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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.

Collected Audio

David Spencer – Life-changing Literature

Released on June 23, 2015

Collected Article

Pressure To Be Cheerful

Staging her memoir caused fresh pain Rahila Gupta until she came to a new understanding. We write to remember, and…

Jonathan Buckley

Collected Podcast

Jonathan Buckley

Jonathan Buckley speaks with James McConnachie about formally adventurous fiction and writing’s various challenges. Jonathan Buckley speaks with James McConnachie…

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

Collected Audio

Philippa Stockley – How I Write

Released on June 16, 2015

Morbid

Collected Article

Morbid, Hideous and Delicious

Kate Colquhoun ponders why we delight in the brutal wrapped in the familiar. Victorian writers of sensation novels knew that…

Companions Voice

Collected Podcast

Jane Draycott & Miranda France

Jane Draycott considers a writer’s inner travelling companions, and Miranda France explores the challenges of finding your writing voice. Jane…

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

Collected Audio

Paul Sayer – Letter To My Younger Self

Released on June 9, 2015

Poppins umbrella

Collected Article

Chim Chim Cher-oo

Marcelle Bernstein discerns a dark fear of abandonment beneath the magical realism of Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins blew into town…

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

Collected Audio

Mario Petrucci – Letter To My Younger Self

Released on June 4, 2015

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

Collected Podcast

Robyn Bolam

Robyn Bolam discusses her multi-century poetry anthology Eliza’s Babes with Julia Copus. Robyn Bolam speaks with Julia Copus about Eliza’s…

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

Collected Audio

Marina Benjamin – Why I Write

Released on June 2, 2015

Lascaux

Collected Article

Shamans and Psychopomps

Hilary Davies recounts how she was changed forever by prehistoric cave paintings. Prehistoric cave paintings have long captivated writers. When…