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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.

Mouse in lockdown
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Writers In Lockdown, part 2

Geoff Barker, Doug Johnstone and Donny O’Rourke share their lockdown experiences. Geoff Barker shares his diary of week 9; Doug…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of two books that look like open books next to a microphone.
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Writers In Lockdown

Bashabi Fraser, Bill Kirton and Cynthia Rogerson on their lockdown experience. Bashabi Fraser misses her grandson; Bill Kirton gets lost…

Coffee cup with message
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The Story Of Ourselves

Miranda France on why we need stories to explain our experience. As a writer of non-fiction and memoir, Miranda France…

Pupa changing
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Lost (And Gained) In Translation

Amanda Dalton on adapting work for radio and theatre. Amanda Dalton describes some of the challenges of writing dramatizations of…

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Writing Selves

Katherine Stansfield on writing in different modes and under different names. As a poet and novelist, Katherine Stansfield has become…

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In Search Of Golden Chamber Pots

Nick Holdstock on what a difference being published makes. Nick Holdstock reflects on how his attitude towards his writing has…

A trout
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The Thing About Poetry…

Fraser Grace on what poetry means to him. Playwright Fraser Grace makes a late reconnection with poetry — and finds…

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Two For A Tenner

Karen Wallace on taking her books to market. Karen Wallace describes her experiences selling her books on a market stall,…

Olympia typewriter
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Typeface

Martin Sketchley on his enduring love affair with typewriters. Martin Sketchley describes his lifelong love affair with typewriters, and why,…

Singing mask
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But Can You Sing It?

Dilys Rose on setting words to music. Dilys Rose reflects on her work as a librettist, and on the pleasures…

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Nearest And Dearest

Horatio Clare on researching a family memoir. Horatio Clare reflects on the challenges and rewards of researching and writing about…

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Living History

Rebecca Mascull on how she researches her historical novels. Rebecca Mascull describes some of the ways in which she tries…