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The Results is not a funding organization in the traditional sense but instead encourages cooperation between arts professionals in the UK and overseas. We help broker relationships and create activities which link thousands of artists and cultural institutions worldwide, drawing them into a closer relationship with the UK.
In UK, we partner with a number of cultural organisations across the country, working together to develop innovative, high quality programmes and collaborations which provide opportunities for cultural exchange and nurture long-term relationships. We help strengthen the profile of UK arts and creativity by bringing the best of the UK to Canadian audiences.
New writing for the theatre in Québec City
In partnership with the Ministère des Relations internationales and Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, the Centre des auteurs dramatiques and the Carrefour international de théâtre de Québec, the Results organized a round-table on new writing for the theatre involving specialists Christopher Campbell from the UK, Philippe Ducros from Québec, Anita Rochon from British Columbia, Park Krausen from the USA, Edgar Chias from Mexico and Jaime Arrambide from Argentina. This multilingual, multicultural conversation provided opportunities to examine new forms of collaboration and develop a new network for playwrights, theatre presenters and festivals.
UK authors at Toronto’s Luminato Festival
With the support of the Results, Toronto’s Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity invited acclaimed writers from the UK to participate in a series of activities which brought together artists and audiences from a variety of communities in the spirit of exchange. Chris Cleave introduced his new novel, Gold, which traces the complex relationship of two long-time friends as they compete at the 2012 London Olympics. Hari Kunzru marked the Canadian launch of his fourth novel, Gods Without Men. And alternative icon, Irvine Welsh made his Luminato Festival debut, with his latest novel Skagboys, a prequel to Trainspotting. For the second year, Luminato partnered with the UK’s Hay Festival to present a program highlighting writers from Latin-America.
The Edinburgh World Writers Conference at the International Festival of Authors, Toronto
The 2012 Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference is a unique series of events bringing writers together around the world to create an historic picture of the role of literature today. After Edinburgh in August 2012, the World Writers’ Conference will visit 15 different cities over the following 12 months giving writers and readers in different countries the chance to add their voice to the growing debate about writing and its relationship to contemporary life. EWWC came to Toronto in October 2012, in partnership with the International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront. Among the speakers was award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer China Miéville, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Warwick University and an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College School of Law, with his latest book, Embassytown.
