Vox: Short audio from the RLF

Menna van Praag: The Writer And Technology

'When the online customer support person told me – brightly – to ‘have a nice day’ it took all...

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James Attlee: The Perfect Place To Write

'After commuting for twelve years, I told GWR I had written three books on their train, and that...

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Rebecca Colby: In My Bottom Drawer

'My bottom drawer is more of a recycling bin than a bottom drawer. My intention is for nothing to...

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Garry MacKenzie: How I Write

'I score out phrases, draw connecting arrows between ideas, and play around with words on the...

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Kim Curran: Why I Write

'Writing is dreams caught in butterfly nets. It’s falling in love for the first time. It’s...

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Michaela Morgan: Getting Published: What No One Tells You

'Gather a few authors together in a room and does the conversation veer towards culture,...

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Charlie Hill: My Most Treasured Moments As A Writer

'Wandering around a music festival, a fella pointed a camera at me. ‘You wrote that book, didn’t...

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Alex Nye: The Writer And Nature

'Nature is everywhere. It’s ugly and visceral and full of decay. It's in the rust on the bicycle...

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Sarah Jasmon: Letter To My Younger Self

'The advice that the editor gave, that readers want to know more about the kestrel flying above...

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Richard Lambert: Rejection

'I began to internalise the rejections, to believe in a way I hadn’t when I was younger, that the...

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Amber Lee Dodd: Being Genre Fluid

'I’m constantly drawing on a bank of inspiration from a wide pool, taking what I need and leaving...

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Simon Robson: Life-changing Literature

'I remember trying to look at ease. I remember thinking I should probably read something, just as...

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Anthony J. Quinn: Inspiration

'One part of me is sinking deeper into my roots, and the other is struggling to get away, to...

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Alison MacLeod: The Writer And Technology

'How will we ever code for experiences of wonder, grief, joy and awe? How will a humanoid artist...

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Jeremy Treglown: The Perfect Place To Write

'There aren’t many places where I can’t write. A beach in full sun is no good, nor is a...

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Sarah Hilary: In My Bottom Drawer

'Only we know how deeply we felt those words, how hard we clung to the belief that they would one...

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Anna Wilson: Inspiration

'If I’ve put in enough hours, if I’ve proved to the Muse that I am dedicated and loyal, there...

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Mark Blayney: The Festival Experience

'How do you get your ideas?’ If this seems a silly question to you: try not to say that. Think...

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Jasbinder Bilan: The Biggest Surprise Of My Writing Life

'I come from a long line of home-grown storytellers. My mother would cook big pots of fragrant...

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Beth Miller: Rejection

'Why is rejection inevitable?’ My game-changing Rejection is Actually an Essential Part of the...

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