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: Book Corner, Saltburn
09 March 2018 by
I opened Book Corner in a tiny shop unit back in 2014, and moved into larger premises last year. It’s...
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Featured publisher: Valley Press
09 March 2018 by
Independent Scarborough-based publishing house Valley Press is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a bumper crop of new titles....
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The North recommends: Rhyme and Reason
09 March 2018 by
Rhyme & Reason is Sheffield’s only independent bookshop, which people often describe as an Aladdin’s cave when they see the...
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Interview with Laura Steven
09 March 2018 by
The Exact Opposite of Okay follows the story of Izzy O’Neill in the wake of a revenge porn scandal. When photos...
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What we’re reading – NWN reads Read Regional 2018
09 March 2018 by
We run Read Regional in partnership with 23 library authorities across the North, where you will find all of the...
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Where I Write: Eloise Unerman
05 March 2018 by
How do I work? Now there’s a question. I’ve never been asked that before but when New Writing North put...
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The Julia Darling Travel Fellowship: Chloe Daykin in Norway
14 February 2018 by
Thanks to this fellowship I’ve been to places I could never have been and done things I would never have...
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The Julia Darling Travel Fellowship: Emma McGordon in San Francisco
08 February 2018 by
I like synchronicity. I like tracing back a long thread of time, people, and decisions to understand where I am...
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The ups and downs of writing about your own mental health
01 February 2018 by
I’m not one for secrets. The Myers-Briggs personality profiling tool validates that statement. I score incredibly high on the extrovert...
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Where I Write: Yvonne Battle-Felton
29 January 2018 by
It’s nearly 10 AM. I have just finished a breakfast of my five-a-day: Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Outlook, and Instagram. I’m...
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Four Things for Your Northern Writers’ Awards Application
23 January 2018 by
As we reach the end of the entry period, applications for Northern Writers’ Awards 2018 are coming in thick and...
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Writing Workshops with the Big Read in Dene Community School
22 January 2018 by
Over six weeks, writer Bob Beagrie and I took two groups of year 9 students on a whistle-stop tour of...
