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Collected: June 2024 - How do you recover from failure?
This month, Doug Johnstone on lessons learned from failure, Catherine O'Flynn on broken utopias, plus our podcasts on writing technique, being published…
My Writing Life: Monique Roffey
"Stick with it, you’ll get better"
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Why We Need Literary Pride
by RLF Fellow and Heartstopper story consultant Wren James
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Rediscovering Ivy Compton-Burnett
On the 140th anniversary of her birth, Stuart Jeffries revisits one of Britain's finest but neglected novelists.
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May 2024

Collected: May 2024 - I am a writer needing to be re-homed
This month, Anna Reynolds is in search of a place to write, Trish Cooke examines 'belonging', and we have three brilliant podcasts to listen to – all…
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How We Help Writers
We’ve been giving hardship grants to writers since 1790
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The Life and Times of Reverend David Williams
A grant beneficiary on the Welsh minister who founded the Royal Literary Fund
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My Writing Life: Neil Gaiman
"I imagined a writing career to be one of joy and wonder because you’re putting down the words and it’s magic but sometimes it's as glamorous as…
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April 2024

Collected: Is Writing A Real Job?
Penny Hancock explores people's perceptions of the writing life, Donny O'Rourke celebrates Glasgow's tenements, and three writers discuss writing…
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No Facts, Only Versions: Thoughts on Memoir
Plus WritersMosaic celebrates their third anniversary and launches a new imprint with The Jhalak Foundation and The Bookseller
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My Writing Life: SJ Bennett
"The thing that really matters is what you’re writing now"
Eleven tips to help you become a better writer
"You have to sit down and do it and keep on doing it until you get there"
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