Publishing Lesley Glaister’s new novel, A Particular Man, has been published by Bloodhound Books. Set in 1945, a family struggling to come to terms with the loss of their son and brother, Edgar, are visited by a man claiming to be his lover, who insinuated himself into the family home. The Independent on Sunday has…
This Pride Month, RLF Fellow and Heartstopper story consultant Wren James on the importance of queer representation in books.
On the 140th anniversary of her birth, Stuart Jeffries revisits one of Britain’s finest but neglected novelists.
Publishing RLF Fellow Lucy Caldwell’s new volume of short stories, Openings, was recently published by Faber. John Self, who reviewed Openings for The Times, called Caldwell “one of our best short story writers,” praising the collection for its “comic brio, good sex writing, shrewd observations, and an awful lot of dead and dying mothers.” “That…
A Polish author previously longlisted for the International Booker Prize, Wioletta now lives in Lewes, East Sussex.
As we get ready to celebrate our 234th anniversary on 18 May, a recent RLF grant beneficiary takes a deep dive into the background of a fellow Welshman and minister who founded the RLF in 1790 – Reverend David Williams. Originally written for the Welsh-language magazine Barddas, the English translation of this article originally appeared…
Publishing RLF Fellow Tom Lee’s new book, The Bullet, his memoir about family and mental health, has recently been published by Granta Books: Like many people, Tom Lee remembers the presence – somewhere out of sight, on the outskirts of town – of the local psychiatric hospital. It was a place that inspired jokes, rumours…
To mark the first anniversary of Their Majesties’ Coronation, it has been announced Her Majesty The Queen will take on patronage of the Royal Literary Fund from the late Queen Elizabeth II, who was Patron of 492 organisations at the time of her death. Only 376 organisations will be retained by Their Majesties or other…
SJ Bennett grew up reading mystery stories and travelling the world as an army child. She became a strategy consultant and wrote several award-winning books for teenagers before turning to adult crime novels with the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates series. Her books have been published in over twenty languages, from Japanese to Catalan. She…
The first issue of The Review by WritersMosaic & Jhalak is out today. The Review is an editorially independent, 20-page biannual literary journal, produced by and featuring writers of the global majority, available as an insert in The Bookseller, the UK’s main book trade magazine. While its placement in The Bookseller ensures visibility to the…
Publishing News RLF Fellow Trish Cooke’s new children’s book, The Magic Callaloo, is set to be published by Walker Books on 4th April. Illustrated by Sophie Bass, The Magic Callaloo is based on the fairytale Rapunzel and inspired by stories of enslaved Africans, in a vibrant story of community, magic, love and family. Trish says:…
Dreda Say Mitchell is a best-selling and award-winning author appointed an MBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth for her services to literature and education work in prisons. She received the CWA’s John Creasey Dagger in 2004, the first time a Black British author has received this honour. She writes across the crime and mystery genre…
