Royal Literary Fund
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Supporting Writers Since 1790. The Royal Literary Fund (RLF) helps writers in financial need and annually delivers over £5 million in grants, education, community, and workplace programmes.
Five RLF poets - Anna Woodford, Jo Clement, Christy Ducker, Harry Man & Degna Stone have created poems now on display at Longbenton Metro station.
Poems on the Metro is a collaboration between the RLF and Tyne and Wear Metro and this work will be on view to enjoy until the end of the year.
Poems on the Metro is a collaboration between the RLF and Tyne and Wear Metro and this work will be on view to enjoy until the end of the year.
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Five RLF poets - Anna Woodford, Jo Clement, Christy Ducker, Harry Man & Degna Stone have created poems now on display at Longbenton Metro station.
Poems on the Metro is a collaboration between the RLF and Tyne and Wear Metro and this work will be on view to enjoy until the end of the year.
Poems on the Metro is a collaboration between the RLF and Tyne and Wear Metro and this work will be on view to enjoy until the end of the year.
Today is International Students Day! 🧑🎓 Did you know the RLF has been supporting students at universities across the UK since 1999? If you need support with your writing, find out if there’s a Fellow at your university via the link: https://www.rlf.org.uk/our-partners/
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today is International Students Day! 🧑🎓 Did you know the RLF has been supporting students at universities across the UK since 1999? If you need support with your writing, find out if there’s a Fellow at your university via the link: https://www.rlf.org.uk/our-partners/
📚 My Writing Life – Deborah Frances-White ✍️
Screenwriter, playwright, podcaster, and author of The Guilty Feminist shares her writing habits, career insights, and proudest achievements from Writers’ Guild awards to Sunday Times bestseller success.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4nROHrH
Screenwriter, playwright, podcaster, and author of The Guilty Feminist shares her writing habits, career insights, and proudest achievements from Writers’ Guild awards to Sunday Times bestseller success.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4nROHrH
My Writing Life: Deborah Frances-White
"I am all or nothing. The trick is to be 'all' often enough that the 'nothing' days don’t count." – Deborah Frances-White
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November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📚 My Writing Life – Deborah Frances-White ✍️
Screenwriter, playwright, podcaster, and author of The Guilty Feminist shares her writing habits, career insights, and proudest achievements from Writers’ Guild awards to Sunday Times bestseller success.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4nROHrH
Screenwriter, playwright, podcaster, and author of The Guilty Feminist shares her writing habits, career insights, and proudest achievements from Writers’ Guild awards to Sunday Times bestseller success.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4nROHrH
Award-winning novelist Elif Shafak (@shafakelif) joins Doug Johnstone (@writerdougj) on the latest Collected Podcast to talk creativity, activism, and her love of heavy metal. Plus, archive highlights from Bethan Roberts, David Lloyd, and Mirza Waheed.
🎧 Listen: https://youtu.be/Mp6pkAQqUNE
🎧 Listen: https://youtu.be/Mp6pkAQqUNE
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Award-winning novelist Elif Shafak (@shafakelif) joins Doug Johnstone (@writerdougj) on the latest Collected Podcast to talk creativity, activism, and her love of heavy metal. Plus, archive highlights from Bethan Roberts, David Lloyd, and Mirza Waheed.
🎧 Listen: https://youtu.be/Mp6pkAQqUNE
🎧 Listen: https://youtu.be/Mp6pkAQqUNE
📚 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
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
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📚 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
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/
Listen to Mosaic Monologues 👉 https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/mosaic-monologues/
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🎙️ Six writers. Six voices. Endless stories.
Listen to Mosaic Monologues 👉 https://writersmosaic.org.uk/category/limited-series/mosaic-monologues/
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.
With Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill, Charlotte Rea-Patel & host John Siddique. In partnership with @SpeakVolumes.
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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.
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 🌿📚
October 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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
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 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
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
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
October 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
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/
📘 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/
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🎧 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/
📘 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/
🎧 Tune in to these moving stories of migration, identity, and belonging: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/what-we-leave-we-carry-september-2025/
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎙️ 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/
🎧 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/
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/
October 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📚 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/
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
More info: https://bit.ly/4l897v8
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025 | Birmingham Rep
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October 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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
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
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
October 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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
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/
More here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/posts/banned-books-week-the-rlf-writers-who-faced-censorship/
October 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📚 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/
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
#RLF #Poetry #Writers
October 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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
#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/
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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
“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
September 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📚 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
“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.
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.
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
📚 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.
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/
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/
September 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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/
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/
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/
September 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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/
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. 📚
Check your eligibility on our website. 📚
September 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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. 📚
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.
Also available as a print insert in The Bookseller.
September 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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.
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/
🎙 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/
September 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🎧 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/
🎙 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/