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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.

James McConnachie
Collected Podcast

James McConnachie

James McConnachie speaks with Julia Copus about sex, guidebooks and the internet age. James McConnachie speaks with Julia Copus about…

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

Sally Cline – Why I Write

Throughout my adult years I’ve believed in the importance of the relationship between a writer and her community. I want…

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

The Cottage

Cynan Jones unpeels the lives of an ancient Welsh cottage. When he first saw the ruined cottage, as an eleven-year-old,…

Jonathan Tulloch
Collected Podcast

Jonathan Tulloch

In his audio diary, Jonathan Tulloch introduces us to ailing wasps, sausage rolls and St Peter the tobacconist. Jonathan Tulloch…

Burned books
Collected Article

Shelf Life

Nick Holdstock, writer and professional destroyer of books, makes his confession. Where do books go to die? Writer and bibliophile…

Annette Kobak
Collected Podcast

Annette Kobak

Annette Kobak speaks with Carol Angier about Isabelle Eberhardt and writing her own father’s difficult life. Annette Kobak speaks with…

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

Caroline Sanderson – Why I Write

I’ve rarely considered myself someone who writes due to a deep visceral compulsion. I’ve always been in awe of fellow…

Collected Article

If You Catch One And Eat Her Tail

Travel writer Horatio Clare goes in search of wonders and finds a ‘furiously defiant faith’. As a travel writer, Horatio…

Collected Audio

Mary Colson – How I Write

Sometimes it starts with the washing up, followed by hoovering the stairs; yes, even the risers. At others, even the…