In this interview we chat to Ann Cleeves about her ninth instalment in the DCI Vera Stanhope series The Darkest Evening, her writing process and how writing can help with personal wellbeing.
Durham Book Festival is right around the corner, so this edition of our staff reads looks at some of the brilliant books we're celebrating on our festival programme. Find out the whole programme and more at the Durham Book Festival website!
In January 2020, Linda France was appointed New Writing North and Newcastle University's Climate Writer in Residence, a year-long post. Her most recent post sees her discussing Weather by Jenny Offill.
Becci Sharrock, Project Producer for Gateshead Young Writers, reflects on the first year of our Gateshead Young Writers programme.
We may not be going on holiday this year, but we can still travel the world through literature. We asked translator Katharine Halls to recommend some of her favourites.
The Poetry Book Society has been inspiring generations of poets and poetry fans since 1953. You might not believe it from the weather but summer is here and that means that the PBS summer selection is too!
Carcanet Press has been been publishing outstanding poetry in English and translation from around the globe for over half a century. They talk us through some of this year's exciting releases.
Forum Books is an award-winning, independent bookshop in the heart of Corbridge. In our guest blog they talk about the books they've been loving recently.
We recommend some recent books by brilliant Black writers working in the North of England.
In this interview we talk to Eliza Clark about her debut novel Boy Parts, a pitch-black comedy both shocking and hilarious, fearlessly exploring the taboo regions of sexuality and gender roles in the twenty-first century.
The NWN staff share their recent reads and what books they're looking forward to this summer.
