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.
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...
The North Recommends: Garden Village Book Club
08 June 2018 by
In February of this year I asked people in our local community if they’d be interested in joining a book...
The North Recommends: The Big Malarkey Festival
08 June 2018 by
I suffer from acute sweetshop syndrome when considering the acres of possibility for programming The Big Malarkey Festival, Hull Libraries’...
Featured Publisher: Saraband
08 June 2018 by
Saraband is a creative independent publisher championing original, imaginative, diverse writing, often from new voices. We publish both non-fiction –...
The North Recommends: Poetry Book Society
08 June 2018 by
Here’s our roundup of the hottest new poetry releases to read this Summer: Girls are Coming Out of the Woods...
What we’re reading: Summer holiday edition
08 June 2018 by
Claire Malcolm As I move from reading glasses to sunglasses this summer my poolside reading list includes two obsessions: Kudos, the final...
The North Recommends: Forum Books
08 June 2018 by
Forum Books is an award-winning, independent bookshop in the heart of Corbridge, Northumberland, stocking an eye-popping range of handpicked books –...
Interview with Paul Ferris
08 June 2018 by
The Boy in the Shed is a story of a life less than ordinary. Born in Ireland in 1965, Ferris and...
