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.
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…
Martina Evans explores switching from writing novels to poems. Martina Evans kept starting novels only to find that they turned…
Rosemary Bailey discusses Ryszard Kapuściński and his impact on travel writing. Every so often a writer comes along and changes…
Diane Samuels explores how the dream of artistic collaboration can also be a nightmare. From dressing up to role-play and…
Staging her memoir caused fresh pain Rahila Gupta until she came to a new understanding. We write to remember, and…
Kate Colquhoun ponders why we delight in the brutal wrapped in the familiar. Victorian writers of sensation novels knew that…
Marcelle Bernstein discerns a dark fear of abandonment beneath the magical realism of Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins blew into town…
Hilary Davies recounts how she was changed forever by prehistoric cave paintings. Prehistoric cave paintings have long captivated writers. When…
Stephen Wakelam discusses his early work with Lars von Trier. The internet in its great wisdom has decided that the…
Bill Kirton discusses how important rhythm is to writing. From our heartbeats to our breathing, to the feel of walking…
Livi Michael ponders whether it’s better to be discovered or valued. ‘Discoverability’ is the new buzzword in publishing. It is…
