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Elected: 2023
Bill Swainson is an editor with forty years’ experience in independent and mainstream publishing. He was Senior Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury (2000-15), and previously worked at the Harvill Press, Fourth Estate, Allison & Busby and John Calder. Since 2015 he has been a literary consultant and freelance editor, editing a list of translated fiction for MacLehose Press and non-fiction for Oneworld. A trustee of Lancaster Litfest and the Cultural Philanthropy Foundation, he was awarded an OBE for services to literary translation in 2015.
Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.
Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.