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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.

Broom sweeping
Collected Article

Sweeping The Floor

Tidying is about making the visible invisible, writing is the opposite. Catherine O’Flynn explores the relationship between cleaning and writing.…

Jon Mayhew
Collected Podcast

Jon Mayhew, part 2

Jon Mayhew speaks with John Siddique about work routines, adopting a Jules Verne character and full-time writing. Jon Mayhew speaks…

Spanish words
Collected Article

Words, Words, Words

Miranda France describes the close analysis required by translation. Miranda France describes the benefits of translation work for a writer:…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of two books that look like open books next to a microphone.
Collected Audio

Maria McCann – How I Write

There’s a wayward part of me that resists plotting and wants to just plunge in. But if I yield to…

Collected Podcast

Location And The Writer, part 7

In Location And The Writer, we visit a multicultural corner of London, and an inadequately celebratory Birkenhead. Roopa Farooki takes…

Seaside retreat
Collected Article

A Diary Of Retreats

A Cornish cottage, a Tuscan island, a wooded valley, Emylia Hall seeks the solitude from which her writing can spring.…

What book are you reading now?
Collected Video

What Book Are You Reading At The Moment?

Writers discuss the book they are currently reading. Caitlin Davies, Nicholas Murray, Vayu Naidu, Sally Kindberg, Sarah Ardizzone, Robin Blake…