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Lucasta Miller – How I Write
Keats describes his exact bodily position as he is writing, with his back to the fire, one foot on the…
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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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Sara Taylor – Getting Published: What No One Tells You
The business side of things – knowing how to file your taxes, claim back your expenses, or manage your income…
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Andrew Martin – The Festival Experience
If there’s one thing more luxurious than being paid to write, it’s being paid to talk about your writing. Literary…
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Classroom Blues
Ray French reflects on teaching creative writing online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ray French reflects on teaching creative writing online…
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Fraser Grace – Writers And Deadlines
Deadlines in the theatre, in my experience, are more negotiable. But they are vital. Nothing concentrates the mind like the…
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Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards speaks with John Greening about the Welsh poetic tradition, writing about family and his creative process. Jonathan Edwards…
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Chris Arthur – The Writer And Nature
I’m well aware that in my efforts to be ‘the world’s amanuensis’ I can only convey a tiny fraction of…
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Tom Connolly – Writers Who Inspire Me
Richard Ford inspires me. When I read him, I want to be a better father, a better man and a…
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Babs Horton – Letter To My Younger Self
Eventually, you’ll forgive the person who thought it would be character building to bang you up in a convent school…
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Marcus Chown – The Festival Experience
I book-end my talk with a spacey slide show set to Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’ and David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’.…
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Haunted By Virginia Woolf
Clare Morgan shares how Virginia Woolf’s work helped her find her literary voice and continues to inspire her writing. Clare…
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Simon Booker – Letter To My Younger Self
Ghost-writing books and columns for celebrities; booking guests onto TV chat shows won’t help you become a first-class screenwriter or…