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: Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books
08 December 2017 by
The Seven Stories Bookshop, located in Ouseburn Valley is a treasure trove of delightful books sure to tickle the fancy...
Interview with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
08 December 2017 by
In 1750 while making his way to the capital, Kintu Kidda unleashes a curse that will plague his family for...
The North recommends: The Book Corner
08 December 2017 by
At the Book Corner, we have tried to create an inviting space where our customers can browse our wide range...
15 Winter Words Worth Remembering
08 December 2017 by
Lurking in the dustier corners of the dictionary is a host of words that might come in handy during the...
The North recommends: New Parents’ Book Group
08 December 2017 by
I heard about the New Parents’ Book Group when I was pregnant and looked to see which books the group...
The North recommends: Poetry Book Society
08 December 2017 by
Every quarter the Poetry Book Society celebrates the best new contemporary poetry books. This month marks the launch of our...
Featured publisher: Dead Ink Books
08 December 2017 by
Dead Ink Books is an independent publisher of literary fiction. We publish work from new and emerging authors that we...
5 years of pirates and princesses, astronauts and aliens, magicians and monsters
23 November 2017 by
The Monster Zoo cast and crew: Clockwise from top left Joe Johnston, Rachel Gay, Zoe Lambert, Andy Stephenson, Stacey Sampson, Ruth...
Sarah Dunnakey: The Northern Writers’ Awards
21 November 2017 by
On Thursday 30th January 2014 I was sitting at my computer. Working. But I had the occasional glance at Twitter...
Penned in the Margins: Clarissa Luard Award Shortlisted Publishers
18 October 2017 by
Penned in the Margins’ first incarnation was as a reading series in a converted railway arch in south London. It...
Little Toller Books: Clarissa Luard Award Shortlisted Publishers
16 October 2017 by
When Gracie and I moved to west Dorset, ten years ago now, I’d spend hours in the County Museum library...
An Interview with Gwendoline Riley
12 October 2017 by
Neve, a writer in her mid-thirties, is married to an older man, with whom she has a fractious and occasionally...
