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News & Features

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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Collected Podcast

Poetry Break with Kathryn Maris

Poetry Break: Kathryn Maris and Julia Copus discuss classic poems by Thomas Hardy. Kathryn Maris and our host Julia Copus…

Red scissors
Collected Article

Making The Cut

Beth Miller discusses first novels and the value of writing that doesn’t make the final draft. Beth Miller discusses the…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of two books that look like open books next to a microphone.
Collected Audio

Trish Cooke – In My Bottom Drawer

Something about each of these ideas was compelling enough to force me to scrutinise and start the creative process; but…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of woman by window thinking what to write with book birds flying past window.
Collected Audio

Penny Boxall – Rejection

Once I’ve selected one of the poems clamouring for attention as a sacrificial victim, I’ll send it off to one…

Paul Dowswell
Collected Podcast

Paul Dowswell, part 2

Paul Dowswell speaks with Catherine O’Flynn about publishers, dramatic stories and a key message for young readers. Paul Dowswell speaks…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of two books that look like open books next to a microphone.
Collected Audio

Syd Moore – Inspiration

There are huge gaps in our knowledge of the witch hunts. This is mainly due to illiteracy; in 1600 only…

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Collected Article

Searching for Silence

Martin MacInnes on his long quest for the perfect writing conditions. Martin MacInnes on his long quest for the perfect…