The Literature Matters Hub

Mallarmé Matters

Short fiction from RSL Fellow Robert Fraser.

Interview with Matt Bryden

Recipient of 2018 RSL Literature Matters Award Matt Bryden talks about his time in residence in Bristol Temple Meads Train Station.

Interview with Pascale Petit

Recipient of 2018 RSL Literature Matters Award Pascale Petit talks through her writing process and influences.

Literature Matters: Identity and Idealism

Hari Kunzru reflects on what literature means to us; whether its meaning changes when you develop from a reader into a writer; and whether fiction should have political ramifications.

Why Literature Matters – interview with Tracy Chevalier

How digital, mobile literature can foster gender equality

By Giulia Pelosi, Worldreader Gender Specialist

A Civil Engineer’s View

Retired civil engineer Gyan Shrivastava on why literature matters to him.

Literature Matters: The democracy of reading

For the second of our Literature Matters event RSL Vice President Philip Pullman discusses the importance of reading.

Imagination in Action (full transcript)

A full transcript of RSL President Marina Warner's talk 'Literature Matters: Imagination in Action'

Reader

A poem by Grahame Davies.

Literature Matters: imagination in action

Marina Warner looks at the interactions of stories and power in unsettled times.

Why literature matters

The idea that literature can make us emotionally and physically stronger goes back to Plato. RSL Fellow and Vice-Chair of Council Blake Morrison on why Shakespeare is more beneficial than self-help guides.