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North East writer Arlene Pearson talks about how she has drawn inspiration from Jane Austen, two hundred years on from when the author died.
Heather Askwith, leader of the Warkworth Cuckoo Young Writers group, talks about theme: what it means, how to recognise it and how it can improve your writing.
Deborah Andrews is the author of Walking the Lights, which has been described as ‘a feminist Withnail and I’ and was shortlisted for the Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize 2016. It has been one of the featured books in New Writing North’s Read Regional 2017 campaign.
John Donoghue – author of The Death’s Head Chess Club – talks about his experience of participating in Read Regional 2017, as one of our twelve chosen writers from across the North.
For many weeks now, the South Shields chapter of Cuckoo Young Writers have been working with Matt Wesolowski and myself, exploring dark fiction. Amongst other things, we have written about demonic possession, black-eyed children, rabid pugs, and devilish carrots.
Author Naomi Booth is currently taking part in our Read Regional campaign, touring the length and breadth of the North to discuss her novella, The Lost Art of Sinking. Here she talks about the wide range of libraries she has visited and the interesting people she has met.
Claire Malcolm, New Writing North’s Chief Executive reports on a special event: the announcement of the Julia Darling Travel Fellowship.
Papaya Press is a small independent press based in the North East. Its founder Lauren Vevers recently spoke with Book and Brew about the writing process and explained how she, and Papaya Press, are exploring it.
The BookTrail is a literary travel agency, which offers readers and travellers alike the chance to travel via fiction and see a location through the eyes of an author and their characters. Here, Susan from The BookTrail tells us some more about it…
The author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper talks about her experience of taking part in Read Regional 2017…
In the last few months, I have been lead writer for two brand new Cuckoo Young Writers groups in Durham and South Shields. It's a strange feeling, being at the forefront of a new endeavour. I don't think I've ever experienced it before, or maybe I have; yet it hasn't mattered as much as this.
