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.
Penny Black speaks with Frances Byrnes about the influence of teenage summers in Vienna and learning German on her playwriting…
Many of the books I now regard as foundational seem to have been discovered more or less by accident, often…
Gerry Cambridge on the saving obsessions of birds and poetry. As a young teenager in rural Ayrshire, Gerry Cambridge became…
In one particular light some stories end, in another they reach different conclusions or remain unfinished; neither of us is…
Tobias Jones speaks with James McConnachie about communal living and the residential community he created. Tobias Jones speaks with James…
Helen Grant’s talisman bridges eras, in history and in life. Novelist Helen Grant shares her writing talisman, a reproduction statue…
I found a reflection of my own life and ambition in Mansfield’s, bought a cheap edition of her short stories,…
Elanor Dymott reflects on a place she has written about. Revisiting a beautiful spot on the Greek mainland after an…
As a late starter, approaching sixty, every book I produce has to count. So first I pick an issue I…
Rob Chapman takes us to a world of pretend bands and invented songs, exploring the role of imaginary culture within…
For advice to be of any use, it’s got to be timely. Unless you’re in need of guidance at that…
John Pilkington on why he writes historical fiction. A lifelong fascination with history has shaped John Pilkington’s career as a…
