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: UClan Publishing
14 December 2018 by
UCLan Publishing is the only student-run, trade but not for profit publishing house in the world. It’s breaking the mould...
The North Recommends: Poetry Book Society
14 December 2018 by
THE POETRY BOOK SOCIETY GIFT GUIDE: Christmas is fast approaching, so here’s the definitive Poetry Book Society gift guide. We’re...
Interview with Yvonne Battle-Felton
14 December 2018 by
You won a Northern Writers’ Award for Remembered in 2017. Can you tell us a bit about the journey from before you...
The North Recommends: The Children’s Bookshop
14 December 2018 by
The Children’s Bookshop began life 40+ years ago. We are based in the village of Lindley on the outskirts of...
The North Recommends: The Stripey Badger
14 December 2018 by
The Stripey Badger Bookshop and its sister business, Stripey Badger Coffee Shop & Kitchen, both opened in the village of...
The North Recommends: Allerton Book Group
14 December 2018 by
Allerton Book Group is a long established group, which started in about 2000-2001 at Allerton Library in South Liverpool. It...
Iain Rowan: A Room with a View
20 November 2018 by
Winning any kind of award or prize is always wonderful for any writer. For a moment, just for a moment,...
A Shed of One’s Own
04 October 2018 by
I’ll start with a confession. When I first read Virginia Woolf’s famous essay ‘A Room of One’s Own’ in my...
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...
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...
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...
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...
