Read, Watch & Listen
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The Julia Darling Travel Fellowship: Chloe Daykin in Norway
14 February 2018 by
Thanks to this fellowship I’ve been to places I could never have been and done things I would never have...
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The Julia Darling Travel Fellowship: Emma McGordon in San Francisco
08 February 2018 by
I like synchronicity. I like tracing back a long thread of time, people, and decisions to understand where I am...
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The ups and downs of writing about your own mental health
01 February 2018 by
I’m not one for secrets. The Myers-Briggs personality profiling tool validates that statement. I score incredibly high on the extrovert...
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Where I Write: Yvonne Battle-Felton
29 January 2018 by
It’s nearly 10 AM. I have just finished a breakfast of my five-a-day: Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Outlook, and Instagram. I’m...
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Four Things for Your Northern Writers’ Awards Application
23 January 2018 by
As we reach the end of the entry period, applications for Northern Writers’ Awards 2018 are coming in thick and...
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Writing Workshops with the Big Read in Dene Community School
22 January 2018 by
Over six weeks, writer Bob Beagrie and I took two groups of year 9 students on a whistle-stop tour of...
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Where I Write: Sarah Dunnakey
19 January 2018 by
As a freelance TV quiz question-writer and verifier, I spend hours at my desk working on my computer. The job...
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Laura Steven: Tórshavn and Waters and Harbours in the North
17 January 2018 by
When New Writing North first invited me to attend a week-long residency in the Faroe Islands, as part of the...
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Degna Stone: Reykjavík and Waters and Harbours in the North
16 January 2018 by
Since going freelance I’ve found it increasingly hard to squeeze writing into the gaps between projects and family commitments; so...
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Michael Chaplin: Newcastle and Waters and Harbours in the North
16 January 2018 by
It was our third day together and we were on our way to the Farne Islands via Seahouses, taking a...
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Mark Illis: Gothenburg and Waters and Harbours in the North
16 January 2018 by
Early start. On my way to Gothenburg to take part in a project on water and harbours. I’m through Duty...
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Where I Write: Amy Lord
12 January 2018 by
It probably says a lot about me that, despite spending a fair portion of my time writing and blogging, I...