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.
The North Recommends: Darling Reads
15 March 2021 by
Hello! We are Laura and Asher and we own Darling Reads in Horbury, Wakefield. We decided to start this new...
The North Recommends: ZunTold
15 March 2021 by
ZunTold publishes novels and poetry to support children young people and adults with their mental health. Founded by Elaine Bousfield...
Recent Poetry from the North
15 March 2021 by
I’m looking forward to reading Michael Symmons Roberts’ eighth collection Ransom (Cape). A masterful poet who explores expansive landscapes in...
What We’re Reading: Spring Edition
15 March 2021 by
New year, new books! Here at NWN, we started off 2021 with some great reads that got us through yet...
Interview with Tawseef Khan
15 March 2021 by
I’ve read that you’ve been formulating the idea for The Muslim Problem for a few years. Was there a particular...
Get Typing and Delete the Rubbish Stuff Later
25 February 2021 by
Daily Mirror columnist Paul Routledge offers advice on writing your application for A Writing Chance There is no big secret...
My Publication Story
13 January 2021 by
Winning a Northern Writers’ Award has changed my writing life. As a published poet, I didn’t have a lot of...
Interview with J.A. Mensah, author of Castles from Cobwebs
14 December 2020 by
In this interview we talk to J. A Mensah about her debut novel and inaugural winner of the NorthBound Book...
NWN’s Books of the Year 2020
11 December 2020 by
As is our custom, we’re finishing the year with a round-up of the books we most enjoyed reading in 2020....
The North Recommends: Publishers Picks
10 December 2020 by
Zoe Turner, Comma Press Cat Step by Alison Irvine (Dead Ink) follows single mother Liz who has moved to her recently...
Creativity in Lockdown: Write Outside
01 December 2020 by
With the nights drawing in and Christmas lights twinkling, it’s hard to remember back to summer 2020, but it did...
How to write the perfect letter to a literary agent
27 November 2020 by
Rufus Purdy, an editor and tutor on the forthcoming Write Here… Online novel-writing course, explains how to write the perfect...
