Amanda Swift – How I Write
Co-writing suits me because it breaks the isolation of writing alone, and it divides the writing process into manageable chunks.
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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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Alone In Berlin
Christina Koning explores Berlin, with some favourite novels as her guide. On her first visit to Berlin, Christina Koning packed…
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Podcast
Mavis Cheek, part 2
Mavis Cheek speaks with James McConnachie about changes in women’s lives and stands up for humour in writing. Mavis Cheek…
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Audio
Alicia Foster – The Best Advice I Ever Received
I wish that I could say I took it on the chin, but I was rather protective and sensitive about…
John Siddique – Why I Write
A new feeling emerges, a desire to bear witness to the dignity and passion of our human lives. To write…
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Article
The Challenge Of Aboriginal Art
Antony Mason offers an appreciation of Australian Aboriginal Art. Antony Mason’s first encounter with the Aboriginal art of Australia was…
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Podcast
Kathleen Jones
Kathleen Jones speaks with Frances Byrnes about the mythic relationships between people and their landscapes that feature in her writing.…
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Anna Reynolds – Why I Write
You see you just didn’t talk back then about your feelings; you swallowed them down and you got on with…
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Video
Bard Behind Bars
Dean Stalham on getting his playwriting start behind bars. Dean Stalham describes getting his writing start in prison (to the…
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Audio
David Kennedy – How I Write
There are a number of ways a poem can happen. Sometimes there are those rare occasions when the poem arrives…
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Article
Pony Stories For Grown-ups
Katherine Roberts considers the fascination horses have always held for young – and older – readers. Since she was a…
Steve Voake – Life-changing Literature
Reading can give you dreams that are so real, so powerful you just want to go out into the world…