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Chris Arthur – Why I Write
The truth is that this ageing RLF Fellow is not much surer why he does it than was the poetry-writing…
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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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Brian McCabe
Brian McCabe speaks with Geoff Hattersley about artistic mathematicians, serious humour and writing the worldview of a child. Brian McCabe…
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Jackie Wills – How I Write
If I move to my laptop too soon I find it cuts off experiment and somehow ‘sets’ the poem in…
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Oblique Strategies
Writers of a mixed heritage, argues Ray French, can have an advantage when it comes to exploring cultural and racial…
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Ruth Thomas – Why I Write
I didn’t want to write about grief, or jealousy; I wanted to write about someone shopping at Tesco and suddenly…
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John Keay, part 2
John Keay speaks with James McConnachie about relics of Empire, roving Scots and hectic book tours. John Keay speaks with…
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James McConnachie – Writers Who Inspire Me
Voice, for me, has to be a tool or it is nothing, and writing, for me, is not self-expression, it’s…
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There Is Always The Other Side…
Cherise Saywell on what a favourite novel means to her. Jean Rhys’s 1966 novel, Wide Sargasso Sea, captivated Cherise Saywell…
Katharine Quarmby – The Best Advice I Ever Received
Once you have a draft you have something to work with, and in many ways, that’s where the magic begins.
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Jonny Wright & Kerry Young
Jonny Wright considers the sobering contemporary parallels of a 1959 play, and Kerry Young explores her literary origins. Jonny Wright…
Robin Blake – Life-changing Literature
Montaigne was dead set against authoritarians, system-makers and pedants. He celebrated diversity, personal liberty and tolerance.
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The Mystery Of Princess Louise
Lucinda Hawksley describes her quest to uncover the truth about a ‘much-maligned’ member of the Royal Family. When Lucinda Hawksley…