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.
John Greening explores unusual poetic materials. From William Carlos Williams’ prescription pads to George Szirtes’ Twitter-length stanzas, the medium has…
Why did Conan Doyle murder Sherlock Holmes? David Stuart Davies investigates. David Stuart Davies, a world authority on Sherlock Holmes,…
Cynthia Rogerson rides freight trains in the American West. Wrapping herself around cables so as to sleep and brushing her…
Helena Drysdale crosses into the realm of cancer. Travel writer Helena Drysdale has observed death rites in Tibet, Madagascar and…
Kapka Kassabova witnesses magic between continents. Deep in the enchanted forest, tucked between Europe and Asia, people have gathered for…
Roy Bainton relates a tale of guile and derring-do from World War I. Over too many beers one night in…
Nicholas Murray wonders when our obsession with the Bloomsbury set will end. Dorothy Parker claimed the Bloomsbury set painted in…
Deborah Chancellor says immersing yourself in another world is all the inspiration a writer needs. A serendipitous find can bring…
Katharine Grant ponders summer as the season of books. Do reader’s care about seasonal lists? Heavy-duty books for Autumn and…
Nicola Baldwin considers how a woman’s compromises make the world a bigger place. Hollywood’s recipe of the hero’s journey is…
Ian Thomson explores the psycho-geography of Thomas Lovell Beddoes’ London. In 1817 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, later poet, physician and depressive,…
Frances Byrnes meets Dermot Healy in a life-death situation. Living at the edge of the sea, Dermot Healy tested himself…
