Susan Fletcher on outsiders in fiction – literal and imagined
I’ve always known that I’ve preferred to be outside. To be an outsider – literally, and, specifically, amongst wild places…
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I’ve always known that I’ve preferred to be outside. To be an outsider – literally, and, specifically, amongst wild places…
“There are two ways to lose oneself: by segregation in the particular or by dilution in the ‘universal’.” — Aimé…
Dreda Say Mitchell is a best-selling and award-winning author appointed an MBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth for her services…
Royal Literary Fund Fellows Sarah Hilary, Peter Fiennes and Claire Williamson explore the influence of past experiences on their work,…
Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning to fiction. She is the author of two #1 New York…
This is what I’ve come to believe. No matter how long I live in a country I wasn’t born in,…
In the second part of our investigation into ‘Writing versus life’, RLF writers examine the pitfalls that face writers who…
Is it possible to depict dramatically The Holocaust without descending into morbid fascination?
There is a myth about the business of being an author. It goes something like this: “Once upon a time…
Royal Literary Fund writers explore the link between creativity and the world beyond the desk, touching on the role of…
RLF Fellow Dr Kerry Young has spent seven years running Writing for Life workshops. But what exactly is writing for…
Adam Gopnik says there are three types of essay: review essays, memoir essays, and what he calls ‘odd-object’ essays. I’m…