RSL Remembers: Fleur Adcock Recordings
Fleur Adcock’s work defined a new tone in 20th century poetry. Her writing was, and remains, beloved by poets, teachers and a wide range of readers, who value her incisive wit, beautiful frankness and often surprising humour. To quote Carol Ann Duffy’s description of Fleur Adcock’s poetry: “The sharper edge of her talent is encountered like […]
Literature Matters: Michael Imperioli and Ocean Vuong
Please enjoy Michael Imperioli and Ocean Vuong in this exclusive online conversation about their writing and the importance of literature in their lives. Both Michael and Ocean published their debut novels in recent years, The Perfume Burned His Eyes and On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous respectively. They discussed the experience of writing and releasing […]
Newcastle Poetry Festival 2023
Celebrating its seventh year, the Newcastle Poetry Festival theme last year was ‘Community’, exploring poetry’s contribution to different communities and the power of writing collectives to encourage creativity. As part of the festival on the 13 May, we introduced RSL Fellow Sandeep Parmar, who gave a lecture on ‘Motherhood, Whiteness and Empathy in Contemporary British Poetry’: considering […]
Literature Matters: Top Tips with Salena Godden
Watch RSL Fellow Salena Godden share her advice for what she find helps in her writing.
Literature Matters: Top Tips with Peter Frankopan 5 of 5
Watch RSL Fellow Peter Frankopan share his advice for what he finds helps in his writing.
Literature Matters: Top Tips with Peter Frankopan 4 of 5
Watch RSL Fellow Peter Frankopan share his advice for what he finds helps in his writing.
Literature Matters: Top Tips with Peter Frankopan 3 of 5
Watch RSL Fellow Peter Frankopan share his advice for what he finds helps in his writing.
Literature Matters: Top Tips with Peter Frankopan 2 of 5
Watch RSL Fellow Peter Frankopan share his advice for what he finds helps in his writing.
Literature Matters: Top Tips with Peter Frankopan 1 of 5
Watch RSL Fellow Peter Frankopan share his advice for what he finds helps in his writing.
Literature Matters: Top Tips with Deborah Moggach 5 of 5
Watch RSL Fellow Deborah Moggach share her advice for what she find helps in her writing.
Literature Matters: Top Tips with Deborah Moggach 4 of 5
Watch RSL Fellow Deborah Moggach share her advice for what she find helps in her writing.
Literature Matters: Top Tips with Deborah Moggach 3 of 5
Watch RSL Fellow Deborah Moggach share her advice for what she find helps in her writing.