Royal Society of Literature November News

We are delighted to announce that the judges of this year's V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize, Adam Foulds, Jackie Kay and Helen Simpson, have selected Peter Adamson as the 2013 winner, for his story Sahel. The runner-up was Rowena MacDonald for her story Stars. For more information about this year's winner and runners-up, please download the press release on our website. Click here to read the winning story, Sahel, published online by Prospect magazine . The Tangore Memorial Meeting Monday 2 December, 7pm, The Courtauld Institue of Art, £8/£5 students/ FREE to members of RSL 'Pakistan produces people of extraordinary bravery, but no nation should ever require its citizens to be that brave.' Nadeem Aslam In a conversation chaired by essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra, Nadeem Aslam and Kamila Shamsie (pictured) discuss writing fiction, set in Pakistan and beyond, during the 'war on terror' years. We are grateful to the Robert Gavron Charitable Trust for sponsoring this event.