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Paul Sayer – Letter To My Readers
I have a new book, and it will be a proper book, with covers, written on paper; people our vintage,…
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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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Deborah Bosley – Writers Who Inspire Me
A devout Catholic, mother of seven, kindly confidante and prodigious drinker and smoker of fags, Alice Thomas Ellis was both…
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Location And The Writer, Part 14
Robert Hudson celebrates his roots in Kilburn, and Vayu Naidu finds an unexpected Blue Plaque in London. Robert Hudson celebrates…
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Susan Fletcher – Rejection
My first novel was rejected by over twenty imprints before finding a home. That novel won prizes in the end,…
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Amanda Dalton – Being Genre Fluid
I’ve been playing around with a text for theatre that seems to be a mash-up of dialogue, poetry, and prose;…
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Katherine Clements – The Best Advice I Ever Received
There is no shortcut. Just write the damn book. So I did. I wrote the book, and then I wrote…
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Courttia Newland – The Writer As Outsider
A writer’s job is to observe the things that people ignore every day, and bring them to their attention. Writers…
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On Location
Sue Roe on visiting some famous artists’ houses. Sue Roe describes her visits to the houses of some famous artists,…
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Fraser Grace
Books, like phones in many a modern household, were not allowed at our family table; Weetabix really did fill my…
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Mary Colson – Writer’s Block
I walk, and I watch. I make small purchases to hear voices; this way, I learn that sperm have a…
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Heidi Williamson
Heidi Williamson speaks with John Greening about poetry and science, pattern-making and painful history. Heidi Williamson speaks with John Greening…
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Tim Ecott – How Writing Changes The Writer
For me, the process of writing introduces a persistent, consuming, urgency in my head, but paradoxically it also has a…