Read, Watch & Listen
The North Recommends: Alfred Bar Book Club
16 December 2019 by
Alfred Book Club, Meanwood, Leeds How did the book group get started? It all began back in 2017 in...
New Writing North – Books of the Year 2019
16 December 2019 by
With the festive season in full swing and 2020 nearly upon us, here at New Writing North we’ve been getting nostalgic and looking...
The North Recommends: The Poetry Book Society’s Gift Guide
16 December 2019 by
Look no further for the perfect poetic gift this Christmas! We’re delighted to share our Poetry Book Society Gift Guide,...
The North Recommends: Waterstones Bookshop Durham
16 December 2019 by
Waterstones Bookshop on Saddler Street, in the heart of the beautiful and historic Durham City, is a warm and welcoming...
Interview with Jenn Ashworth
16 December 2019 by
Notes Made While Falling is both a genre-bending memoir and a cultural study of traumatised and sickened selves in fiction...
The Making of Recovery Songs
17 October 2019 by
When I slowly began to get well from a crippling mental illness that led to a chronic drug and alcohol...
Ten Words for a Northern Landscape
16 October 2019 by
A new podcast about an ancient dale from journalist and broadcaster Caroline Beck.
What working on Stitched taught me about young people
30 September 2019 by
Stitched: A Hip Hopera has been an incredibly special project to work on, and one that I feel privileged to...
The North Recommends: ABC Book Club
19 September 2019 by
We started our book club, ABC, about 21 years ago in Horsforth, Leeds. Our children were all at primary school...
Interview with Okechukwu Nzelu
19 September 2019 by
Nnenna Maloney is a teenage girl juggling friendships, school and sex. But as she approaches womanhood she also wants to...
The North Recommends: Bloodaxe Books
19 September 2019 by
Neil Astley founded Bloodaxe Books in 1978 to give a platform to emerging new poets, many from the North of...
The North Recommends: The Poetry Book Society
19 September 2019 by
The Poetry Book Society’s Autumn Selections are among our most striking yet. Spanning across the globe from US legend Jericho...
