Read, Watch & Listen
Read Regional: Author on Tour
27 April 2018 by
Usually, when a novel comes out I’ve found you have about six weeks. Six weeks of daily notifications on Twitter...
Location, Location, Location
23 April 2018 by
Dream up a cast of interesting characters, shovel plenty of adversity at them, and how they cope makes for the...
Young Writers’ Talent Fund: Dani Watson
13 April 2018 by
I first came into contact with Isis Arts through New Writing North’s project ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’,...
Self-publishing: The sin and the shame
05 April 2018 by
Four years ago, I began work on my novel. It would be called The Namesake and it would be my...
Two Heads Are Better Than One
27 March 2018 by
Last year, after Chapel FM’s Writing on Air festival, Rosalind Fairclough (aka the poet Rosalind York) and I decided to...
The North recommends: Poetry Book Society
09 March 2018 by
Every quarter our expert Selectors choose the best new poetry books for our members. Despite the snow, we’ve just launched...
The North recommends: Book Corner, Saltburn
09 March 2018 by
I opened Book Corner in a tiny shop unit back in 2014, and moved into larger premises last year. It’s...
Featured publisher: Valley Press
09 March 2018 by
Independent Scarborough-based publishing house Valley Press is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a bumper crop of new titles....
The North recommends: Rhyme and Reason
09 March 2018 by
Rhyme & Reason is Sheffield’s only independent bookshop, which people often describe as an Aladdin’s cave when they see the...
The North recommends: Hexham Book Group
09 March 2018 by
Hexham Book Group has been running for seven years and we have recently re-located to the convivial setting of Bin...
Interview with Laura Steven
09 March 2018 by
The Exact Opposite of Okay follows the story of Izzy O’Neill in the wake of a revenge porn scandal. When photos...
What we’re reading – NWN reads Read Regional 2018
09 March 2018 by
We run Read Regional in partnership with 23 library authorities across the North, where you will find all of the...
