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.
Garry MacKenzie considers how complexity and ambiguity in literature can offer rewards to the discerning reader. Garry MacKenzie considers his…
Sonia Faleiro writes in praise of independent booksellers. Sonia Faleiro shares how independent booksellers – from India to Italy –…
Sarah Butler describes how she went from poetry sceptic to poetry enthusiast. Sarah Butler describes how she went from poetry…
Richard Lambert tells of his first encounter with two famous twentieth-century forgers. Richard Lambert tells of his first encounter with…
Elizabeth Barrett visits Sylvia Plath’s resting place in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire. Elizabeth Barrett visits Sylvia Plath’s grave and reflects on…
Michaela Morgan describes how A. A. Milne’s books have been influential throughout her career as a children’s author. Michaela Morgan…
Lauren James on how writing acts as a time capsule for future generations. Lauren James considers how her training as…
Roy Bainton explores the long career of personal literary icon, Ray Bradbury. Roy Bainton asks whether writers improve as they…
Alex Nye reflects on a biology lesson at school in the 1970s, and how it led to an early writing…
Pauline Rowe explores the life and work of American poet, Frank Bidart. Pauline Rowe shares her latest literary obsession: the…
Lesley Glaister recounts how her father’s death fuelled a fiction project that almost defeated her. Lesley Glaister recounts how her…
Charlie Hill questions his long-held beliefs about what makes effective writing. Charlie Hill on how the closure of a train…
