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News & Features

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.

Illustration by Fran Pulido of two books that look like open books next to a microphone.
Collected Podcast

Writing Technique, part 2

William Ryan shares insights into how he writes scenes, Lauren James talks about their writing method and Menna van Praag…

Unfinished apartment block in Spain. Photo: bridgendboy, Canva Pro.
Collected Article

Utopias

Catherine O’Flynn – once described as ‘The J. G. Ballard of Birmingham – on broken utopias and the realities behind…

A picture of a sign outside a library that says 'unlock your mind, start reading.'
Collected Podcast

The Power of Reading

Michaela Morgan celebrates the power of poetry, Jasbinder Bilan rewrites a classic book and Tom Lee addresses his readers.

An image of books on a bookshelf.
Collected Podcast

Writers as Outsiders

RLF Fellows James Attlee, Lesley Glaister, Ruth Dugdall, and Mark Blacklock examine the idea of not fitting in, whether that…

Richard Sutcliffe Mural on Govan Road
Collected Article

Tenementality

I shouldn’t be here. No, I didn’t have a near-death experience; it was Glasgow that almost died, bulldozed into oblivion.…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of two books that look like open books next to a microphone.
Collected Podcast

Writing Technique

RLF Fellows Adriana Hunter, Simon Robson, and Anna Wilson explore technical challenges they have overcome in their work, such as…

Elizabeth Cook
Collected Podcast

Elizabeth Cook in conversation

Elizabeth Cook speaks with Ann Morgan about the experience of seeing your words set in music, the physical craft of…