Linda Cracknell speaks with Doug Johnstone about starting to write short stories 'because they were short', the interaction between writing and place,...

Catherine O'Flynn pens a bittersweet elegy to the freedom of aimless driving and dark nights on the urban flyovers of Birmingham. Paul Dowswell takes ...

Bill Kirton speaks with Doug Johnstone about his love of variety and new experiences, following wherever his interest leads him in his writing, and hi...

Bill Kirton speaks with Doug Johnstone about becoming a teacher and loving it, being surprised by becoming ‘A Writer’ at the same time, creating radio...

In the second instalment of 'My Hero', we hear from a number of RLF writers about their personal heroes, and how those heroes have had an impact on th...

Alicia Foster speaks with Catherine O’Flynn about her unusual childhood in an isolated former nursing home, growing up goth, her twin passions of visu...

Sarah Ardizzone speaks with Ann Morgan about the influence of performance on writing, the additional complications of translating graphic novels, and ...

Sarah Ardizzone speaks with Ann Morgan about the development of her career as a translator, translating writers in French who sit outside the mainstre...

In ‘Why I Write', we talk to a number of RLF writers about what makes them write and why they keep going. The post Why I Write appeared first on The R...

Sarah LeFanu explores the question of what name(s) to use for biographical subjects, the ongoing danger ‘of not being quite critical enough’ when the ...