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.
Sue Roe on writing about the Impressionist painters as a group. When Sue Roe decided to write a group biography…
Roy Bainton on his alternative career as a music paper scribe. Roy Bainton recalls some highlights of his long career…
Elanor Dymott on how becoming a law reporter changed her life. When she started working as a law reporter, Elanor…
Brian McAvera on the importance of preserving archives. Over his long career as an art critic, Brian McAvera has compiled…
Anna Woodford on what teaching creative writing has taught her. Running creative writing workshops for a variety of different groups,…
Brian McCabe on the joys – and terrors – of reading his poetry to an audience. Fifty years after taking…
John Harrison on the traces we leave behind. John Harrison describes his investigations into the earliest human societies, and what…
The questionable joys of running a bookshop. As the child of bookshop owners, Simon Rae grew up knowing that running…
Katharine McMahon on the role of public libraries in her life. Katharine McMahon celebrates the role that public libraries have…
Cal Smyth on researching his crime series. Cal Smyth describes the true events that inspired his Balkan-set crime series, and…
Nicola Baldwin on writing plays about medical science. Nicola Baldwin describes her first forays into writing about medical science, and…
Linda Hoy on an early campaigner for the environment. Linda Hoy reflects on the contribution made by Thoreau to present…
