Nicola Baldwin – Letter To My Younger Self
You crumple the letter. You don’t need it. The words are in your head, because the words are yours. Already…
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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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Lost
James McConnachie wonders if a childhood accident might account for his life-long fascination with lost things. ‘Lost objects and unreliable…
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Sanjida O’Connell
Sanjida O’Connell speaks with James McConnachie about science, genre boundaries and broadcast media. Sanjida O’Connell speaks with James McConnachie about…
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Helen Grant – How I Write
I like to visit ancient buildings, churches and castles. I concentrate on how the place makes me feel, and ask…
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Duncan Forbes – Why I Write
Each poem has its own ideas, emotions and motives which may manifest themselves in the completed work.
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What Is Your Poetry About?
A question most poets get asked Should poetry be about something — other than itself? asks John Greening, considering some…
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Steve Voake – Why I Write
They were mainly about two detectives driving around in fast cars, eating pizza, interspersed with the occasional anguished poem about…
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Menna Elfyn
Menna Elfyn’s audio diary explores language, politics and the richness of internationalism. Menna Elfyn finds time in her hectic schedule…
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Lydia Syson – How I Write
In the winter I take to my bed, where I try to keep the faith that one page and another,…
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Inspiration By Invitation
Poet Kona Macphee confronts the challenge of the Blank Page. Every writer knows the terror of Blank Page Syndrome, and…
Alicia Foster – My Reading Habits
My reading now is instinctive rather than planned, possibly because I spent so many years forcing myself through piles of…
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David Spencer
David Spencer speaks with Geoff Hattersley about playwriting in dialect, expat life and remaining true to his characters’ speech. David…