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.
Miranda Miller on a childhood experience that profoundly affected her. Miranda Miller describes how a troubling encounter in childhood has…
Alicia Foster on the perennial appeal of the attic room for artist and writers. Researching her study of the artist…
Katharine Grant wonders where her ideas come from. An author’s ideas are essential to the writing process, but how and…
Horatio Clare reflects on the nature of the creative impulse. Are writers mad — or only very sane? Horatio Clare…
Jonny Wright on the pleasures and occasional problems of collaborative writing. As a scriptwriter, Jonny Wright has grown used to…
Cynthia Rogerson on the advantages and disadvantages of writing autobiography. In writing about her past, Cynthia Rogerson found that employing…
Sue Purkiss on revisiting her father’s wartime past. Researching a book based on her father’s experiences as a prisoner of…
When getting rid of books becomes unavoidable. When he came to move house, Roy Bainton was faced with the painful…
Susan Fletcher on why we find the lives of Henry VIII’s six queens so interesting. Susan Fletcher recalls the moment…
Robin Blake on the difficult art of writing someone else’s book for them. Robin Blake reflects on the history of…
Rob Chapman on the elusive nature of memory. Most writers rely to a greater or lesser extent on memory, but…
Brian Keaney on a family story that changed his life. When Brian Keaney’s father and uncle became estranged after both…
