Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board – along with our Vice-Presidents, President and Presidents Emeriti. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives Fellows 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.
Our Members are champions of literature. Their support makes our engagement work in schools and prisons possible and they enable us to celebrate literature in all its wonderful diversity. As a thank you, we give them all the joys of a literary festival and book club rolled into one, all year round.
