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.
The writer’s duty: Kate Colquhoun on disturbing non-fiction, and Katie Grant on borrowing the dead. Kate Colquhoun explores the responsibilities…
For much of the 20th century, George Orwell’s boot stamping on a head was a better metaphor for political repression…
I was desperate to be a real reporter, telling real stories. Though I have to say I came to feel…
Emma Darwin advises Annie Caulfield about how to write a novel. Emma Darwin is a novelist experimenting with radio plays.…
Timothy Leary considered Herman Hesse to be the ‘master guide’ to the hallucinatory experience; at 19, Paul Sayer, obsessed with…
The most vivid impression I carry with me from the privileged two years I spent as a Royal Literary Fund…
Jo Shapcott speaks with Julia Copus about the importance of sound in her poetry. Jo Shapcott speaks with Julia Copus…
Literary festivals are sprouting all over the UK, from Dartington to Althorp. But do visitors roll up for the literature,…
The loneliness has its roots in the fact that we carry our creative projects around in our craniums; the plot,…
It took a long time and a lot of journalism before I had the confidence to write a book. I…
Perhaps it’s because, like a lot of lonely children, I took refuge from the frustrations and terrors of real life…
Annie Caulfield explains the significance of ‘The Nickel’, and Ruth Thomas reflects on ‘Lime Soda Afternoons’. Annie Caulfield explains the…
