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 explores her entanglement with Scottish history, and Lucy Moore ponders the choosing of biographical subjects. Amanda Mitchison shares…
At the back are all the books I’m embarrassed to have read; the trashy romances, chick lit, badly written thrillers,…
Diana Hendry reflects on why the words we leave behind are so important. As writer in residence in a palliative…
This is going to sound great coming from me, but learn to say ‘no’. People will tell you that saying…
Rob Chapman speaks with John Siddique about his disastrous schooldays and being saved by Syd Barrett. Rob Chapman speaks with…
Alyson Hallett shares a little magic. Alyson Hallett casts a spell when she shares her writing talisman with us.
I’d written countless spec scripts and sent them off in the hope that someone might commission me. Marks and Gran…
Doug Johnstone reflects on how music has been an integral part of his writing career. As a former member of…
Our separation was a stringent period; parenting, ambient beats, no girls allowed except for my daughter. Our separation was a…
Cynan Jones speaks with James McConnachie about the Welsh ‘square mile’, retelling other people’s stories, and getting started. Cynan Jones…
The precision of Wodehouse, the economy of Fitzgerald and the wild comic invention of Flann O’Brien; these then are the…
Roy Bainton on his life-long fascination with poetry and poets. As an avid reader of poetry, Roy Bainton had always…
