Read, Watch & Listen
Climate Reading Group: Weather
28 August 2020 by
Not what you’d expect from a book about Climate Change, Jenny Offill’s Weather was something of a relief for this...
Who You Really Are
22 August 2020 by
An animated music video created by Y6 pupils at Kelvin Grove Primary School in Gateshead.
In the Studio with Bryan and Mary Talbot
02 August 2020 by
In this specially commissioned film, Mary and Bryan talk about their collaborative process and show us where and how they work.
Inside the Archives – Books in Exile and the Women who Cared for Them with Jennie Aspinall
02 August 2020 by
This event will introduce you to the Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, using their amazing rare book collection at Palace Green Library.
Inside the Archives: Writing Durham with Dr Laura McKenzie
02 August 2020 by
This Inside the Archives session draws on Dr. McKenzie's recent Writing Durham project, which aimed to chart the County’s literature of place.
Outlandish
01 August 2020 by
Outlandish is a collaborative work of poetry and drawing by the writers Jo Clement and Damian Le Bas and the artist W. John Hewitt. This was a Durham Book Festival 2019 commission.
Guided Walk: A Literary Pilgrimage of Durham
01 August 2020 by
Hear stories of ancient scribes, poets, prize winning authors, political discourse, and folklore; and see Durham from a new perspective.
DBC Pierre: The Long Cascade
01 August 2020 by
We are delighted to present The Long Cascade, an exclusive commission from Booker Prize winning author DBC Pierre.
Fatima Bhutto: A World on Fire
01 August 2020 by
Fatima Bhutto reads from and discusses an exclusive essay A World on Fire, commissioned by New Writing North in partnership with English PEN.
Gateshead Young Writers’ City Year 1 Reflective Blog
15 July 2020 by
Just before the news was really talking about the Covid-19 outbreak in China, and certainly before it had registered the...
Climate Reading Group: Love Letter to the Earth: Thich Nhat Hanh
26 June 2020 by
Love Letter to the Earth: Thich Nhat Hanh In February I went to Julie’s Bicycle’s ’We Make Tomorrow’ event in...
Recommendations in Translation
19 June 2020 by
Katharine Halls is an Arabic-to-English translator. Her translation, with Adam Talib, of Raja Alem’s novel The Dove’s Necklace received the...
