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News & Features

Check out the latest news from the RLF, WritersMosaic highlights, and Collected – our collection of interviews, reflections and articles exploring the literary life and world of writers today.

Rebecca Watts cake celebrating her book The Met Office Advises Caution
Collected Podcast

Writing milestones

Rebecca Watts, Jeremy Treglown, Jini Reddy, Guinevere Glasfurd and Rebecca Colby on the milestones in their writing lives.

Nikki Giovanni remembered
WritersMosaic Article

Nikki Giovanni remembered

The poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni has died. Earlier this year, she talked with WritersMosaic Director Colin Grant.…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of woman by window thinking what to write with book birds flying past window.
Collected Article

Ten Perfect Places to Write

From libraries to castles and dining room tables to beds, our RLF Fellows invite us in to see the places…

Saleh Addonia by Rob Taylor for WritersMosaic
WritersMosaic Article

The Ferry

Read ‘The Ferry’, a short story by Saleh Addonia. Part of WritersMosaic‘s new fiction series.

Jamie Lee Searle
Collected Article

Translating and Writing

Jamie Lee Searle on how her career as a literary translator helped develop her writerly voice.

Paul Bailey by David Levenson
RLF News Article

Remembering Paul Bailey

A look back at the career of RLF trustee and grants beneficiary Paul Bailey, who died on 27 October 2024.

Fellows News December 2024
RLF News Article

RLF Fellows’ News: December 2024

Publishing news, events and appearances, awards, plays, broadcasts and more from our RLF Fellows, from December 2024.

UEA | Chris Rose
Collected Podcast

Focusing on location

C.D. Rose, Elizabeth Cook and Mark Blayney explore the locations that have inspired and informed their writing.

Anna Ellory
RLF News Article

My Writing Life: Anna Ellory

“Once you’ve got a clean sentence, don’t mess with it” – RLF Grants Beneficiary Anna Ellory