📚 RLF Fellows’ News – November 2025 ✍️ New books, theatre premieres & award nods, plus Collected Live in Liverpool & Birmingham, and Mosaic Monologues from Writers Mosaic. Award nods for C.D. Rose, Gillian Allnutt, Nick Makoha, Salena Godden & Trish Cooke. Read more: https://bit.ly/3LoP2Vc

🎙️ Six writers. Six voices. Endless stories. Listen to Mosaic Monologues 👉 https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/mosaic-monologues/

Tomorrow, @writersmosaic joins @OffTheShelfFest for 'Diverse Islands' - a vital conversation on race, identity & multiculturalism across the UK & Ireland. 🌍📚 With Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill, Charlotte Rea-Patel & host John Siddique. In partnership with @SpeakVolumes.

Tomorrow @writersmosaic.bsky.social join @mcrlitfest.bsky.social for a powerful event exploring nature, spirit & the human experience 🌿📚

Playwright Neil Bartlett examines Bosie’s letters from the 1940s, including RLF grant application: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/rarely-pure-and-never-simple-examining-the-case-file-of-lord-alfred-douglas/ 📸 Oscar Wilde with Lord Alfred Douglas. ©️ Pictorial Press Ltd, Alamy

October is #FreeWillsMonth. If you're 55+, you can write your Will for free via the National Free Wills Network. 🖊️ RLF is proud to take part, there is no obligation to leave a gift, but if you do, you’ll support future generations of writers. 📚✍️ 👉 https://bit.ly/499qYzn

🎧 September Pods from the RLF: 📘 Ep 493: Ian Seed on prose poems, translation, and redrafting with Jonathan Tulloch 🌍 Ep 494: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse on survival, storytelling & community after trauma 🎙️ Listen: https://podcast.rlf.org.uk/

🎙️ The latest What We Leave We Carry episodes are now live on the WritersMosaic website, proudly supported by the Royal Literary Fund. 🎧 Tune in to these moving stories of migration, identity, and belonging: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/what-we-leave-we-carry-september-2025/

📚 My Writing Life with Mike Gayle ✍️ Bestselling novelist and former journalist Mike Gayle shares his best writing advice and journey—from studying sociology and writing for teen mags to penning heartfelt rom-coms like My Legendary Girlfriend: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/my-writing-life-mike-gayle/

Today, Writers Mosaic presents a powerful Birmingham Literature Festival event on Malcolm X’s global legacy, with Kehinde Andrews, poet Sue Brown, and writer Bonnie Greer. 🌍📚 More info: https://bit.ly/4l897v8

The winners of Ashdown Forest’s poetry competition are here! 🌲✨ Theme: Connections 🌀 Khudeeja Begum – Threaded Through the Quiet 🌿 Vanessa Lampert – For the Other Read them 👉 https://ashdownforest.org/winners-of-the-poetry-competition-2025/ #Poetry #RLF #AshdownForest

📚 Banned Books Week UK is back, 5–11 Oct! We're supporting @IndexCensorship's #BannedBooksWeek, spotlighting censored books and writers like DH Lawrence, James Joyce & Edna O’Brien. More here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/banned-books-week-the-rlf-writers-who-faced-censorship/

Our third poem celebrating #NationalPoetryDay today is 'Legacies' by Garry Mackenzie. You can read all three poems commissioned by the Royal Literary Fund in our 235th year on our website here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/on-the-legacy-of-words/ #RLF #Poetry #Writers

It’s #NationalPoetryDay! To celebrate the Royal Literary Fund’s 235th anniversary, three RLF poets share reflections on the power of words. Here’s Mark with his new poem, ‘Legacy.’ Read it here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/on-the-legacy-of-words/

📚 Ian McEwan on Writing ✍️ “I wish someone had told me to embrace the joy of living by one’s writing.” McEwan reflects on his journey from young writer to acclaimed novelist. Read more: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/my-writing-life-ian-mcewan/ 📸: Bastian Schweitzer

📚 Why Mentorship Matters to Writers ✍️ Katy Massey on the power of mentoring, drawn from her work with A Writing Chance. 👉 https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/why-mentorship-matters-to-writers/ 📸 Photo: 2024–25 cohort by Dan Haworth-Salter.

We asked our new 2025/2026 RLF University Fellows their best advice for aspiring writers. ✍️ What's the best advice you've ever been given about writing? Find out more about the RLF University Fellowship scheme and see all the 2025/2026 new Fellows here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowship-scheme/

We asked our new 2025/2026 RLF University Fellows their best advice for aspiring writers. ✍️ What's the best advice you've ever been given about writing? Find out more about the RLF University Fellowship scheme and see all the 2025/2026 new Fellows here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowship-scheme/

Screenwriter Sameera Steward (who has written for BBC + Netflix TV shows) talks about how her RLF hardship grant was life-changing. If you or a professional writer you know is struggling financially, we are here to help. Check your eligibility on our website. 📚

The @WritersMosaic Quarterly: Iranian Women’s Voices is out now! Read the online version in full here: https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/iranian-womens-voices/ Also available as a print insert in The Bookseller.

🎧 September’s Collected Podcasts: 🎙 Ep 491: Doug Johnstone with Marianne Colbran on crime writing, TV pressures & finding your voice. 🎙 Ep 492: Julia Copus with Blake Morrison on memoir, range & the RLF archives. Listen here 👉 https://podcast.rlf.org.uk/

📚 RLF Fellows’ News – Sept 2025 ✍️ From new book launches to festival appearances, broadcast highlights, major awards + more, it’s a busy month for our Fellows. Discover all the latest news via the link: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/rlf-fellows-news-september-2025/

📚My Writing Life: Matthew Barry ✍️ Last year BAFTA-winning screenwriter Matthew Barry, who wrote Welsh thriller The Guest – currently showing on BBC One and iPlayer – spoke to us about his writing life and inspirations: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/my-writing-life-matthew-barry/

This Saturday, Book Slam, London’s original literary juke joint, is teaming up with the Royal Society of Literature at Somerset House. Get your FREE tickets: https://bookslam.com.

📚 My Writing Life with Sanjida O’Connell ✍️ Sanjida O’Connell is an RLF Fellow and thriller writer. She shares her journey from studying zoology under her stepfather’s guidance to crafting gripping psychological thrillers: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/my-writing-life-sanjida-o-connell/

📚 My Writing Life with Sanjida O’Connell ✍️ Sanjida O’Connell is an RLF Fellow and thriller writer. She shares her journey from studying zoology under her stepfather’s guidance to crafting gripping psychological thrillers here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/my-writing-life-sanjida-o-connell/

Congratulations to former RLF Trustee Richard Holmes, JB Priestley Award recipient Adam Weymouth and all those longlisted for this years Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction. #BGPrize2025

We’re proud to support Contains Strong Language 🎤✨ Bradford’s festival of poetry, spoken word & performance, 18–21 Sept. 50+ FREE events: BBC broadcasts, workshops, new writing & exclusive performances - incl. our own John Siddique. Book now 👉 bradford2025.co.uk/event/contai...

📚 My Writing Life: Adam Weymouth ✍️ Writer and journalist @adamweymouth.bsky.social reveals his must-read book, 'The Border Trilogy' and gives a glimpse into his creative process as he balances school runs, coastal cycles, and immersive journeys. Read the article here: www.rlf.org.uk/posts/my-wri...

The relentless brilliance of Muriel Spark ✍️ RLF Fellow Lauren J. Joseph took a look through our archives to find novelist Muriel Spark's letters to the RLF, reflecting on a quality many writers have to develop and which Spark had in spades. Read the article here: www.rlf.org.uk/posts/the-re...

RLF beneficiary, Edith Nesbit, created timeless stories that cemented her as a children's literature trailblazer. The Edith Nesbit Society and its president, Jacqueline Wilson, celebrate her legacy annually on her birthday, August 15th. 📚

📚 My Writing Life: Lisa Parry ✍️ Dive into the world of playwright and screenwriter Lisa Parry in our latest ‘My Writing Life’. Uncover her must-read books, and get a glimpse into her creative process as she juggles writing, research, and rehearsals. Read here: www.rlf.org.uk/posts/my-wri...

RLF Fellows’ July news: new books from Roopa Farooki & Alex Wong; Stephen Wyatt’s BBC Radio 4 drama; Booker Prize longlist for Andrew Miller & Jonathan Buckley; Gwyneth Lewis wins Wales Book Award. Read more: www.rlf.org.uk/posts/rlf-fe...