Blog Posts
Interviews, stories and useful advice: our blog is regularly updated with a broad range of new articles to read, including content from our Northern Bookshelf quarterly newsletter.
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Imagining a future career in literature: Lucy Twigg on her experience with Turn Up for the Books
22 November 2023 by
Lucy Twigg reflects on how meeting writers and readers fuelled her confidence to pursue her own creative path.
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Readers, Writers and Book Reviews: Catherine Dent on her time as a young programmer at Durham Book Festival
21 November 2023 by
Catherine Dent reflects on how this year’s team played their part in the festival, and everything they learned along the way.
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Lockhaugh Farm Writing Retreat Weekend
13 November 2023 by
2023 Northern Writers' Award winner Jane Thomas describes her experience on the writing retreat at Lockhaugh Farm that was included as part of her prize.
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Anti-Procrastination Tips for Writers: How to get on with it and write!
23 October 2023 by
Many of us find it hard to get going with our writing, however much we want to. It’s a common...
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Celebrating Northern Screen Talent
02 October 2023 by
NWN Chief Exec Claire Malcolm feeds back on our special Writing for TV awards event, and celebrates the exciting work we're developing to support screenwriting in the North.
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5 ways to make your YA fiction more compelling
29 September 2023 by
How do you write Young Adult fiction that truly resonates with readers? Professional Writing Academy’s YA expert Fiona Dixon explores...
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Fifteen Wild Decembers: Interview with Karen Powell
15 September 2023 by
Fifteen Wild Decembers is Northern Writers’ Award winner Karen Powell’s dazzling second novel. It follows Emily Brontë and her siblings...
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What We’re Reading: Durham Book Festival 2023 Edition
15 September 2023 by
With less than a month to go until Durham Book Festival 2023 kicks off, we’re eagerly eyeing up the festival...
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New and Recent Poetry from the North: Autumn 2023
15 September 2023 by
As the evenings draw in, cosy up with a new poetry collection from a northern poet this autumn, recommended by...
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The North Recommends: IRON Press
15 September 2023 by
IRON Press has reached its half century! This year, Cullercoats-based IRON Press is celebrating 50 years of independent poetry publishing....
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Introducting the Climate Hope Book List: A resource for teachers and carers with primary age children
15 September 2023 by
Threads in the Ground is a new climate hope organisation, set up with the support of New Writing North. The...
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Bad weather, great thrillers – the cream of Northern-set crime fiction
15 September 2023 by
Find your new favourite crime author as Marnie Riches, crime writer and tutor on our Crime Fiction online course, tells...