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 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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Read Regional: Book Baby – How to be a Writer and a Mother?
04 July 2018 by
I submitted the final version of my manuscript of How Saints Die to my editor on 4th December 2016 and...
Secret Diary of a Fledgling Freelancer
02 July 2018 by
Breathe. And again. Your fraud pants are invisible. They are, aren’t they? Quick, check! Yes, they are indeed invisible, now...
Why it’s important to rebalance the books
15 June 2018 by
As part of our year-round work developing new writers we are proud to partner with Penguin Random House’s WriteNow programme,...
Read Regional: A whistle-stop tour
13 June 2018 by
In a scruffy clearing in Cleckheaton woodland, a middle-aged man breaks into a sonorous chorus of the folk standard ‘Who...
