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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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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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…
Collected
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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Audio
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…
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Podcast
Ian McMillan
Ian McMillan diverts Geoff Hatterley with tales of Barnsley, rubber jam tarts and a very strange game of chess. Ian…
Bethan Roberts – Letter To My Younger Self
Cherish your friends. It seems impossible at the moment but you will make good friends over the next four years…
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Article
The Scoop Effect
Brian Clegg considers one of the pitfalls of original research. The discovery of a previously unpublished document about the eccentric…
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Audio
Lucinda Hawksley – Life-changing Literature
Now she is able to talk again she has told me that it really got through to her. I will…