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.
New and Recent Poetry from the North: Spring 2022
18 March 2022 by
Each quarter, Senior Programme Manager Will Mackie blogs about some of the best new and recent work by poets in the North.
What We’re Reading: Balance the Books Edition
18 March 2022 by
It's time for the team at NWN to let you know what they're reading from our Balance the Books shelf!
The Secret of Haven Point: Interview with Lisette Auton
18 March 2022 by
We talk to Lisette about her writing journey, working with a mentor, and publishing work that centres and celebrates disabled children.
Our relational approach to diversity and inclusivity
10 March 2022 by
Anna Disley, New Writing North’s Executive Director, Programme and Impact, considers how relationships underpin our work, especially when it comes...
Notes from a Mentorship
03 March 2022 by
Amy Stewart won the Word Factory Apprentice Award 2021 as part of the Northern Writers’ Awards. In this blog, Amy...
The North Recommends: And Other Stories
16 December 2021 by
And Other Stories is a not-for-profit press based in Sheffield that aims to push people’s reading limits and help them...
NWN’s Books of the Year 2021
15 December 2021 by
As we come to the end of 2021, it’s time to roundup our reading year. We asked our staff here...
New and Recent Poetry from the North: Winter 2021
15 December 2021 by
Some of my most cherished presents from past Christmases have been poetry collections I was unfamiliar with that have gone...
Much With Body: Interview with Polly Atkin
15 December 2021 by
Much With Body is the startlingly original second collection by poet and Northern Writers’ Award winner Polly Atkin. In this...
Being Brave with Larkspur Community Primary School: A Gateshead Young Writers project
26 November 2021 by
NWN Young Writers initially worked with Larkspur Community Primary School back in summer 2019, so we were delighted to be...
Climate Action at New Writing North
05 November 2021 by
New Writing North declared a Climate Emergency in autumn 2019. We were inspired by the young people’s climate strikes that...
Climate Reading Group: Gigantic Cinema, a review
03 November 2021 by
The rain came abruptly I have a torn sheet of paper tucked inside my copy of Gigantic Cinema, and this...
