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 loneliness of the long-distance writer: Read Regional 2017
19 June 2017 by
John Donoghue – author of The Death’s Head Chess Club – talks about his experience of participating in Read Regional...
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Naomi Booth’s taxonomy of libraries: Read Regional 2017
12 June 2017 by
Author Naomi Booth is currently taking part in our Read Regional campaign, touring the length and breadth of the North...
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Bon Voyage! NWN’s Claire Malcolm on the Julia Darling Travel Fellowship
08 June 2017 by
Above (Left to right): Michelle Green, Chloe Daykin and Emma McGordon, the 2015-17 winners of the fellowship Claire Malcolm, New...
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Young Writers’ Talent Fund: Exploring the writing process with Papaya Press
12 May 2017 by
Papaya Press is a small independent press based in the North East. Its founder Lauren Vevers recently spoke with Book and...
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The Venn diagram of people who get published and people who listen to editorial advice is a circle
08 May 2017 by
I’m currently spending a day a week working as the editor for Cuckoo Review – an online publication, run by New Writing...
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Spotlight on The BookTrail: A Literary Travel Agency
28 April 2017 by
The BookTrail is a literary travel agency, which offers readers and travellers alike the chance to travel via fiction and...
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Phaedra Patrick’s Read Regional experience so far
27 April 2017 by
The author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper talks about her experience of taking part in Read Regional 2017…...
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My first half term leading Durham Cuckoo Young Writers
06 April 2017 by
Lisa writes about her experience so far of leading Durham’s Cuckoo Young Writers group. Held weekly in term time, our...
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Parents’ Book Group: The Muse by Jessie Burton
31 March 2017 by
Our March read was Jessie Burton’s second novel, The Muse, the much-anticipated follow-up to her 2014 debut, The Miniaturist. The...
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Read Regional event review: Gulwali Passarlay at Newcastle City Library
31 March 2017 by
Can you remember what you were doing when you were 13? I was debating the merits of individual boyband members...
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Read Regional Interview with Phaedra Patrick
20 March 2017 by
Phaedra Patrick is one of the 12 authors on this year’s Read Regional line up. Her book, The Curious Charms...
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Gulwali Passarlay Rocks Hexham! (Read Regional 2017)
16 March 2017 by
Read Regional in Northumberland Libraries got off to a great start on World Book Day (Thursday 2 March) with an...
