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The North Recommends: Poetry Book Society
14 June 2019 by
The Poetry Book Society was founded by T.S. Eliot to deliver the best new poetry books to members every quarter....
The North Recommends: Young Writers’ Reads
14 June 2019 by
Not That Kind of Girl This book is truly incredible, a work of fantastic feminism driven cleverly into a classical...
The North Recommends: Book and Brew Reading Group
14 June 2019 by
Book and Brew is a book group based in Newcastle. It’s been going since 2015 when its founder, Dawn McGuigan,...
What we’re reading: Summer edition
14 June 2019 by
Claire Malcolm I’ve read some excellent books so far this year and would like to particularly recommend White Tears by Hari Kunzru...
Read Regional: Connections
12 June 2019 by
“It seems there’s a sense of disconnect between you and your father.” I’m in South Shields at The Word, and...
Read Regional: Nature on the Road
03 June 2019 by
My Read Regional events began with a visit to Darlington Library. Working with the library’s reading group, it was an...
Read: Who We Are by Excelsior Academy
03 June 2019 by
Read: Journeys by Amble Young Writers
03 June 2019 by
Rich Seams: Exploring the New Poetry of the North
23 May 2019 by
When I was first invited by Durham University and New Writing North to be the laureate of Durham Book Festival...
Working Class Writers’ Week: The Sid Chaplin Award
17 May 2019 by
In the early months of 1941 – the darkest time of the Second World War – a young pitman took...
Young Writers’ Groups – Summer Term
17 May 2019 by
This term at South Shields we started off using our favorite books to inspire some writing around World Book Night 2019. The...
Young Writers’ City at Hamilton
17 May 2019 by
*Contains some spoilers about Hamilton Engaging young people in theatre can be hard (in fact, engaging adults in theatre can...
