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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.

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Collected Podcast

Poetry Break with Jane Draycott

Poetry Break: Jane Draycott and Julia Copus on ‘God’s Grandeur’ and ‘Felix Randal’ by Hopkins. Jane Draycott joins host Julia…

Episode 31
Collected Podcast

Jane Draycott & Carole Angier

Jane Draycott reads from medieval poem Pearl and her modern translation of it, and Carole Angier begins to write poetry.…

Jane Draycott
Collected Podcast

Jane Draycott

Jane Draycott speaks with Julia Copus about translating the mediaeval poem “Pearl” Jane Draycott speaks with Julia Copus about her…

Companions Voice
Collected Podcast

Jane Draycott & Miranda France

Jane Draycott considers a writer’s inner travelling companions, and Miranda France explores the challenges of finding your writing voice. Jane…

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…

Stephanie Norgate
Collected Podcast

Stephanie Norgate

Stephanie Norgate speaks with Jane Draycott about dramatising a pioneering life and the landscapes of Sussex. Stephanie Norgate speaks with…

Becca Heddle
Collected Podcast

Becca Heddle

Becca Heddle speaks with Jane Draycott about African tales, cloning and bold work for younger readers. Becca Heddle speaks with…

Alyson Hallett
Collected Podcast

Alyson Hallett

Alyson Hallett speaks with Jane Draycott about artistic stones, anonymous creativity and the legacy of a secret affair. Alyson Hallett…

Roopa Farooki
Collected Podcast

Roopa Farooki

Roopa Farooki speaks with Jane Draycott about deception, inner monsters and diverse characters in literature for young people. Roopa Farooki…

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

Tina Pepler

Tina Pepler speaks with Jane Draycott about fictionalising trauma, the limits of the internet and cross-cultural mentoring. Tina Pepler speaks…

Maura Dooley
Collected Podcast

Maura Dooley

Maura Dooley speaks with Jane Draycott about Irish heritage, Iranian translation and a Jane Austen residency. Maura Dooley, former RLF…