Elizabeth Speller speaks with George Miller about her transition from non-fiction to historical fiction.

Emma Darwin retreats to country solitude, where she’s writing a memoir about failing to write a novel about her busy family history.

Charles Boyle and Fiona Shaw tell us about why they write, as featured in the Vox section of the RLF’s Showcase.

Jonathan Tulloch speaks with Frances Byrnes about how his faith and his love of nature are an important part of his writing rituals.

The RLF takes an inside look at how writers navigate the shoals of literary genre, and how they really see themselves — despite what those book blurbs might say.

Elizabeth Speller talks to George Miller about her non-fiction books, including a biography of the Roman emperor Hadrian and a family memoir, The Sunlight on the Garden.

Amanda Whittington takes us to the London premiere of her play Miss Johnson, and then back home to Nottingham, new work and noisy builders.

William Palmer speaks with Carole Angier about his later novels, the death of Empire and his need for a distancing historical 'frame' for his fiction.

William Palmer speaks with Carole Angier about his beginnings as a writer and his dark early novels.

Ian Duhig considers the long-standing and rich interaction between poetry and traditional forms of music.

Caroline Moorehead describes her experiences in researching the French Resistance.

Annette Kobak considers the lessons that other artforms might provide to the practising writer, including suggestions from her own experiences as a writer and painter.

Ron Butlin speaks with Kona Macphee about how he came to be a such a diverse writer, his differing experiences of writing in Scots and English, and the importance of music.