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A Room of My Own: A Survey of What UK Writers Need to Work

A Room of My Own: A Survey of What UK Writers Need to Work

In 2019, Dalloway Day celebrates the 90th anniversary of Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. With newly commissioned essays, a survey of UK writers, and a competition and workshops for young people across th …
New research into the impact of reading

New research into the impact of reading

The Reading Agency has commissioned a new report from think tank Demos to demonstrate the power of reading to tackle big societal challenges: loneliness and isolation, health and wellbeing and social …
Maureen Duffy on the banning of ‘The Microcosm’ for Banned Books Week 2018

Maureen Duffy on the banning of ‘The Microcosm’ for Banned Books Week 2018

Read a mini interview, in our online library, with RSL Vice President Maureen Duffy, about the banning of her novel The Microcosm in 1966. The RSL is  part of the Banned Books Week UK partnership with …
RSL condemns attack on Bookmarks Bookshop

RSL condemns attack on Bookmarks Bookshop

On Saturday 4 August, The Bookmarks Bookshop in central London was was attacked by a group who attempted to intimidate staff and customers and to destroy books and materials. Read the BBC report and G …
Literature Matters campaign

Literature Matters campaign

Today, Tuesday 26 September, the RSL launches its Literature Matters progamme which aims to highlight the power and value of great writing. And it asks writers and readers to help – with contributions …
Our Shared European Future

Our Shared European Future

Over 400 educational, cultural and scientific organisations (including the Royal Society of Literature) and representatives across Europe have endorsed the Our Shared European Future recommendations, …
Marina Warner is elected first female President of the RSL

Marina Warner is elected first female President of the RSL

Following Colin Thubron’s hugely successful presidency Marina Warner has been elected the RSL’s 19th President. She will be President Elect until the election is ratified at the RSL’s AGM of Fellows o …
Literature in Britain Today

Literature in Britain Today

As the national body responsible under Royal Charter for ‘the advancement of literature’ in the UK, we have decided to ask the nation what it thinks about literature. Our ground-breaking opinion poll, …
The RSL supports Fair Terms for Authors

The RSL supports Fair Terms for Authors

The RSL is supporting an open letter that the Society of Authors has written to publishers to ask them to help improve authors’ earnings by addressing contractual terms. The letter is part of an inter …
Writing the Future: Black and Asian Authors and Publishers in the UK Marketplace

Writing the Future: Black and Asian Authors and Publishers in the UK Marketplace

A new report commissioned by Spread the Word, London’s writer development agency, reveals that the publishing industry’s poor commitment to diversity is putting it at risk of becoming culturally irrel …