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Jonny Wright – Letter To My Readers
I’m a proud black man, but let me make it clear; I don’t profess to speak for all black people.…
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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Robyn Bolam – Writer’s Block
I distracted myself from not being able to write either a bird of prey poem, or a women wanting to…
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Tiffany Murray – The Best Advice I Ever Received
I figure out whole narratives in two miles; if I don’t have my notebook I’ll forget the stories. I figure…
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Writing Selves
Katherine Stansfield on writing in different modes and under different names. As a poet and novelist, Katherine Stansfield has become…
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Clare Shaw – Life-changing Literature
Every poem, every book I’ve ever read has been a friend and a lover, good or bad. They’re part of…
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Tim Ecott – Why I Write
The gathering clouds of certitude that trying to be a writer in what many regard as a post-literary world is…
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Podcast
Roopa Farooki & Trish Cooke
Roopa Farooki considers the struggle of diverse new writers, and Trish Cooke explores her sense of responsibility to diverse audiences…
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Christina Hopkinson – Letter To My Younger Self
Nobody’s looking at you and pointing and judging. You should work hard to be listened to, rather than looked at.…
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Brian McCabe – The Best Advice I Ever Received
I realised that you didn’t have to use bigger, abstruse words, and that simple language needn’t mean expressing simple feelings.…
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Sally Kindberg – How I Write
A notebook must fit into a pocket, ready to receive drawings, an overheard conversation, a telling phrase. A notebook must…
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In Search Of Golden Chamber Pots
Nick Holdstock on what a difference being published makes. Nick Holdstock reflects on how his attitude towards his writing has…
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Training and Trains
Elizabeth Speller on getting started, and staying away from trains. Elizabeth Speller explains how she got her start as a…