Collected
Article
Cynthia Rogerson on being an expat writer
This is what I’ve come to believe. No matter how long I live in a country I wasn’t born in,…
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.
Collected
Podcast
Writing versus Life, part 2
In the second part of our investigation into ‘Writing versus life’, RLF writers examine the pitfalls that face writers who…
WritersMosaic
Article
Imaging Auschwitz
Is it possible to depict dramatically The Holocaust without descending into morbid fascination?
Collected
Article
Ann Morgan rewrites the publishing fairy tale
There is a myth about the business of being an author. It goes something like this: “Once upon a time…
Collected
Podcast
The World Beyond the Desk
Royal Literary Fund writers explore the link between creativity and the world beyond the desk, touching on the role of…
RLF News
Article
“The best thing about all of this is that it matters” – Running a public education programme
RLF Fellow Dr Kerry Young has spent seven years running Writing for Life workshops. But what exactly is writing for…
Collected
Article
Chris Arthur on “odd-object” essays
Adam Gopnik says there are three types of essay: review essays, memoir essays, and what he calls ‘odd-object’ essays. I’m…
RLF News
Article
“Writing gave me back joy” – How writing for self-expression can foster well-being
“It’s all about people expressing or discovering what kind of stuff they’ve got in the back catalogue of themselves, the…
Collected
Podcast
John Greening in conversation
John Greening speaks with Caroline Sanderson about discovering that poetry was his calling, and discusses his wide-ranging career in verse,…
RLF News
Article
“Our shared interest is in the imagination” – Our Reading Round group in Bristol
“The simplicity of it is key,” says Dr Edson Burton, writer, historian, playwright and tutor, who is running a RLF Reading Round group…
RLF News
Article
Seven Ways of Looking at W. Somerset Maugham
RLF Fellow and playwright Marcy Kahan examines seven aspects of W. Somerset Maugham’s remarkable life and career.
Collected
Podcast
Writing and People
Royal Literary Fund writers explore how their writing relates to the people around them, taking in everything from working with…