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Shelly Silas – Inspiration
I was inspired to adapt a novel for radio because of a well-known cookery programme; a chef happened to be…
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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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Cynan Jones – How I Write
I make toast. I remember I finished a jar of marmalade yesterday and have forgotten to get more I come…
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Marcus Chown – My Most Treasured Moments As A Writer
I represented Queen Mary University on University Challenge. It’s not every day you get to team up with the lead…
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Discovering The Tibetan Cherry
Helen Kelly on how to research a novel when you can’t travel. Helen Kelly on how to research a novel…
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Caroline Brothers – How Writing Changes The Writer
The writer needs mechanisms to maintain enthusiasm and minimise worry so that he can take full advantage of moments that…
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Mary Colson – In My Bottom Drawer
I’ve used my nightie in workshops with serious-minded business people, in schools with cynical sixth-formers, in warehouses with fork-lift truck…
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Andy Jackson, part 2
Andy Jackson speaks with John Greening about poetry design classics, the joy of anthologies and collective ‘daft ideas’. Andy Jackson…
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Syd Moore – Letter To My Readers
At 8.5 pence per loan, sometimes the annual sum from the public lending rights can be more than writers receive…
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Lucasta Miller – The Writer And Nature
Nowadays I rarely venture into central London. I’m drawn instead to Hampstead Heath. It’s the nearest thing to the countryside.…
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The Other Mother
Shanta Everington describes her experiences as an adoptive parent and how adopting her son inspired a PhD. Shanta Everington describes…
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Penny Boxall – The Writing Life
All the poet needed, it seemed, was a well-proportioned townhouse on a sunny piazza, a couple of thousand calf-bound books…
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Cynan Jones – Writer’s Block
I’ve learned the hard way that the best thing to do is wait, until one idea out-shouts the others, and…