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Founded in 1790, the RLF helps writers in financial need and annually delivers over £5 million in grants, education, and outreach programmes.
London
Joined September 2014
We're often asked if there are other organisations writers can reach out to for support if they are self-published or when they don't meet the eligibility criteria for one of our hardship grants. Recommend organisations that can support can be found here:.
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📚 My Writing Life with Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize–winning author and Chair of Booker 2025. Read more:
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RT @TheOrwellPrize: "War not only shatters linear stories but also destroys those writing them." . Read Julian Evans for the @royallitfund….
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Julian Evans on the life and work of Orwell Prize-winning Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina, and the fragmented nature of writing about war.
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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:
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RT @writersmosaic: Episode 50 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry focuses on Nina Ramzan who recalls leaving her home in Ukraine a decade ago before the….
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Nina Ramzan, who qualified as a doctor in Ukraine, recalls leaving her home in Ukraine for Cardiff for What We Leave We Carry
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RT @writersmosaic: Episode 49 of #WhatWeLeaveWeCarry, the entrepreneur Sherwin Acebuche recalls how he has wrestled with the tension of his….
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For What We Leave We Carry, the podcast about migration to the UK, Sherwin Acebuche describes the tension of his British/Filipino identity
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RT @writersmosaic: 'I like to say I wanted to become a writer from the moment I was born but maybe that wasn't quite true.' Meet @candygour….
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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:
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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:
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The Royal Literary Fund's Reading Round groups run from September to June, with most groups fully booked by the spring.
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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:
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RT @HillsCastle: Have you explored our brand new trail yet? 🙋 The Disney Winnie the Pooh Hunny Hunt is a great family day out 🤩 . 📆 Don't f….
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RT @writersmosaic: In remembrance of Leah Chillery, the playwright, screenwriter and actress who died recently, we share here her interview….
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Our brilliant RLF Fellow Sheena Wilkinson has been sharing stories in Owl’s Book Corner as part of Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh Hunny Hunt trail at Hillsborough Castle with @historicroyalpalaces📚 Catch our RLF storytellers there all summer long!.Credit: Charlene Farrell © Disney
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RT @writersmosaic: In less than 300 pages of his history of Black Britain’s recent culture outside of the M25 @Lanre_Bakare has made a ver….
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Max Farrah's review of Guardian journalist Lanre Bakare's non-fiction survey of Black British culture outside the M25
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RT @writersmosaic: 'What a beautiful cloud, I thought', the Iranian visual artist Maryam Firuzi's diary of the first days of being under at….
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Maryam Firuzi's diary of the first days of being under attack from Israel in her home in Tehran in June 2025 and her struggles to leave
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RT @Clinks_Tweets: ✍️ Last Chance! Join the free writing development workshop for CJS practitioners! Join NCJAA & Royal Literary Fund on 8….
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RT @writersmosaic: We are all northern now! Join us on Friday 11 July for a night of music, poetry & discussion @southbankcentre inspired b….
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We are all northern now! What would Britain look like if we turned it on its head and the north had all the money and attention rather than the soft, entitled south? Would Britain become as miserable...
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RT @Waterstones: Just announced, the 2025 @wainwrightprize longlists! 🎉. Celebrating the finest nature, travel and environmental writing th….
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RT @Shadow2train: I'm starting a 'Reading Round' group in Lancaster at the @gregsoncentre on behalf of the @royallitfund. It's FREE and o….
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