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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10 Books by Black Northern Writers
19 June 2020 by
We are horrified by the acts of racism, injustice and intolerance that are the daily experience of many. New...
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Interview with Eliza Clark
19 June 2020 by
In Boy Parts, the incendiary debut novel from Eliza Clark, Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men...
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New Writing North: What We’re Reading
19 June 2020 by
Claire Malcolm – Whilst on lockdown I’ve been up and down with reading, sometimes intensely paging through books...
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Home Time – with Helen Shaddock
With a free journal template, Home Time invites you to draw and write your day, and to reflect upon the small details that make each day unique.
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Home Time
10 June 2020 by
The news that we were to go into lockdown hit me hard. Panic set in. I’m a creature of habit...
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Climate Reading Group: The Caiplie Caves
22 May 2020 by
Sadly, my Zoom app couldn’t bear the strain of travelling back to the 7th century and the Caiplie Caves on...
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Interview with Emma Layfield, Picture Book Development Director, North at Hachette Children’s Group
31 March 2020 by
We speak to Emma Layfield, Picture Book Development Director, North at Hachette Children’s Group, about her recent move up to Manchester,...
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Garsdale Retreat: New North Poets
31 March 2020 by
After driving through torrents of Yorkshire rain, I finally arrived at Garsdale Retreat. Relief! I was immediately met by the...
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Rebecca Solnit : Catalyst for Change
27 March 2020 by
First, writer and activist Rebecca Solnit’s visit to the UK and the Tyneside Cinema was cancelled. She was going to...
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The North Recommends: The Poetry Book Society
20 March 2020 by
In these uncertain times many are seeking solace and inspiration in poetry, so we’ve rounded up seven seasonal selections to...
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The North Recommends: The Book Case
20 March 2020 by
The Book Case has been a fixture on Hebden Bridge’s Market Street for over 20 years. When we took it...
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The North Recommends: Whitley Book Group
20 March 2020 by
Whitley Book Group, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside We are a group of readers in Whitley Bay, linked by a...
