In the run-up to the launch of her debut novel in the UK, award winning writer Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi tells us about the inspiration behind Kintu, writing Uganda and the impact of the North on her writing.
The Book Corner is an independent bookshop set in the newly refurbished historic Piece Hall in Halifax. In this post Katie Ashworth tell us more about the Book Corner, what they have all been reading this year and the books they suggest to keep an eye on.
Paul Anthony Jones gives us a sneak peak into his new book The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities in the form of rarely used wintery words that will warm the language centre of the brain.
Group leader, Helen Parker tells us how she found our New Parents' Book Group and how it helped not only to get back into her reading habits after having her little boy, but also helped her connect with like-minded new parents.
The Poetry Book Society was founded in 1953 by T S Eliot and is now based in Newcastle at Inpress. In this post, PBS's Alice Mullen guides us through a list of their poetry highlights.
Dead Ink Books is an independent publisher based in the North of England. In this article, publishing director Nathan Connolly tells us more about Dead Ink Books and their current and future projects.
After five years of directing our children's theatre tour, Ruth Johnson writers about her experience, from negotiating a three metre pirate mast into a two metre ceilinged space to discussing The Tummy Rumble Rhumba with an audience member who has, quite literally, grown with the tour.
Sarah Dunnakey submitted the first three draft chapters of her novel The Companion for the Northern Writers’ Awards 2014. Three years on she writes about her experience of applying and winning, just before her appearance at the NWAs 2017 Yorkshire Roadshow.
Penned in the Margins is in the shortlist for the Clarissa Luard Award for independent publishers. Founder and Director, Tom Chivers discusses how the company began and what makes them unique.
Little Toller Books is one of the shortlisted publishers for the Clarissa Luard Award. In this blog Founder, Adrian Cooper provides insight into how the company came to be, while expressing their aims for the future.
Author Gwendoline Riley discusses the theme of personal conflict and her Gordon Burn Prize-shortlisted book First Love.
Author Lara Pawson discusses memory and objectivity in relation to her autobiographical This is the Place to Be, shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize.
