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Art bereft of life must risk desiccation: on the other hand, where the sheer welter of life and its demands…
The chances are W. G. Grace himself was born with less fuss than my opening paragraph. By lunchtime I had…
By writing at least 250 words every single day, even when I’ve spent the day distracting myself, I become more…
Alison MacLeod charts the complicated friendship between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield. Alison MacLeod charts the complicated friendship between Virginia…
As he grabbed a handful of crisps he delivered possibly one of the most insightful and concise critiques of my…
In ‘How I Write’, RLF writers explain how they structure their writing days. In this installment of ‘How I Write’,…
I often invite creative writing students to write an observation during class exercises. Why? Hadn’t I, at the age of…
‘Any questions?’ I could hear the panic bubbling in their voice. There had to be questions —how else would they…
I was nervous about meeting this brilliant poet. But within half an hour I knew she was my kindred spirit.…
Crime writer and former journalist David Mark explores the ethics of writing fiction about true crimes. Crime writer and former…
Jo Ann Beard’s ‘The Fourth State of Matter’ reads like literary fiction but is actually a true account of a…
Many years ago, I read Faiz and Lorca before embarking on a novel, and I remember feeling fresh, full of…
