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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Depicting poetry on film
24 January 2017 by
Filmmaker Julie Ballands speaks with us about working with poet (and NWN blogger in residence) Anna Woodford on her CoMotion...
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On the Buses… With Anna Woodford
16 January 2017 by
My poems aiming to raise awareness of the travel needs of older people are featuring inside First York buses all...
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Anna Woodford and CoMotion
05 January 2017 by
Winter. Season of slippery pavements and dark evenings. Last month I tripped over while jogging. A lovely woman with a...
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Durham Book Group: The Shepherd’s Life: A Tale of the Lake District by James Rebanks
02 January 2017 by
Our reading choice for the last book group meeting of 2016 was James Rebanks’ The Shepherd’s Life and as a...
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Screenwriting Competitions: Choosing the Right One For You
28 December 2016 by
Screenwriting competitions are a great way for the film industry to identify up-and-coming screenwriting talent. There are currently a great...
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Crossing over from horror to crime fiction
20 December 2016 by
Like Poe’s Tell Tale Heart, horror has beaten a constant tattoo around me. Monsters, ghosts, demons, UFOs have always been...
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Being A Cuckoo Young Writer
20 December 2016 by
I joined Cuckoo Young Writers just over a year ago, when I dragged my best friend, Shana, to the Cramlington...
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Pitching: An Essential Skill For Screenwriters
19 December 2016 by
Pitching is the process of verbally ‘selling’ your screenplay. It is a concise but persuasive summary that highlights the...
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Mark Pajak on winning a Northern Writers’ Award for Poetry
19 December 2016 by
When asked that old question, ‘Why study Creative Writing?’ I used to shoot back, ‘Because I want to be a...
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New Writing North’s books of the year 2016
16 December 2016 by
We love a good end of year list in the office, so we thought we’d bring you a selection of...
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Screenplay Formatting: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It Right
14 December 2016 by
“Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding.” –...
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Clare Weze on winning a Northern Writers’ Award 2016
09 December 2016 by
I haven’t yet come down from the ceiling since winning a Northern Writers’ Award. Hearing a lovely review of my...