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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.

post-it notes
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Three Rams Passant Guardant

Nicola Baldwin reflects on her time as Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Greenwich University. Nicola Baldwin reflects on her time…

Editing
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Whittled Words And Shiny Sentences

Jon Stock finds unexpected pleasures in editing, a sometimes-overlooked part of the writing process. Jon Stock considers life as a…

Empty classroom
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Classroom Blues

Ray French reflects on teaching creative writing online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ray French reflects on teaching creative writing online…

To the lighthouse
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Haunted By Virginia Woolf

Clare Morgan shares how Virginia Woolf’s work helped her find her literary voice and continues to inspire her writing. Clare…

Satisfying garden
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Textual Satisfaction

Adriana Hunter on the artistic rewards of literary translation. Adriana Hunter explores the art of literary translation and considers why…

Walking sticks
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The Third Foot

Lawrence Sail explores how some famous writers have tackled the subject of ageing. Lawrence Sail reflects on his experience of…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of woman by window thinking what to write with book birds flying past window.
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A Shed Of One’s Own

Ruth Dugdall visits some famous writing spaces. Ruth Dugdall visits some famous writing spaces – from J. K. Rowling’s Edinburgh…

Kris Kristofferson
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The Silver Tongued Devil And I

Donny O’Rourke on the work and career of an early literary influence, country music star Kris Kristofferson. Donny O’Rourke looks…

Virginia Woolf
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One Hundred Years On

Miranda Miller explores three books published in 1922 that represent the birth of literary modernism. Miranda Miller explores three major…

Three keys
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On Rules And Writing

Chris Arthur asks whether there’s such a thing as rules for writing and explores the enduring appeal of writers’ rulebooks.…

Dancer
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Dancing About Architecture

C.D. Rose asks whether literature can ever recreate the experience of listening to music. C. D. Rose asks whether literature…

Tibetan Cherry
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Discovering The Tibetan Cherry

Helen Kelly on how to research a novel when you can’t travel. Helen Kelly on how to research a novel…