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: The Poetry Book Society
19 September 2019 by
The Poetry Book Society’s Autumn Selections are among our most striking yet. Spanning across the globe from US legend Jericho...
The North Recommends: Curious Arts
19 September 2019 by
Founded in Newcastle Gateshead in 2016, Curious Arts celebrates and explores Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Culture through the...
The North Recommends: Plackitt & Booth
19 September 2019 by
We’re Plackitt & Booth Booksellers Ltd – Lytham, Lancashire, a super successful indie running high profile author events and serving...
What we’re reading: Autumn edition
19 September 2019 by
Charlotte Ramshaw – The Hiding Game by Naomi Wood For fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, Naomi Wood’s The Hiding Game...
Verbena White on winning a Northern Writers’ Award
Writing is something I’ve always done. However, poetry was something I saw as almost pretentious; perhaps because back then I...
NWC 2019: Building your web
20 June 2019 by
Newcastle Writing Conference was back! After being held at Northumbria University since 2013, it took over Live Theatre by the...
Read Regional: The 10 Best Things To Do in X
19 June 2019 by
When I think about my novels I sometimes imagine them sinking slowly, or not so slowly, into a great dark...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
