Founded in 1790, the RLF helps writers in financial need and annually delivers over £5 million in grants, education, and outreach programmes.
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My book STRAIGHT JACKET about lgbt mental health was published 10 years ago and the @royallitfund were kind enough to ask me to reflect on ten years of it being out in the world. rlf.org.uk/posts/a-decade-on…
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Need help with your academic writing?
Support sessions with our Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Alexander Masters, start on 15 Oct 2025 for all current Cambridge University students and staff.
To book, email alexander.masters@rlfeducation.org.uk.
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NHS West London Wellbeing & Recovery College in partnership with the Royal Literary Fund are running 5 free workshops. Developing and delivering education and tools to support wellbeing and the self-management of mental health difficulties. buff.ly/Yz90jwc
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Happy to say I'll be a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Cambridge this year. You can hear two original audio scripts I wrote & recorded for the RLF here:
rlf.org.uk/writer/nick-bradl…
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Lancaster’s Reading Round will be one of a network of only sixteen in the country funded by the Royal Literary Fund in 2025/26
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Ashdown Forest poetry competition in partnership with writers and poets Kathryn Aalto and Fiona Sampson, and The Ashdown Forest Foundation and The Royal Literary Fund.
This year’s theme is ‘Connections’.
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#AshdownForest #Poetry #PoetryCompetition
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📚 My Writing Life with Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize–winning author and Chair of Booker 2025.
Read more: rlf.org.uk/showcase/my-writi…
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"War not only shatters linear stories but also destroys those writing them."
Read Julian Evans for the @royallitfund on Ukraine’s writers at war, and the life and death of Victoria Amelina - winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing.
rlf.org.uk/posts/ukraines-wr…
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🎧 July’s Collected Podcasts are live!
🎙 Ep 487: Rosemary Jenkinson on fearless writing & untold stories.
🎙 Ep 488: Jonathan Edwards on poetry, teaching & resilience.
Tune in: podcast.rlf.org.uk/
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Episode 50 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry focuses on Nina Ramzan who recalls leaving her home in Ukraine a decade ago before the Russian invasion. Nina found a new home in Cardiff in Wales and has since helped her mother and others to migrate bit.ly/40wmMVt
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Episode 49 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the entrepreneur Sherwin Acebuche recalls how he has wrestled with the tension of his dual British and Filipino identity and found contentment within it bit.ly/44TW4Hw
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'I like to say I wanted to become a writer from the moment I was born but maybe that wasn't quite true.' Meet @candygourlay in conversation with Sita Brahmachari discussing making the ordinary world extraordinary and more bit.ly/3GOu1kO
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Wishing Her Majesty The Queen a very happy birthday!
As Royal Patron of the Royal Literary Fund, we are proud to celebrate her continued support for our charity work with writers, students, and communities across the UK and for her love of literature.
Photo credit: Hugo Burnand
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RLF Fellows’ July news: new books from @theapy, @sfletcherauthor & Thomas McMullan; Andrew Miller wins @waltscottprize; Winnie-the-Pooh storytelling at @HillsCastle all summer.
Read more: rlf.org.uk/posts/rlf-fellows…
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RLF Reading Round groups return this summer! 📚
Join one of our free, relaxed book-loving groups led by professional writers across the UK - no homework needed.
Find your local group here: rlf.org.uk/reading-round-gro…
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Join @WritersMosaic at @southbankcentre for We Were There - a night of music, film, poetry & prose celebrating Northern talent.
Hosted by Colin Grant with @Lanre_Bakare, @Malikabooker, Bea Freeman & @hellodaudi ✨
Details: writersmosaic.org.uk/events/…
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Have you explored our brand new trail yet? 🙋 The Disney Winnie the Pooh Hunny Hunt is a great family day out 🤩
📆 Don't forget, we're now open 7 days a week! So pop down any day for lots of family fun...
🎟️ Kids go free to the gardens 🌿
ALT Three people, one adult and two children, are outdoors exploring a large, whimsical door set into the base of a tree, suggestive of a fairy tale setting. The children are touching the door, looking curious and excited.
ALT A group of three people and plush toys, including Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, enjoying a picnic on a checkered blanket in a lush garden with a classic estate in the background.
ALT A person and two children explore purple flowers at a botanical garden.
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In remembrance of Leah Chillery, the playwright, screenwriter and actress who died recently, we share here her interview from 2021 with the writer for screen and stage @xymyorkrapper. Leah spills the beans on being an actor, a writer and a Northerner bit.ly/46xrVA8
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