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Diane Samuels – How I Write
Then in the medium-sized yellow notebook, I write who am I today. This morning I was Mighty Mouse. Tomorrow I…
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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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Lyn Webster Wilde, part 1
Lyn Webster Wilde speaks with George Miller about Britain’s hidden native traditions and their spiritual meaning. Lyn Webster Wilde speaks…
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Miranda Miller – Life-changing Literature
At a time when so many people are interested in nature writing, Eastern religions, ecology, gender-bending and protecting the environment,…
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Old School
As ‘the book that changed me’, Harry Ritchie’s nomination is very surprising. Thomson and Martinet’s classic manual of English grammar…
Jane Robins – Letter To My Younger Self
I realise that you are spending months inside the tie cupboard, selecting the aeroplane ties to be dispatched to retired…
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My Favourite Author, part 1
Four RLF writers describe their favourite authors. Hugh Thomson, Pascale Petit, Mick Jackson and Jane Feaver each describe their favourite…
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Katharine Quarmby – Why I Write
I would swim a mile twice a week in the local pool and imagine that my birth father would come…
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Jumping Goats
Lucy Jago travels to the Arctic Circle in search of the scientist who revealed the mystery of the Northern Lights.…
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Mark Illis – Life-changing Literature
It was a great pleasure to see names recurring and to understand where they belonged in Salinger’s world. It made…
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Helena Attlee, part 2
Helena Attlee speaks with George Miller about The Land Where Lemons Grow. Helena Attlee tells George Miller about her unconventional…
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Christina Koning – How I Write
Is a certain type of lined, exercise book bought only from a certain stationery shop in Edinburgh essential to the…
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From Ear to Gut
Novelist and devoted listener Katharine Grant rejoices in the audiobook. Audiobooks are for non-readers, thought Katharine Grant — before she…