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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
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Writing milestones

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

UEA | Chris Rose
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Focusing on location

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

Mark Blacklock by Joanne Crawford
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Mark Blacklock

Caroline Sanderson interviews novelist and culture historian Dr Mark Blacklock.

Illustration by Fran Pulido of two books that look like open books next to a microphone.
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Writing Techniques

Pamela Scobie, Sonia Faleiro, Mark Blacklock, David Mark and Thomas Bunstead share insights into the nuts and bolts of their…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of two books that look like open books next to a microphone.
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My True Genre, part 3

John Keay, Horatio Clare, Ian Thomson, Charles Boyle, Laura Hird, Julian Turner, and Marina Benjamin on writing within ‘their’ genre.

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What Motivates Us?

Nikki Sheehan, Sheena Wilkinson, Phoebe Power, Sarah Butler and Alex Nye consider what prompts them to write.

Leadenhall Market in London by Roxy Sadoughi
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The Writing Environment

Sarah Hilary, Jini Reddy, Marnie Riches and Peter Oswald reflect on how their relationship to their surroundings affects their writing.

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My True Genre, part 2

In the second installment of our ‘My True Genre’ series, we talk to RLF Fellows who work mostly in different…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of two books that look like open books next to a microphone.
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Projects that don’t make it

In the latest episode of the RLF Podcast Sheena Wilkinson tackles rejection, Kim Curran looks through her bottom drawer, David…

Charlie Hill
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Charlie Hill

Charlie Hill speaks with Ann Morgan about becoming a better writer book by book, the value or otherwise of creative…

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The experience of being published

Mary-Jane Riley shares her experience of getting published, Beth Miller remembers publication day, Alys Fowler reveals how she celebrates a…