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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.

Sanjida O'Connell

RLF News Article

My Writing Life: Sanjida O’Connell

“Just because you have a book published it doesn’t mean you’re set for life.” – Sanjida O’Connell

September 2025 Fellows News

RLF News Article

RLF Writers’ News: September 2025

Books, events, festival appearances and more from our RLF and WritersMosaic writers.

Helina Tesega WritersMosaic What We Leave We Carry

RLF News Article

What We Leave We Carry: August 2025

This month What We Leave We Carry, the podcast series from WritersMosaic, includes stories from Ethiopian, Greek, Jamaican and Italian…

Writer Adam Weymouth

RLF News Article

My Writing Life: Adam Weymouth

“Learning how to graciously accept good editing is one of the most important skills of all.” – Adam Weymouth, JB…

Muriel Spark Credit Image Anita Schiffer-Fuchs Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo Alamy

Collected Article

The relentless brilliance of Muriel Spark

Lauren J. Joseph on Muriel Spark, who applied to the RLF for a grant in 1950, seven years before the…

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WritersMosaic Article

Watch all the WritersMosaic poetry films

Watch all eight WritersMosaic poetry films ahead of tonight’s Edinburgh Book Festival event. Commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation,…

Lisa Parry

RLF News Article

My Writing Life: Lisa Parry

“It’s so important to take the time to make a script the best it can be before letting anyone else…

A woman takes part in a protest prior to International Women's Day in El Salvador 6 Mar 2022 Credit Image Camilo Freedman SOPA Images Alamy

Collected Article

Observing unobserved: Finding feminism where oppression endures

Rahila Gupta on interviewing women living in authoritarian regimes for the book Planet Patriarchy, co-authored with Beatrix Campbell

RLF Fellows News August 2025

RLF News Article

RLF Fellows’ News: August 2025

News from our RLF and WritersMosaic writers, including book releases, events and appearances, broadcast information and more.

Onur Acaroğlu What We Leave We Carry

RLF News Article

What We Leave We Carry: July 2025

What We Leave We Carry, the podcast series from WritersMosaic includes stories from Turkish, Ukrainian and Argentinian migrants to the…

Roddy Doyle by Anthony Woods

RLF News Article

My Writing Life: Roddy Doyle

“These days I work in bursts, a couple a day.” Roddy Doyle, chair of The Booker Prize 2025 judges.

The Sinead Generation – WritersMosaic

WritersMosaic Article

The Sinéad Generation

An extract from Geographicals, Suzanne Harrington’s memoir of escaping 1980s Ireland. Published by WritersMosaic.