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Jane Shilling – Why I Write
I was reading Chekhov short stories soon after the birth and the thought came to me that if I tried…
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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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The Path Not Taken
The questionable joys of running a bookshop. As the child of bookshop owners, Simon Rae grew up knowing that running…
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The Warrior
Gabriel Gbadamosi’s talisman is a cultural counterpart.
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Brian Clegg – How I Write
Frankenstein-like, I assemble the whole from whatever components I have to hand. Frankenstein-like, I assemble the whole from whatever components…
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Michael McMillan
Michael McMillan takes us on a tour of his highly interdisciplinary creative career. Michael McMillan takes us on a tour…
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Anita Mason – The Best Advice I Ever Received
Advice from tutors is usually sound because they are thinking about the craft; advice from publishers is frequently disastrous. Advice…
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Alison Bruce – The Classic Book I’d Like To Re-write
Jane is completely reliant on Rochester’s account of his marriage; he refers to Bertha’s madness as hereditary. Jane is completely…
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My Life In Libraries
Katharine McMahon on the role of public libraries in her life. Katharine McMahon celebrates the role that public libraries have…
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Linda Hoy
I’ll never forget the delight of that reverential calm as thirty-five young teenagers sat before me, spellbound, silently turning the…
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Penny Hancock
Penny Hancock speaks with John Greening about crime writing, characterisation and real-life inspiration. Penny Hancock speaks with John Greening about…
Laura Beatty – Life-changing Literature
Recently I fell out of love with the written word; so glib, so manipulable and so manipulative. I started resenting…
Geoff Hattersley – Letter To My Readers
One of you once told me you thought I’d been very brave to put so much of myself into the…