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John Pilkington investigates the writerly practice of reimagining and reworking characters from other authors’ stories. Since Shakespeare delighted Elizabeth I…
You will make worlds just with words. Worlds you can escape to. There’s nothing like it. What you’re doing now…
Peter Forbes speaks with Carole Angier about poetic form, objectivity and the science of mimicking nature. Peter Forbes tells Carole…
Donny O’Rourke’s talisman is St Francis, as rendered in wood by a New Mexico craftsman. Donny O’Rourke introduces us to…
Why I write for theatre in particular is rooted in a love of ritual and the communal experience. This thing…
Karin Altenberg sets off on her own Missouri River mission. For her latest novel, Karin Altenberg set out to experience…
Then in the medium-sized yellow notebook, I write who am I today. This morning I was Mighty Mouse. Tomorrow I…
Lyn Webster Wilde speaks with George Miller about Britain’s hidden native traditions and their spiritual meaning. Lyn Webster Wilde speaks…
At a time when so many people are interested in nature writing, Eastern religions, ecology, gender-bending and protecting the environment,…
As ‘the book that changed me’, Harry Ritchie’s nomination is very surprising. Thomson and Martinet’s classic manual of English grammar…
I realise that you are spending months inside the tie cupboard, selecting the aeroplane ties to be dispatched to retired…
Four RLF writers describe their favourite authors. Hugh Thomson, Pascale Petit, Mick Jackson and Jane Feaver each describe their favourite…
