We believe writers matter because writing matters.
Professional writers should be able to sustain themselves and thrive, even when times are hard. The Royal Literary Fund offers financial support, advice and earning opportunities across the UK, enabling writers to keep writing and to share their skills with others.
Supporting Writers
We offer a range of grants to professional writers needing short-term to long-term financial support. They might be facing an unexpected bill, reduced income, or unable to write due to a change in circumstances, sickness, disability, or age.
The RLF also offers earning opportunities for professional writers through our Fellowship scheme who work as Fellows sharing their expertise with others. We place writers in over 100 universities across the UK, helping students to develop their academic writing.
News & Features
From the Archive: Bram Stoker (1911)
Weeks after the discovery of a previously “lost” Bram Stoker story and on the anniversary of his birth, we’ve taken…
RLF Fellows’ News: November 2024
The latest publishing news, events and appearances, awards, plays, broadcasts and more from our RLF Fellows. November 2024.
My Writing Life: Hanif Kureishi
Ahead of the publication of his memoir, Shattered, novelist, playwright and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi shares his writing advice.
Confessions of a Ghostwriter
An RLF Fellow confesses – anonymously – what it is like to ghostwrite fiction, non-fiction and memoir for celebrities and…
“Nothing about us without us” – Jonny Wright on Black television
RLF Fellow and screenwriter Jonny Wright on the evolution and impact of Black television, from 1990s American shows The Cosby…
What exactly is Super Thursday? Caroline Sanderson on Autumn Publishing Trends
In the first of our new seasonal content series, Caroline Sanderson, Associate Editor of industry magazine The Bookseller, gives us…
Carlo Gébler on his mother Edna O’Brien
Originally published in the Irish Times, writer Carlo Gébler’s personal reflections about the death of his mother, Edna O’Brien.
New term, new tips – five ways to access our RLF student resources
As universities and colleges across the UK prepare for a new academic year, our selection of RLF resources helps students…
How to cultivate resilience: a toolkit for writers
Writer, coach and RLF Fellow Katherine Clements on how to navigate a creative life
Welcome to our new trustees
Announcing the appointment of Mark Gardiner, Sammia Hamer, Dotti Irving, and Rosalynn Try-Hane to the RLF’s General Committee.
Walk good: in Britain’s colonial countryside
WritersMosaic’s next live event takes place at the British Library on Tuesday 24th September, from 7pm.
T.S.Eliot Prize shortlist and Ashdown Forest poetry competition winners announced
This week saw the shortlist for the prestigious T.S. Eliot Prize announced, along with the winners of Ashdown Forest’s inaugural…
Teaching life blogging skills to children in care
RLF Writing For Life Fellow on working with young people living in foster care, in partnership with social care service…
Bridge, our school workshops programme
“We’re in the transformation business.” RLF Fellow and poet Donny O’Rourke on Bridge, our school workshops programme.
Seven tips to help you improve your academic writing
Tips from our RLF Fellows for students and those interested in academic writing.
Seven suggestions to make you a better writer
Seven tips to help you become a better writer, tried and tested by our RLF Fellows and drawn from our…
Education
Our commitment to advancing public education begins with our Fellowship scheme. Find out how we work with educational institutions across the UK, our Bridge school workshops and consultancy programme, and how writers can apply to the Fellowship scheme.
If you’re a student looking for help with your academic writing, we also offer a range of free online writing tools and resources.
Workplace & Community
Our Writing for Life programme enables writers to share their skills in their local community. They are trained to deliver workshops on writing for self-expression, building writing skills in the workplace, and hosting reading round groups for their local communities.
WritersMosaic
WritersMosaic, a division of the Royal Literary Fund, is an online magazine and developmental resource focused on UK writers of the global majority, reflecting the changing reality of contemporary Britain, from its past and into its future.
