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“Against this backdrop, I wrote and I wrote...”
For International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025, RLF beneficiary Penny Pepper on the fight for the disability narrative in fiction
 • Royal Literary Fund and Penny Pepper
A Conradian voyage: following in the footsteps of Joseph Conrad
Robert Hampson, editor of The Conradian, shares his perspective on the life and work of RLF beneficiary Joseph Conrad
 • Royal Literary Fund
From stage to page: the creative life of Noel Streatfeild
As Ballet Shoes opens at the National Theatre, we take a look at the life of the books' original author Noel Streatfeild, an RLF beneficiary.
 • Royal Literary Fund and Nicola Slavin
Rarely pure and never simple: examining the case file of Lord Alfred Douglas
Author and playwright Neil Bartlett takes a look in the RLF Archive to assess the letters of Oscar Wilde’s infamous lover, Lord Alfred Douglas.
 • Royal Literary Fund
Banned Books Week: RLF writers who faced censorship
To mark Index on Censorship's Banned Books Week UK, we take a look at the work of five RLF writers who have faced censorship.
 • Royal Literary Fund and Nicola Slavin
The relentless brilliance of Muriel Spark
Lauren J Joseph on Muriel Spark, who applied to the RLF for a grant in 1950, seven years before the publication of her first novel, The Comforters.
 • Royal Literary Fund and Lauren J Joseph
Dramatists gather as Joe Ward Munrow named first Robert Holman Award recipient
From the rise of AI to the importance of the UK's regions, leading dramatists discuss the current writing landscape
 • Royal Literary Fund
Living by her pen: how the forgotten Gothic writer Regina Maria Roche's legacy lives on
For Women's History Month, Samiha Begum shares her story of discovering RLF beneficiary, Regina Maria Roche, as part of her PhD on Gothic female writers
 • Royal Literary Fund
From the Archive: Bram Stoker (1911)
Fourteen years after 'Dracula' was published, Bram Stoker asked us for help
 • Royal Literary Fund
What to expect when applying for an RLF hardship grant
Find out more about the RLF's hardship grants for professional writers seeking financial support.
 • Royal Literary Fund
How We Help Writers
We’ve been giving hardship grants to writers since 1790
 • Royal Literary Fund
The Robert Holman Award is now open for applications
A new RLF grant to support professional playwrights who come from or are based in the North of England
 • Royal Literary Fund
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