Royal Literary Fellows
There is one Fellow from the Royal Literary Fund placed at Goldsmiths.
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The Royal Literary Fellows are professional writers from the Royal Literary Fund who offer one-to-one tutorials at Goldsmiths to help students improve their academic writing skills. The principal aim of the Fellows' work is to foster good writing practise across all disciplines.
They offer a free, confidential service to students of any discipline, at any level of study. Staff are also welcome to book an appointment.
Sign up for a one-to-one tutorial to help you:
- Plan your study time
- Focus your reading for essay, dissertation or thesis writing
- Express your ideas more clearly
- Answer grammar and punctuation questions
- Discover reading to improve your writing and editing skills
- Increase your writing skills with the aim of improving your grades
- Improve any academic writing – essays, reports, theses, dissertations, book chapters
- Please note that RLF Writing Fellows do not undertake proofreading or EAP tuition
Book an appointment
To book Royal Literary Fellow appointments, please email
- taran.khan@rlfeducation.org.uk (Wednesday and Thursday)
Appointments are available:
- 20 October – 14 December 2025
- 12 January – 29 March 2026
- 13 April – 28 June 2026
Appointments are usually in person, but online can be offered by request.
Meet the Fellow
Taran N. Khan
Taran N. Khan is an award winning journalist and non-fiction writer. Her first book, Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul was published by Penguin Random House in the UK (Chatto&Windus) and India in 2019. It won the Tata Literature Live! First Book award, as well as the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year award.