Chris Arthur – Life-changing Literature
Literature’s influence on us is at once less dramatic yet far deeper than the simplistic process implied by suggesting that…
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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.
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A World Of Reading
For a year, Ann Morgan read only books originally written in languages other than English — and made some surprising…
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Robin Blake – Letter To My Younger Self
What you can’t come to terms with is that the year 1955 has gone. Suddenly. Irretrievably. Inexplicably. You are mourning…
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Podcast
Horatio Clare, part 2
Horatio Clare speaks with James McConnachie about difficult journeys, a disastrous episode of mania, and loneliness vs. solitude. Horatio Clare…
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Wendy Wallace – Why I Write
She recited poems to me that she’d learned at school before leaving at 14 to tend to soldiers returning wounded…
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Structure Versus Free Form
Writing for different mediums — and the challenges it presents Writing for television made David Lloyd adept at working to…
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Shelley Harris – Why I Write
I write because I found out early that it was very, very good fun: there was licence and liberty in…
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My Favourite Book, part 2
Six RLF writers share their all-time favourite books, and explain why they matter. Mavis Cheek, John Siddique, Sanjida O’Connell, Ray…
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Ron Butlin – My Reading Habits
I’ve travelled all over the world from Nigeria to Bali, but hardly a day has gone by without giving myself…
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Away With The Fairies
Zoë Marriott speculates on what made her a writer — and why she’s happy to be ‘away with the fairies’.…
Doug Johnstone – The Best Advice I Ever Received
It’s good, he said, but you can still cut it. He was right. It turns out you can always lose…
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Diana Evans & Cynan Jones
Diana Evans takes us to upstate New York for a reflection on race and writing, and Cynan Jones considers the…