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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Amanda Quinn – Digi Transform
27 September 2018 by
Amanda Quinn on taking part in Digi_Transform and working with a mentor to look at her digital profile. In March...
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The North Recommends: Poetry Book Society
27 September 2018 by
The Poetry Book Society is a unique poetry book club founded by T S Eliot. Our quarterly handpicked poetry parcels...
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The North Recommends: Imagined Things
27 September 2018 by
Imagined Things is a proudly independent bookshop inside the beautiful & iconic Westminster Arcade in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. We opened...
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The North Recommends: Peepal Tree Press
27 September 2018 by
Peepal Tree Press is the world’s largest publisher of Caribbean and Black British writing. Based in Leeds and founded in 1985...
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The North Recommends: The Reader’s Storybarn
27 September 2018 by
The Reader’s Storybarn is an interactive story-centre for children to explore, share and discover a love of books and storytelling....
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The North Recommends: Oxenhope St Mary’s Book Group
27 September 2018 by
The Oxenhope book group began four years ago and is one of 103 book groups supported by Bradford Library Service....
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Interview with Una
27 September 2018 by
Cree tells the story of Jolene, a woman from Durham who finds solace, support and ultimately hope from attending the women’s...
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What we’re reading: Autumn edition
27 September 2018 by
Laura Fraine As we gear up for Durham Book Festival starting next week, my work life seems to be hurtling...
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Read Regional: War and Memory
02 August 2018 by
Read Regional transported me from Hull to Carlisle and from Yorkshire to County Durham, where libraries created the warmest welcome...
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Read Regional: The Value of a Good Library
31 July 2018 by
This is my second year on the Read Regional campaign, a feat which I don’t think has happened before! I...
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10 Things I Know About Public Art
23 July 2018 by
You have a 1 in 6 chance, if you take a Go North East bus, of coming across one of...
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Read Regional: A memoir
06 July 2018 by
As my train to Hull passed under the north end of the Humber Bridge, taking me to my last Read...