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.
Amanda Mitchison speaks with John Siddique about her writing family, journalism in Cairo and the Vatican, and missing Scotland. Amanda…
A family that reads together passes down a wonderful inheritance; words enveloped in love, and thus given meaning. Reading habits…
We look back on our ancestors and especially our female ancestors or impoverished ancestors from a standpoint of extraordinary privilege.…
Morgen Witzel explores the difference between history and historical fiction, from information to entertainment. Morgen Witzel compares history and historical…
At home I felt trapped, powerless to change the dreadful circumstances and unable to leave. My trips to York provided…
Nicholas Murray and our host Julia Copus discuss two favourite classic poems, ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell and…
To write well it’s essential to know who you’re writing for; this is true for any writing genre, from children’s…
I’d never been at ease with the chemistry of theatre. With a film it’s a finished thing regardless of who’s…
Chris Arthur struggles with writing his own bio, and criticises the literary bragging that seems to be required. Chris Arthur…
Liberation isn’t all that’s needed to achieve the long-haul goal of a novel, it takes discipline too. Liberation isn’t all…
Jon Mayhew speaks with John Siddique about ghost stories, teaching and writing by accident. Jon Mayhew speaks with John Siddique…
I’m old enough to be your father but in fact I’m your son; the child is father to the man.…
