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.

RLF News Article

My Writing Life: Matthew Barry

“Stop thinking about it, stop procrastinating, just write it.” – BAFTA-winning screenwriter Matthew Barry.

Collected Article

Serious Nonsense

Poet Clare Pollard on the uplifting power of poetic nonsense, including Lewis Carroll, John Taylor and Edward Lear’s Jumblies.

WritersMosaic Article

Nikki Giovanni remembered

The poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni has died. Earlier this year, she talked with WritersMosaic Director Colin Grant.…

Winter Trends illustration by Fran Pulido

RLF News Article

Festive reads and seasonal books – Winter Trends with Caroline Sanderson

Including what’s trending this Christmas and gift ideas for the book-lovers in your life from RLF Fellow Caroline Sanderson.

Illustration by Fran Pulido of woman by window thinking what to write with book birds flying past window.

Collected Article

Ten Perfect Places to Write

From libraries to castles and dining room tables to beds, our RLF Fellows invite us in to see the places…

Saleh Addonia by Rob Taylor for WritersMosaic

WritersMosaic Article

The Ferry

Read ‘The Ferry’, a short story by Saleh Addonia. Part of WritersMosaic‘s new fiction series.

Collected Article

Translating and Writing

Jamie Lee Searle on how her career as a literary translator helped develop her writerly voice.

RLF News Article

Remembering Paul Bailey

A look back at the career of RLF trustee and grants beneficiary Paul Bailey, who died on 27 October 2024.

RLF News Article

RLF Fellows’ News: December 2024

Publishing news, events and appearances, awards, plays, broadcasts and more from our RLF Fellows, writers and WritersMosaic contributors, from December…