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My Writing Life: Jill Dawson
“Waiting to hear back. Waiting to be paid. Waiting for a book to come out. Waiting to hear from your…
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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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Crown of Blood: adapting the Scottish play into the Yoruba play
As we mark Shakespeare’s birthday, Oladipo ‘Dipo’ Agboluaje takes us behind the scenes of his Yoruba epic, based on Shakespeare’s…
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Blythe Spirit: Ian Collins on Ronald Blythe
Writer Ian Collins, literary executor of RLF benefactor Ronald Blythe’s estate, on the life and times of the renowned nature…
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Half Written Love Letter
WritersMosaic’s Selina Nwulu reads her poem, ‘Half Written Love Letter’. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff…
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My Writing Life: Jesse Armstrong
“I don’t think there are really many words which have much significance compared to the power of experience.” – Jesse…
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Enter the Ashdown Forest poetry competition 2026
Entries are now open for the third annual Ashdown Forest poetry competition, in partnership with the Royal Literary Fund.
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RLF Writers’ News: April 2026
New books, festival appearances, productions, awards and more from our RLF Fellows, beneficiaries and WritersMosaic contributors.
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Talismans of migration
WritersMosaic’s Talismans of Migration, published in The Bookseller, features writing from nine writers with migrant backgrounds.
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My Writing Life: Dorothy Koomson
“All writers face rejection – it doesn’t make it easier to immediately accept, but it can be comforting to know…
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Making Writing Work Part 2: Plot Twist
On Tuesday, 21 April at 6 PM (GMT), Nick Ahad will return to chair the RLF’s second free webinar.
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WritersMosaic Quarterly – fourth edition
Talismans of Migration, the fourth edition of The WritersMosaic Quarterly, is out now.
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From first draft to final edits: Abigail Avis on writing Wet Ink
In the first of a four-part series on the publication of her book, Wet Ink, Abigail Avis takes us back…