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: Around the North in Twelve Library Authorities
29 May 2018 by
In a recent conversation, I was informed by an otherwise reasonable-seeming man that “We don’t need libraries anymore because you...
Read Regional: Poets, past and present
03 May 2018 by
I’ve been to two of my four Read Regional events, which means I’m halfway through my mini tour of the...
Read Regional: Author on Tour
27 April 2018 by
Usually, when a novel comes out I’ve found you have about six weeks. Six weeks of daily notifications on Twitter...
Location, Location, Location
23 April 2018 by
Dream up a cast of interesting characters, shovel plenty of adversity at them, and how they cope makes for the...
Self-publishing: The sin and the shame
05 April 2018 by
Four years ago, I began work on my novel. It would be called The Namesake and it would be my...
Two Heads Are Better Than One
27 March 2018 by
Last year, after Chapel FM’s Writing on Air festival, Rosalind Fairclough (aka the poet Rosalind York) and I decided to...
The North recommends: Poetry Book Society
09 March 2018 by
Every quarter our expert Selectors choose the best new poetry books for our members. Despite the snow, we’ve just launched...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
