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Naomi Booth’s taxonomy of libraries: Read Regional 2017
12 June 2017 by
Author Naomi Booth is currently taking part in our Read Regional campaign, touring the length and breadth of the North...
Bon Voyage! NWN’s Claire Malcolm on the Julia Darling Travel Fellowship
08 June 2017 by
Above (Left to right): Michelle Green, Chloe Daykin and Emma McGordon, the 2015-17 winners of the fellowship Claire Malcolm, New...
Young Writers’ Talent Fund: Exploring the writing process with Papaya Press
12 May 2017 by
Papaya Press is a small independent press based in the North East. Its founder Lauren Vevers recently spoke with Book and...
The Venn diagram of people who get published and people who listen to editorial advice is a circle
08 May 2017 by
I’m currently spending a day a week working as the editor for Cuckoo Review – an online publication, run by New Writing...
Spotlight on The BookTrail: A Literary Travel Agency
28 April 2017 by
The BookTrail is a literary travel agency, which offers readers and travellers alike the chance to travel via fiction and...
Phaedra Patrick’s Read Regional experience so far
27 April 2017 by
The author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper talks about her experience of taking part in Read Regional 2017…...
Making Monsters with Cuckoo Young Writers
21 April 2017 by
In the last few months, I have been lead writer for two brand new Cuckoo Young Writers groups in Durham...
Choose Your Own Ending at The Word
13 April 2017 by
The leader of South Shields’ Cuckoo Young Writers group talks about an exciting new multimedia project he is working on...
Leading rap sessions as part of Young Writers’ City
13 April 2017 by
Kema Kay is a 23-year-old rapper and actor who recently played China in the award-winning Ken Loach film I, Daniel,...
Exploring utopias and dystopias with Young Writers’ City students
10 April 2017 by
As part of our Young Writers’ City project, poet Bob Beagrie has been working with a Year 8 and a...
Writing melodies with Young Writers’ City
07 April 2017 by
For this blog I was asked to think about an aspect of the work that’s been interesting or challenging or...
My first half term leading Durham Cuckoo Young Writers
06 April 2017 by
Lisa writes about her experience so far of leading Durham’s Cuckoo Young Writers group. Held weekly in term time, our...
