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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.

Tombstones Lie
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Tombstones Lie

Felicity McCall describes how her search for a mysterious ancestor uncovered family secrets, Felicity McCall describes how her search for…

Sarah Hilary
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Writing Autism With Authenticity

Sarah Hilary describes her experience of working with a sensitivity reader to ensure authenticity in her novels. Sarah Hilary describes…

Writing in bed
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Under The Covers

Penny Hancock on how her habit of writing under the covers has proved essential to her process and how this…

Ekphrastic writing
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There’s An Art To It

Mark Blayney explores the practice of ekphrastic writing. Mark Blayney on the practice of ekphrastic writing – writing that responds…

Imaginary writer
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The Round Lovely Ones

Gerry Cambridge looks at some of the difficulties around poetry reviewing. Gerry Cambridge, longtime editor of poetry magazine, The Dark…

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…