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I found a single email, sent by the organisers of a writing competition, inviting me to a reading and presentation,…
Felicity McCall describes how her search for a mysterious ancestor uncovered family secrets, Felicity McCall describes how her search for…
When I learnt about the witch trials that had taken place in my home county of Essex, fiction finally called…
I want to write about people who are creative, courageous, eccentric, mystical. They have a less appreciated side that deserves…
In our ‘Best Writing Advice’ series, RLF Writers share their best suggestions for those hoping to pursue the writing life.…
‘Flow’, named in the mid-twentieth century, describes a mental state characterised by an intense absorption ‘Flow’, named in the mid-twentieth…
E. L. Doctorow’s liberating idea that ‘writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as…
Sarah Hilary describes her experience of working with a sensitivity reader to ensure authenticity in her novels. Sarah Hilary describes…
We decided to release new titles at specific shows. This was our first brush with the idea of event publishing…
He explained that everything else from now on — the agent, the publisher, the deal, the reviews, the readers, the…
Peter Oswald speaks with John Greening about verse drama, theosophical theatre and the struggles of long-form poetry. Peter Oswald speaks…
Jayne Anne Phillips’ slim collection Sweethearts was published when she was in her early twenties. She calls the writing ‘pieces’.…
