Tim Walker – Writers Who Inspire Me
These writers and those like them who leave the comfort of their writing sheds in order to shine a light…
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.
Collected
Podcast
Poetry Break with Jane Draycott
Poetry Break: Jane Draycott and Julia Copus on ‘God’s Grandeur’ and ‘Felix Randal’ by Hopkins. Jane Draycott joins host Julia…
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Audio
Katherine Clements – Letter To My Younger Self
You’ll discover rock music, alcohol and boys. Your writing will suddenly seem childish, stupid, worthless. You’ll laugh at it. Though…
Collected
Article
Are You Being Served?
How writers supplement the income they get from writing. Most writers need to support themselves financially, one reason why the…
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Video
Before And After
Paul Sayer shares why he became a writer, and what happened after his first novel. Paul Sayer shares what drove…
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Audio
Louise Foxcroft – Life-changing Literature
History books changed my life, particularly social and feminist history because they showed me myself, and the world beyond my…
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Podcast
Rob Chapman, part 2
Rob Chapman speaks further with John Siddique about music journalism, sixties psychedelia and returning to fiction. Rob Chapman continues his…
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Audio
Jackie Wills – How Writing Changes The Writer
Writing is itself a process of constant flux; it throws memory, the present, experiences, language and images into doubt. Writing…
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Article
Revisiting Kate Perugini
Lucinda Hawksley on revising her biography of Victorian artist Kate Perugini When Lucinda Hawksley came to revise her biography of…
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Doug Johnstone – Writers Who Inspire Me
Sallis’ novels are among the best I’ve ever read. He really pushes the boundaries of what crime writing is. Sallis’…
Collected
Podcast
Writing vs Life: The Pram In The Hall
In ‘Writing vs Life: The Pram in the Hall’, we talk to RLF writers about balancing parenthood and career. In…
Regi Claire – How I Write
“Christ!” she said to herself, then raised her voice, which luckily was rather strident, to insinuate herself into the thoughts…