Journal

Poetry lovers, read on to find out about some of the best new and recent work by poets in the North and get some ideas for Christmas gifting.

Much With Body is the startlingly original second collection by poet and Northern Writers' Award winner Polly Atkin. In this interview, we talk to Polly about her inspiration, research and hopes for this collection.

This year NWN Young Writers worked with Larkspur Primary School exploring the theme of bravery. Find out more about the project and watch the films we produced with the students.

We discussed The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen, who is a prize-winning and bestselling Norwegian author that some of us had not come across before. The book concerns the now vanished way of life of a family who scrape a subsistence living on a tiny island off the coast of Norway in the early 20th century.

Claire Malcolm describes the action we have taken in the last 2 years to address the pressing global issue of the Climate Emergency.

Nicola Liu is a writer and editor and a member of the Climate Reading Group. The group met in September 2021 to talk about Gigantic Cinema. Here is Nicola’s review of this anthology of weather.

Climate Writer-in-Residence Linda France reports on her experiences and observations from Glasgow during COP26.

With Durham Book Festival fast approaching, our TBR and currently reading lists are filling up with fantastic books from the festival. Read here to find out the books we're currently loving as well as the ones we can't wait to read, and make sure to visit the DBF website to see the full programme!

As Northern poets continue to produce amazing work, Will Mackie continues to read it. Here is Will's roundup of some of his favourite new poetry from the North.

In this interview we talk to John D. Rutter about his new novel Approval, which won the Northbound Book Award 2020 and was consequently published by Saraband in August 2021.

Fox & Windmill Books is an independent publisher founded and based in the industrial city of Bradford, focused on publishing British South Asian writers. Hear from founder Habiba Desai about where their company name came from, what their main goals are and some of the exciting things they're working on.