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We Call Them Witches: Interview with India-Rose Bower
12 December 2025 by
Yorkshire-based writer India-Rose Bower’s atmospheric debut novel, We Call Them Witches, celebrates the love and loyalty of family in the...
Stanley Sings: An intergenerational song by the people of Stanley
12 December 2025 by
Writer Bob Beagrie and singer/songwriter Sara Dennis have been collaborating with children from St Joseph's Primary School and residents of Townley Court, a retirement housing complex, in Stanley to create a new song for the town.
From one writer to another: Sifting the Hachette Children’s Novel Awards
04 November 2025 by
Hannah Drinkwater, a Publishing MA student at Northumbria University, tells us about her experience sifting entries for the Hachette Children’s...
Voice Notes at the PRS New Music Biennial
04 November 2025 by
This summer, Voice Notes came to life on stage as part of the PRS New Music Biennial. In collaboration with...
Forged in the North
14 October 2025 by
20 campus novels for your back-to-school fix
22 September 2025 by
There’s something about autumn and the back-to-school season that seems to revive the inner academic in us all. Get that...
New and Recent Poetry from the North: Autumn 2025
22 September 2025 by
It’s another brilliant season for Northern poetry. Find a new collection to accompany your fireside evenings – including a special...
What We’re Reading: Durham Book Festival 2025 Edition
22 September 2025 by
Durham Book Festival returns for another year from 10-12 October 2025. Before you plan your festival weekend, find out about...
The North Recommends: Read. Bookshop Holmfirth
22 September 2025 by
Book lovers of Holmfirth and beyond, we’ve found your new favourite bookshop. Discover more about Read, which was opened in...
Up Above the City: Interview with Clare Weze
22 September 2025 by
Up Above the City is a topical and moving middle-grade novel by Northern Writers’ Award-winner Clare Weze, tackling the real theme...
Films, poetry and plays created at Young Writers’ Summer workshops
19 September 2025 by
From thoughtful poetry and collage-making to a boisterous ten-minute play, find out what our Young Writers got up to over the summer.
West End Writes Spring Celebration
19 August 2025 by
The West End Writes Spring Celebration in May 2025 at the John Marley Centre in Newcastle’s West End was a...
