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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.

Linda Cracknell
Collected Podcast

Linda Cracknell, part 2

Linda Cracknell speaks with Doug Johnstone about creative non-fiction, working while walking and the call of the sea. Linda Cracknell…

Linda Cracknell
Collected Podcast

Linda Cracknell, part 1

Linda Cracknell speaks with Doug Johnstone about short stories, writing and place, and creative non-fiction. Linda Cracknell speaks with Doug…

Cars at night
Collected Podcast

Catherine O’Flynn & Paul Dowswell

Catherine O’Flynn pens an elegy to aimless driving, and Paul Dowswell raises an eyebrow at contemporary book reviewing. Catherine O’Flynn…

Bill Kirton
Collected Podcast

Bill Kirton, part 2

Bill Kirton speaks with Doug Johnstone about following his curiosity, enjoying variety and collaborating with somebody he’s never met. Bill…

Bill Kirton
Collected Podcast

Bill Kirton, part 1

Bill Kirton speaks with Doug Johnstone about his love of teaching and becoming a writer accidentally. Bill Kirton speaks with…

My Hero
Collected Podcast

My Hero, part 2

In ‘My Hero’, RLF writers tell us about personal heroes and the impact they’ve had. In the second instalment of…

Alicia Foster
Collected Podcast

Alicia Foster

Alicia Foster speaks with Catherine O’Flynn about her unusual childhood, visual art and literature, and being an accidental novelist. Alicia…

Sarah Ardizzone
Collected Podcast

Sarah Ardizzone, part 2

Sarah Ardizzone speaks with Ann Morgan about the value of live performance, translating graphic novels and translation activism. Sarah Ardizzone…

Sarah Ardizzone
Collected Podcast

Sarah Ardizzone, part 1

Sarah Ardizzone speaks with Ann Morgan about her career in translation, working with writers outside the mainstream, and how she…

Why I write
Collected Podcast

Why I Write

In ‘Why I Write’, RLF writers tell us about their reasons for writing. In ‘Why I Write’, we talk to…

Hats
Collected Podcast

Sarah LeFanu & Caroline Brothers

Sarah LeFanu explores the biographer’s dilemma when it comes to names, and Caroline Brothers considers the issue of cultural appropriation.…

Kate Worsley
Collected Podcast

Kate Worsley, part 2

Kate Worsley speaks with Bethan Roberts about historical vernacular, learning about writing through sailing and how a novel became a…