Lucy Caldwell speaks with Ann Morgan about her short stories and writing about Northern Ireland, the impact of parenthood on creative work, the lure of poetry and the knack of knowing when to stick the knife in with live audiences.

Lucy Caldwell speaks with Ann Morgan about influential mentors, the challenges of publishing young and the struggles that writers’ biographies often hide, and the comparative strengths and demands of different writing forms.

Caroline Brothers speaks with Ann Morgan about writing international stories and her roots as a foreign correspondent, the different forms of bravery involved in writing and the process of seeing your work adapted for the stage.

Jane Feaver and our host Julia Copus discuss two classic poems by John Clare in another instalment of our special ‘Poetry Break’ series.

Linda Cracknell speaks with Doug Johnstone about creative non-fiction, walking as working, her community activities and residencies in Scotland and overseas, her radio drama work and her new calling to write about the sea.

Linda Cracknell speaks with Doug Johnstone about starting to write short stories 'because they were short', the interaction between writing and place, her first novel set in the remote landscape of Caithness and her creative non-fiction work 'Doubling Back'.

Catherine O'Flynn pens a bittersweet elegy to the freedom of aimless driving and dark nights on the urban flyovers of Birmingham.

Paul Dowswell takes a tour of the modern landscape of book reviewing, and finds it more than a little uneven.

Bill Kirton speaks with Doug Johnstone about his love of variety and new experiences, following wherever his interest leads him in his writing, and his long-term collaboration with a writer in Canada he’s never actually met in person.

Bill Kirton speaks with Doug Johnstone about becoming a teacher and loving it, being surprised by becoming ‘A Writer’ at the same time, creating radio drama and how-to writing guides, and the generally serendipitous progress of his life and career.

In the second instalment of 'My Hero', we hear from a number of RLF writers about their personal heroes, and how those heroes have had an impact on their lives and their writing.