Commonwealth Archives - The Queen's Reading Room

Commonwealth

A journey around the world to explore literary treasures from the Commonwealth.

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Simon Armitage

Queenhood

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Ashley Saunders

The March of the Hermit Crabs in the Rain

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Peggy Carr

Foretaste of Paradise

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Commonwealth - Caribbean and Americas

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Commonwealth - Caribbean and Americas

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Barry Mitcalfe

Out Of The Wilderness

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Lorraine Mafi-Williams

Mimi Dancers

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Commonwealth - Pacific

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Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020

Voices From The Blue World, by Senior Winner Aditya Choudhury (Singapore) - Read by Stephen Fry

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Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020

The Waters Rise, by Senior Runner-up Ananya Mukerji (India) - Read by Kareena Kapoor

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Tahmima Anam

A Golden Age

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Zehra Nigah

Right Here Was The Ocean

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Commonwealth - Asia

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Commonwealth - Asia

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Book Aid International

Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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David Rubadiri

An African Thunderstorm

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The Commonwealth Poetry Podcast, Episode 2 Rwanda

AMelody Ingabire

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Damon Galgut

The Promise

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Abdulrazak Gurnah

The Promise

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Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020

The Little Prince Comes Back To Earth, by Junior Runner Up Eleni Bazikamwe (Ghana) - Read by David Walliams

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Her Majesty The Queen

Uganda, 1954

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John Cremona

Children Playing

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Her Majesty The Queen

Malta, 1967

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The Commonwealth Poetry Podcast, Episode 1 The United Kingdom

On Poets And Poetry

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The Commonwealth Poetry Podcast, Episode 1 The United Kingdom

John Betjeman, The Subaltern's Love Song

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The Commonwealth Poetry Podcast, Episode 1 The United Kingdom

Christina Rossetti, EchoThe Subaltern's Love Song

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The Commonwealth Poetry Podcast, Episode 1 The United Kingdom

W H Auden, The Night Mail

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Her Majesty The Queen - then Princess Elizabeth - reading

Natal National Park, South Africa, 1947

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Her Majesty The Queen - then Princess Elizabeth - reading

Windsor Castle, 1940

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Michael Morpurgo

On The Queen's Reign

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Michael Morpurgo

There Once Is A Queen

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Her Majesty The Queen - then Princess Elizabeth - reading

Windsor Castle, 1940

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Emma-Kate Lewis

Tread Lightly

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Jenny Bennett-Tuionetoa

Matalasi

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Imbolo Mbue

The Case For And Against Love Potions

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