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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The North Recommends: Cogito Books
14 June 2019 by
Cogito Books is an independent bookshop with a unique and carefully curated collection of titles, beautifully presented in a welcoming...
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Interview with Lara Williams
14 June 2019 by
Twenty-nine year old Roberta has spent her whole life hungry – until the day she invents Supper Club. Supper Club...
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The North Recommends: IRON Press
14 June 2019 by
As far as I know – correct me if I’m wrong – the IRON Festivals are the only ones run...
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The North Recommends: Poetry Book Society
14 June 2019 by
The Poetry Book Society was founded by T.S. Eliot to deliver the best new poetry books to members every quarter....
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The North Recommends: Young Writers’ Reads
14 June 2019 by
Not That Kind of Girl This book is truly incredible, a work of fantastic feminism driven cleverly into a classical...
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The North Recommends: Book and Brew Reading Group
14 June 2019 by
Book and Brew is a book group based in Newcastle. It’s been going since 2015 when its founder, Dawn McGuigan,...
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What we’re reading: Summer edition
14 June 2019 by
Claire Malcolm I’ve read some excellent books so far this year and would like to particularly recommend White Tears by Hari Kunzru...
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Read Regional: Connections
12 June 2019 by
“It seems there’s a sense of disconnect between you and your father.” I’m in South Shields at The Word, and...
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Read Regional: Nature on the Road
03 June 2019 by
My Read Regional events began with a visit to Darlington Library. Working with the library’s reading group, it was an...
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Rich Seams: Exploring the New Poetry of the North
23 May 2019 by
When I was first invited by Durham University and New Writing North to be the laureate of Durham Book Festival...
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Working Class Writers’ Week: The Sid Chaplin Award
17 May 2019 by
In the early months of 1941 – the darkest time of the Second World War – a young pitman took...
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Working Class Writers’ Week: Julie Noble
17 May 2019 by
A single parent, struggling to rebuild her life, can start to take control if she holds a pen. Writing has...
