Miranda France – Writers Who Inspire Me
Reading as a writer and not just as a reader is a different experience, both richer and less carefree; instead…
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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.
Roopa Farooki – Letter To My Younger Self
Remember that too, that silly optimism, because no one believes more in your work than you and your belief is…
Collected
Article
What Else Have I To Spur Me Into Song?
A change of place, finding a new muse, a different verse form, there are many ways to trigger a writer’s…
Collected
Audio
Shelley Silas – My Reading Habits
I’ve watched films that have been adapted from books or short stories and then I read the original material to…
Collected
Podcast
Location And The Writer, part 4
In Location and the Writer, we visit a tiny cottage in Ireland and a cherished house and garden in Gloucestershire.…
Collected
Audio
Gabriel Gbadamosi – Writers Who Inspire Me
Chinua, an Igbo from Nigeria of my father’s generation, who wrote Things Fall Apart with its title by an Irishman…
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Audio
Miranda Miller – The Best Advice I Ever Received
Iris Murdoch advised me to put something for everybody into my novels. She meant that a novel has to work…
Collected
Article
The Bestseller Detector
Could artificial intelligence and big data predict the bestsellers of the future. Could artificial intelligence and big data predict the…
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Audio
Caitlin Davies – How I Write
These days I tell myself that if I can’t find a scrap of paper it doesn’t matter, because if the…
Collected
Podcast
Chris Arthur
Chris Arthur speaks with Cherise Saywell about heretical essays and dangerous failures. Chris Arthur speaks with Cherise Saywell about the…
Deborah Chancellor – Letter To My Younger Self
Remember to celebrate the present because, although it’s hard to believe, things will not stay the same forever. Remember to…
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Audio
Andrew Lycett – My Reading Habits
I don’t binge on authors… I couldn’t do that. I am simply too slow a reader. I don’t binge on…