Royal Literary Fellows
There are two Fellows from the Royal Literary Fund placed at Goldsmiths for 2022/2023.
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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 Fellows appointments, please email
- simon.robson@rlfeducation.org.uk (Monday and Tuesday)
- sonia.faleiro@rlfeducation.org.uk (Thursday and Friday)
Appointments are available
- 24 October – 16 December 2022
- 16 January – 31 March 2023
- 17 April – 30 June 2023
Meet the Fellows
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Simon Robson
Simon studied Social and Political Sciences and then trained as an actor before becoming a freelance writer. He has published two books - a collection of short stories, The Separate Heart and a novel, Catch.

Sonia Faleiro
Sonia Faleiro is a non-fiction writer and journalist. Her new book The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing (Bloomsbury, 2021) was longlisted for The Royal Society of Literature of Ondaatje Prize and the 2022 ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. It was The New York Times Editor’s Choice.