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.
Martyn Bedford considers the sometimes incongruous ways that stories can arise. Watching a televised report in his Kowloon bedsit of…
Catherine Czerkawska talks about her abiding fascination with antique and vintage fabrics. A passion for collecting vintage textiles – christening…
Shaun McCarthy on how researching a new production of a Strindberg classic gave him fresh insights into writing and performance…
Diana Hendry recalls meetings with the great and good as a junior reporter. It isn’t every ‘newly hatched’ reporter who…
Mark Illis examines the enduring appeal of the superhero. Whether in graphic novel form, or onscreen, superheroes have become ubiquitous,…
Does travelling by train encourage creativity? Jonathan Tulloch thinks so. Jonathan Tulloch considers ways in which train travel can stimulate…
James McConnachie wonders if a childhood accident might account for his life-long fascination with lost things. ‘Lost objects and unreliable…
A question most poets get asked Should poetry be about something — other than itself? asks John Greening, considering some…
Poet Kona Macphee confronts the challenge of the Blank Page. Every writer knows the terror of Blank Page Syndrome, and…
Screenwriter Hugh Stoddart describes the ins and outs of producing original scripts and adaptations for the cinema. ‘A screenplay is…
Susan Fletcher discovers how writing resembles archeology. The connections between writing and digging – as explored in Seamus Heaney’s eponymous…
Deborah Chancellor discovers that the most unprepossessing commission can have its pleasures, if approached in the right frame of mind.…
