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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.

Writing time
Collected Podcast

Laura Barnett & Ros Schwartz

Laura Barnett considers the myth that writing needs a lot of spare time, and Ros Schwartz explores exciting developments for…

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

Chris Arthur – Rejection

Occasionally acceptance comes first time, but more usually when a published piece appears, it will have a string of rejections…

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

Julia Crouch – How I Write

It is time to activate the most important software in my battery: Mac Freedom. A service I pay for to…

Walking the dog
Collected Article

In Praise Of Not Writing

Claire Skuse considers some surprising writing advice. Claire Skuse considers some surprising writing advice and how time away from the…

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

Marcus Chown – Why I Write

As a physics student at university, I learnt things in mathematical terms. But have been trying to understand things in…

Ben Musgrave
Collected Podcast

Ben Musgrave

Ben Musgrave speaks with Ann Morgan about cross-cultural writing, Zoom drama and trusting yourself. Ben Musgrave speaks with Ann Morgan…

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

Dilys Rose – The Writer And The City

For bollards, rumble strips and sleeping policemen; ghost islands, green men, Belisha beacons. For zebra crossings and lollipop ladies. For…

Notebook and key
Collected Article

The Key

Gerry Cambridge on the life-altering discovery that shaped his writing career. Gerry Cambridge on the life-altering discovery that shaped his…