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.
Marnie Riches considers the dark side of research. Marnie Riches considers the dark side of research and its effects on…
Lee Weatherly on the value of writerly intuition. Lee Weatherly on the value of writerly intuition and how professional experience…
Simon Booker on his experience as writer in residence at HMP Grendon. Simon Booker describes how a stint as writer…
John Harrison on a famous ship, painted by a famous artist. John Harrison describes the last voyage of the Temeraire,…
Penny Hancock on literary grandparents. Penny Hancock asks why there are so few grandparents in literature, when compared with the…
Lizzie Collingham on researching the history of food. Lizzie Collingham describes some of her research into the history of food,…
Morgen Witzel on researching the life of the fourteenth century monarch. His lifelong fascination with the life of the Plantagenet…
Lucinda Hawksley considers the evidence relating to the mystery surrounding the last hours of her great-great-great-grandfather, Charles Dickens. Lucinda Hawksley…
Chris Arthur on his lifelong love of haiku. Chris Arthur reflects on his enduring love of the Japanese form, haiku,…
Becca Heddle on why she finds phonics fascinating. Becca Heddle on the challenges and pleasures of writing educational books for…
Sally Kindberg on her visits to Bleak House. On successive visits to Bleak House, Charles Dickens’s home in Broadstairs, Sally…
Caroline Brothers on making the transition from journalism to writing fiction. Caroline Brothers, herself a former journalist, on the writers…
