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Charles Boyle
Charles Boyle speaks with Julia Copus about his female alter-ego, the role of small presses, and the abiding influence of…
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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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Geoff Barker – Why I Write
Having left a completed draft well alone for a month or more I go back, cooler, chastened, ready to repent…
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All At Sea
Roy Bainton describes his battle to make a film version of the life of Captain Kidd. Long before Pirates of…
Alicia Foster – Writers Who Inspire Me
A Victorian Gothic villa which I immediately recognised because it’s on a hill in my home town of Folkestone. I…
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Process And Pro Tips
Wendy Oberman on her writing process and a pro screenwriting tip. Wendy Oberman describes her writing process and shares a…
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Break Point: Cherise Saywell & Cynthia Rogerson
In our new ‘Break Point’ series, Cherise Saywell and Cynthia Rogerson describe what nearly sank their writing careers, and how…
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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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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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…