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: Read. Bookshop Holmfirth
22 September 2025 by
Book lovers of Holmfirth and beyond, we’ve found your new favourite bookshop. Discover more about Read, which was opened in...
Up Above the City: Interview with Clare Weze
22 September 2025 by
Up Above the City is a topical and moving middle-grade novel by Northern Writers’ Award-winner Clare Weze, tackling the real theme...
Films, poetry and plays created at Young Writers’ Summer workshops
19 September 2025 by
From thoughtful poetry and collage-making to a boisterous ten-minute play, find out what our Young Writers got up to over the summer.
West End Writes Spring Celebration
19 August 2025 by
The West End Writes Spring Celebration in May 2025 at the John Marley Centre in Newcastle’s West End was a...
This Year’s Uplifting Projects in Primary Schools
As we embark on the school summer holidays, we look back at some of this year’s uplifting projects in primary...
My experience on the Careers in Publishing Insight Day
23 July 2025 by
Sixth form student Evie walks us through her day learning about careers in publishing with Hachette, New Writing North and Northumbria University.
Careers in Publishing Insight Day
18 July 2025 by
Our recent Careers in Publishing Insight Day at Northumbria University was designed to show young people in the North East the breadth of the jobs available in the publishing industry.
Books in hot places to read this summer
20 June 2025 by
Sun’s out, books out. From idyllic Mediterranean vistas to sweaty city heatwaves to blazing dystopian wildfires, these books taking place...
New and Recent Poetry from the North: Summer 2025
20 June 2025 by
Get ready to indulge in some poetry on a long summer evening. It’s time again for NWN poetry expert Will...
What We’re Reading: Summer 2025 Edition
20 June 2025 by
Is there space in your suitcase for a few more books? Discover the books we’re excited to read on our...
The Mercy Step: Interview with Marcia Hutchinson
20 June 2025 by
The Mercy Step, Marcia Hutchinson’s solo literary debut, is a sharply-witted and tender portrait of a young girl’s quiet rebellion,...
A tribute to Professor Simon J James
16 June 2025 by
