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Mark Blacklock
Caroline Sanderson interviews novelist and culture historian Dr Mark Blacklock.
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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.
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Seven suggestions to make you a better writer
Seven tips to help you become a better writer, tried and tested by our RLF Fellows and drawn from our…
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No mood to write
Penny Boxall looks to Tristram Shandy author Laurence Sterne for inspiration on dealing with writer’s block.
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Writing Techniques
Pamela Scobie, Sonia Faleiro, Mark Blacklock, David Mark and Thomas Bunstead share insights into the nuts and bolts of their…
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Tove Jansson’s Writing Process
RLF Fellow Dan Richards on how Finnish writer Tove Jansson, creator of The Moomins, wrote her books.
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My True Genre, part 3
John Keay, Horatio Clare, Ian Thomson, Charles Boyle, Laura Hird, Julian Turner, and Marina Benjamin on writing within ‘their’ genre.
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“Nothing about us without us” – Jonny Wright on Black television
RLF Fellow and screenwriter Jonny Wright on the evolution and impact of Black television, from 1990s American shows The Cosby…
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Confessions of a Ghostwriter
An RLF Fellow confesses – anonymously – what it is like to ghostwrite fiction, non-fiction and memoir for celebrities and…
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Fact into Fiction
Bethan Roberts, whose books include Graceland – a novel about Elvis Presley’s rise to fame, through the voice of his…
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What Motivates Us?
Nikki Sheehan, Sheena Wilkinson, Phoebe Power, Sarah Butler and Alex Nye consider what prompts them to write.
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New term, new tips – five ways to access our RLF student resources
As universities and colleges across the UK prepare for a new academic year, our selection of RLF resources helps students…
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The Invisibility of the Ghostwriter
RLF Fellow Mark McCrum on how a detour from writing travel books led to a double life as a ghostwriter.