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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.

Illustration by Fran Pulido of woman by window thinking what to write with book birds flying past window.
Collected Article

Bishopton 3415

Poet Donny O’Rourke explores how the telephone connects him — with the past. The telephone is not always an instrument…

Jan Marsh
Collected Podcast

Jan Marsh

Jan Marsh speaks with James McConnachie about biography, art history and the scholarly fringes. Jan Marsh speaks with James McConnachie…

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

Julian Turner – Why I Write

By using words I can create the illusion of having power, and this sensation is an addictive substance. We are…

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

Stephen Mollett – Why I Write

There are many parallels between my early love of acting and my love of writing. Early drafts are rather like…

Jennifer Potter
Collected Podcast

Jennifer Potter

Jennifer Potter speaks with George Miller about the John Tradescants and the cultural significance of the rose. Jennifer Potter speaks…
Collected Audio

Roopa Farooki – How I Write

I remember writing my fifth novel with four children under five, between three-hour breastfeeds, lecturing and marking papers while they…

Colourful diary
Collected Article

Mood-scape mapping

Diarist and writer Simon Rae wonders if he is frittering away his creative capital. Does writing a diary contribute to…

Hourglass and print
Collected Podcast

Julia Copus & Basir Kazmi

Julia Copus shows how language can skew time, and Basir Kazmi asks if plays should be books. Julia Copus explores…