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Katharine Quarmby – Why I Write
I would swim a mile twice a week in the local pool and imagine that my birth father would come…
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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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Jumping Goats
Lucy Jago travels to the Arctic Circle in search of the scientist who revealed the mystery of the Northern Lights.…
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Mark Illis – Life-changing Literature
It was a great pleasure to see names recurring and to understand where they belonged in Salinger’s world. It made…
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Helena Attlee, part 2
Helena Attlee speaks with George Miller about The Land Where Lemons Grow. Helena Attlee tells George Miller about her unconventional…
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Christina Koning – How I Write
Is a certain type of lined, exercise book bought only from a certain stationery shop in Edinburgh essential to the…
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From Ear to Gut
Novelist and devoted listener Katharine Grant rejoices in the audiobook. Audiobooks are for non-readers, thought Katharine Grant — before she…
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Rob Chapman – Letter To My Younger Self
All you’ve got now is the gob and the gab but once you’ve got some semblance of a gift to…
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James McConnachie
James McConnachie speaks with Julia Copus about sex, guidebooks and the internet age. James McConnachie speaks with Julia Copus about…
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Sally Cline – Why I Write
Throughout my adult years I’ve believed in the importance of the relationship between a writer and her community. I want…
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The Cottage
Cynan Jones unpeels the lives of an ancient Welsh cottage. When he first saw the ruined cottage, as an eleven-year-old,…
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Susan Barker – Life-changing Literature
In the supermarket, in the video rental store, in McDonalds, schoolchildren would call out my name and say hello. It…
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Jonathan Tulloch
In his audio diary, Jonathan Tulloch introduces us to ailing wasps, sausage rolls and St Peter the tobacconist. Jonathan Tulloch…