Hay Festival Segovia kits  
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These three short kits were the result of a collaborative event in Segovia, Spain, between the organisers of the Hay Festival Segovia 2008 and the British Council, Spain.

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)
The Return of the Moon Man  
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‘The Return of the Moonman’ is a short story by the author Eric Malpass and is published by Penguin in ‘Modern British Short Stories’.

Average: 4.4 (14 votes)
Loose change  
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The kit is based on the short story of the same name by author Andrea Levy. The story was first published in ‘The Independent on Sunday' and later in the anthology ‘Underwords - The Hidden City' published by Maia Press Limited.

Average: 3.7 (29 votes)
The Landlady  

‘The Landlady' is a short story by Roald Dahl.

Average: 3.9 (195 votes)
Weekend  

'Weekend' is a short story by the author Fay Weldon, and published by Penguin in 'Modern British Short Stories'. It originally appeared in 'Cosmopolitan' magazine in 1978.

Average: 3.6 (32 votes)
Francesca Beard: Chinese Whispers  
This project is something out of the ordinary for BritLit as it supports a major piece of performance poetry. The materials here have been designed to support a series of workshops and performances of ‘Chinese Whispers' by Francesca Beard, one of the UK's leading performance poets.
Average: 4.1 (18 votes)
Celebr8 by Levi Tafari  

‘Celebr8' is a poem about inclusion and diversity. It is by the Liverpool based poet Levi Tafari, himself of Jamaican origin.

Average: 3.4 (19 votes)
The Colourful World of Calum McCall  

Ron Butlin's little tale is a dark little piece, in spite of the title. It's very much a story of loss of dreams

Average: 4.1 (13 votes)
Romesh Gunesekera  

This kit is a departure from the other kits and, like its companions, based on poets Levi Tafari and Benjamin Zephaniah, concentrates on the work of an author rather than on a particular piece of

Average: 4.7 (3 votes)
Genie-us  

Louise Cooper’s stories usually have a twist in the tale, and this is no different. It starts off ordinarily enough with a king, a crying princess and a poor suitor for the princess’s hand. So, what happens to cheer the princess up? Probably not what you think…

Average: 4.2 (17 votes)
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