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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.

Smelling History
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Smelling History

Morgen Witzel shows that writing about history can be a smelly business. As a writer of historical fiction, Morgen Witzel…

Raspberries on the Yangtze
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Raspberries On The Yangtze

Karen Wallace describes a journey down memory lane. In search of inspiration for her first novel, Karen Wallace went back…

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Crimes Of Passion

In time of war you can be shot for it, but as Fraser Grace finds, collaboration is an occupational hazard…

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On Writing Residencies

Katherine Stansfield on her experiences of being a live-in writer in a public institution. No two writing residencies are the…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of woman by window thinking what to write with book birds flying past window.
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Top Girls In Space

Anna Reynolds on writing a play about pioneering women. When asked to write a play about pioneering and adventurous women,…

Patrick Hamilton
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The Man Who Invented Gaslighting

Miranda Miller on the life and work of a fascinating author, whose writing has given us the term ‘gaslighting’. According…

Love coffee
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One More Cup Of Coffee

Donny O’Rourke on what coffee has meant to him. From the days of Dr Johnson onwards, coffee has played a…

The Netflix Novel
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The Netflix Novel

Mark Illis considers whether the literary novel has given way to the box-set. With television drama currently enjoying a ‘golden…

Waiter
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Are You Being Served?

How writers supplement the income they get from writing. Most writers need to support themselves financially, one reason why the…

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Revisiting Kate Perugini

Lucinda Hawksley on revising her biography of Victorian artist Kate Perugini When Lucinda Hawksley came to revise her biography of…

Mug in dishwasher
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Better Late Than Never?

Linda Buckley-Archer considers the advantages and disadvantages of running late. Like most writers, Linda Buckley-Archer has experienced the horror of…

Rob Chapman
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This View From Above

Rob Chapman on the discovery that made him a writer. How a chance discovery in Compendium Bookshop of a xeroxed…