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Jon Mayhew – Why I Write
The next person who gave me permission to write was my best friend. We would swap sword and sorcery books…
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.
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Hugh Thomson, part 1
Hugh Thomson speaks with George Miller about travel writing and the fascinations of Peru. Hugh Thomson explains how he started…
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Hilary Davies – Life-changing Literature
Beroul’s Tristan introduced me to a world which was concrete, physically very present and peopled with personalities who were many…
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The Historical Hunch
Jan Marsh looks into the murkier depths of historical non-fiction. Jan Marsh came to believe she had discovered the real-life…
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Mary Colson – Letter To My Younger Self
There’s no one around to practice Eurovision dance routines with, or to play Monopoly. You watched ‘Moonraker’ on VHS yesterday.
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Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw speaks with Frances Byrnes about being unexpectedly driven to write by her own severe emotions. Fiona Shaw tells…
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Judy Brown – Why I Write
Writing is the place you put your life, the overflowing-ness of it, and at other times it’s the well from…
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The Fragment
Eleanor Updale shares her Writer’s Talisman — the last remains of Bobby. Eleanor Updale shares her Writer’s Talisman — the…
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The Animal Inside
Christie Dickason explores the deep connections between humans and animals — and the consequences of loss. As humans, we see…
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Peter Forbes & Stephen Wakelam
Peter Forbes talks us through a word-precise career, and Stephen Wakelam survives changing fashions in TV drama. Peter Forbes talks…
Ben Musgrave – How I Write
I like to honour a new project by going on an adventure into it’s world. I like a sudden immersion,…
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Where Did The Good Graffiti Go?
Chris Simms mourns a vanishing form of public writing. ‘Sharp comments in everyday settings’ is how Chris Simms defines graffiti.…