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Leila Rasheed – Life-changing Literature
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan became the first book I had ever read that put…
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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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Robert Hudson – The Best Advice I Ever Received
No advice has ever influenced my writing a fraction as much as an anecdote I almost certainly have got wrong,…
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Location And The Writer, part 17
Sanjida O’Connell considers cottages in Somerset, and Emylia Hall takes us to the seaswept landscapes of nearby Cornwall. Sanjida O’Connell…
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Tania Hershman
We are rarely ‘in’ the present. We are a jumble of past and future, trying to draw on our experience…
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Lucy Moore – A Day In The Life
The daydreaming time, the hanging out the washing time and the walk to school pick-up time; where inspiration can arrive.…
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Granny’s Voice
Penny Hancock on literary grandparents. Penny Hancock asks why there are so few grandparents in literature, when compared with the…
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Susan Fletcher – Being Genre Fluid
The definition of ‘literary fiction’ is strange, vague and controversial, and the term does a poor job, I feel, of…
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Mark McCrum – The Writer As Outsider
If you are one of those writers that get most of their material in this way — from the here…
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Amanda Dalton
Amanda Dalton speaks with Amanda Whittington about teaching, poetry and drama, and silent film on the radio. Amanda Dalton speaks…
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Mark Illis – How I Write
I’ll be fairly clear about some major points along the way, but I won’t necessarily know how I’m getting from…
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What Book Are You Reading At The Moment?
Writers discuss the book they are currently reading. Mahendra Solanki, Rukhsana Ahmad, Millie Murray, Mirza Waheed, Brian Keaney, Ade Solanke…
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Leigh Russell – Writer’s Block
The cure for writer’s block lies in recognising our errors and rectifying them; working creatively to solve problems. The cure…