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Roopa Farooki – Why I Write
I was a greedy reader but then I found that reading alone wasn’t enough to fuel my writing, so I…
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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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Susan Barker
Susan Barker speaks with Cherise Saywell about international origins, her organic writing process and living in Japan and China. Susan…
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Brian Keaney – Writers Who Inspire Me
I immediately understood how I could write a similar story, and I promised myself when I returned to England I…
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Elanor Dymott – How Writing Changes The Writer
Call me crazy but after that first novel was out I avoided libraries. Books became alien; standing in a bookshop…
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Writing In My Mother Tongue/s
Michael McMillan on how belonging to two cultures has shaped his writing. Michael McMillan charts his beginnings as a writer…
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Alex Martin – How I Write
Distractions are endless; from family, friends, bureaucrats, banks, social, and anti-social media. To write, I need to shut all that…
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Rick Stroud
Rick Stroud speaks with Robin Blake about film-making, his fascination with WW2 and the merits of simple writing. Rick Stroud…
Miranda France – Letter To My Younger Self
You’ve started writing your diary in Spanish since discovering that your mother reads it sometimes, but now she’s started learning…
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Anna Reynolds – My Reading Habits
At school I used to swallow a book in the lunch hour, and now I can do two in that…
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Varifocal
Dilys Rose considers how a change of narrative voice can affect the focus of a narrative. Narrative voice, whether first,…
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Jackie Wills – Writers Who Inspire Me
Writers in my two groups have have won prizes and published extensively, but what is infinitely engaging is leaning in…
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Dipo Agboluaje & Penny Hancock
Dipo Agboluaje explores the effects of later boyhood in Nigeria, and Penny Hancock wonders whether she has a real job.…