The NWN Journal is a place for us to share insights from across our work, as well as for writers from the North to share the ideas that interest them.
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Read Regional writer Jane Austin, author of News from Nowhere, reflects on the importance of the damning impacts of war and the value of remembering our shared history through reading.
Two-time Read Regional author A.A. Dhand (author of City of Sinners, Girl Zero) delves into the highlights of his experience on tour this year.
Anna Woodford's work from her poetry collection, Changing Room, has been featured across the region as part of the Great Exhibition of the North. In this post, Anna expands on 10 things she learnt from the process and the value of grafting.
Antony Dunn's poetry collection, Take This One to Bed, featured in Read Regional 2018. In this post, he reflects a childhood spent buried in the basement of Grimsby Library.
Author and poet Carmen Marcus celebrated the launch of her book and the birth of her baby boy in quick succession. Her Read Regional experience allowed her not only to tour with her book How Saints Die, but also to practice her book/baby balancing act.
Lisette Auton is a writer, spoken word performer, creative practitioner and theatre maker. Disability dealt a huge sucker-punch to Lisette's dreams of conquering the universe and lead to darkened room bed bound years, walking sticks and wheelchairs. Undefeated, she shares her experience as a Freelancer.
Since 1996, New Writing North has helped identify and develop new talent through a range of initiatives. Today we are discussing why projects like the Northern Writers' Awards and Penguin Random House's WriteNow are so important to a flourishing literary landscape.
Richard Smyth's Read Regional title A Sweet, Wild Note takes him into the woodland searching for birdsong, combining author event with nature trail.
The Garden Village Book Club is a new book group that meets in Gosforth. Started just in February, the group have already read a lot of titles - some more popular than others. In this post, group leader Lynne lets us know what they have read so far.
The Big Malarkey Festival is Hull Libraries' children's literature festival, taking place over 4 days in June. Find out which children's books festival programmer, Ellen is most looking forward to this Summer.
Saraband is a new addition to the literary landscape of the North, after moving their publishing base to the thriving city of Manchester. Here, they give us an update on the books they have brought into the world.
The Poetry Book Society is a unique poetry book club, founded by T.S. Eliot and based in Newcastle. Every quarter their selectors choose the best new poetry books to deliver to their members alongside the PBS Bulletin magazine full of poems, interviews, reviews and offers. Here's an insight into their Summer poetry picks.
