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Judith Allnatt – Why I Write
Like a sculptor who feels that the statue is inside the stone, the writer has a feeling that the whole…
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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Ros Barber – The Writer As Outsider
This divorcee with three small boys in a two-bedroom flat, supported by Tax Credits… cannot afford to waste any more…
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Amanda Dalton & Shahrukh Husain
Amanda Dalton meets the deeper self who writes “from the gut”, and Shahrukh Husain confronts the challenges of mid-career genre-switching.…
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Fraser Grace – How Writing Changes The Writer
If I’m not able to write; if I’m too busy, or too sick, or on holiday being obliged not to…
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Catherine O’Flynn – Marketing And Me
I’ve posed with my elbows atop a pile of my own books, grinning unreliably like a disastrous QVC presenter. I’ve…
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Andrew Martin – My Reading Habits
My default reading is old thrillers, especially the novels of Simenon, of which there are a lot. My default reading…
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Genre Knowledge
Chris Arthur discusses whether writing essays requires specialist literary knowledge. Chris Arthur reflects on what the essay form means to…
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Karin Altenberg
Far from home, in a new language, I could reinvent myself and write myself into the land. Far from home,…
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David Spencer – A Day In The Life
Eight-thirty every weekday, I train. On the best of bad days, I’m back at the computer, just writing; if it…
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Tania Hershman
During a year of crisis and darkness, I had a revelation. What if life works this way too? What if,…
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Hannah Vincent
Hannah Vincent speaks with Bethan Roberts about acting, writing, editing and finding the core creative self. Hannah Vincent speaks with…
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Rhiannon Tise – Writer’s Block
If my shoulder goes into spasm and I want to tense up, I try not to; I go into it.…