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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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Collected Audio

Linda Hoy

I’ll never forget the delight of that reverential calm as thirty-five young teenagers sat before me, spellbound, silently turning the…

Penny Hancock
Collected Podcast

Penny Hancock

Penny Hancock speaks with John Greening about crime writing, characterisation and real-life inspiration. Penny Hancock speaks with John Greening about…

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Collected Article

Balkan Noir

Cal Smyth on researching his crime series. Cal Smyth describes the true events that inspired his Balkan-set crime series, and…

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Collected Podcast

My Hero, part 1

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

Microscope
Collected Article

A Researcher In Humans

Nicola Baldwin on writing plays about medical science. Nicola Baldwin describes her first forays into writing about medical science, and…

Mark McCrum
Collected Podcast

Mark McCrum, part 1

Mark McCrum speaks with James McConnachie about travel writing and race in South Africa and Australia. Mark McCrum speaks with…