ashon, Fiona Benson, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Jonathan Freedland, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, Zaffar Kunial, explore the many ways that stories are being told today. 

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Discussing life, death and everything in between – these writers tackle the biggest themes in a multitude of forms, via the novel, memoir, creative non-fiction, and parable. Hosted by Alex Clark.

Speakers: Amy Bloom, NoViolet Bulawayo, Sheila Heti, Margo Jefferson and Elizabeth Strout.