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Rob Chapman
It’s good when that moment finally arrives, but it doesn’t make you any better as a writer and it certainly…
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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Rhiannon Tise – Writers Who Inspire Me
The singer-songwriter Matt Johnson and his band The The has probably inspired my work the most. I was amazed to…
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Courttia Newland – Being Genre Fluid
Fluidity is freedom, and for a writer, freedom is key. While crime was fun, I found industry and academic ideals…
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Jane Adams – Letter To My Younger Self
Solutions will be found, even if they are found in a skip. Your first proper typewriter will definitely need a…
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The Joy Of Doing Something Badly
Lucy Moore on why she is happy to remain an Absolute Beginner. When she started ballet lessons, Lucy Moore soon…
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Elanor Dymott
In jazz, there’s no criticism of beginners. You have to start somewhere, the thinking goes, and be prepared to experiment,…
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Susan Fletcher – The Writing Life
Perhaps, above all, this is the aspect of the writing life that I was most surprised by, and had never…
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Sue Teddern
Sue Teddern speaks with Bethan Roberts about the many facets of her career and the constraints of commercial writing. Sue…
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Tamar Yellin – The Writer As Outsider
Wasn’t every writer, like every Jew, an eternal alien? Didn’t it constitute their very state of being? Wasn’t every writer,…
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Linda Hoy
Baring my soul had not been easy. I’d consoled myself with the certainty that such a finely crafted novel would…
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The Reclusive Writer
Penny Hancock on why some writers prefer to remain anonymous. Penny Hancock considers some famous examples of writers who have…
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The Temple Bell
Chris Arthur on a talisman that passed through his hands on its way back home.