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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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Nil By Mouth

Alex Nye shares how a month in a hospital bed, unable to read or write, challenged and changed her as…

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Pen Or Keyboard — Which Is Mightier?

Nikki Sheehan recounts how she became a convert to writing by hand. Nikki Sheehan recounts how she became a convert…

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No Matter How Dark The Tale

Anthony J. Quinn on the challenges he faced writing memoir about the Troubles. Anthony J. Quinn on writing memoir about…

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The Early Years

Laura Barnett on how she reconciled her role as a new mother with her writer self. Laura Barnett explores the…

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Beyond The Mother Tongue

Paul Dodgson on his experience of learning Welsh as a second language. Paul Dodgson on his experience of learning Welsh…

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Teaching The Teacher

Sarah Butler challenges the assumption that teaching creative writing is secondary to writing itself. Sarah Butler challenges the assumption that…

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My Many Lives

Ian Ayris charts his many and varied ‘lives’ and how each continues to feed and inform his work. Ian Ayris…

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Out Of The Woods

Claire Williamson writes about the value of turning to literature at times of personal grief. Claire Williamson writes about the…

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Rags, Bones, and Magic

Gerry Cambridge on personal literary excavations, retrievals and early beginnings as a writer. Gerry Cambridge on personal literary excavations, retrievals…