Northern Bookshelf

Interviews, round-ups and recommendations from our quarterly readers’ newsletter.

Interview with Eliza Clark
19 June 2020 by by Anna Disley
In Boy Parts, the incendiary debut novel from Eliza Clark, Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men...
New Writing North: What We’re Reading
19 June 2020 by by Grace Keane
Claire Malcolm – Whilst on lockdown I’ve been up and down with reading, sometimes intensely paging through books...
Interview with Emma Layfield, Picture Book Development Director, North at Hachette Children’s Group
31 March 2020 by Will Mackie
We speak to Emma Layfield, Picture Book Development Director, North at Hachette Children’s Group, about her recent move up to Manchester,...
The North Recommends: The Poetry Book Society
20 March 2020 by Poetry Book Society
In these uncertain times many are seeking solace and inspiration in poetry, so we’ve rounded up seven seasonal selections to...
The North Recommends: The Book Case
20 March 2020 by The Book Case
The Book Case has been a fixture on Hebden Bridge’s Market Street for over 20 years. When we took it...
The North Recommends: Whitley Book Group
20 March 2020 by Sophie Buxton
Whitley Book Group, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside We are a group of readers in Whitley Bay, linked by a...
Books We Turn To In Troubled Times
20 March 2020 by Sophie Koranteng
With the current health situation in mind, it can be easy to get caught in the frenzy of negative news...
Interview with Danielle Jawando
20 March 2020 by Sophie Koranteng
Described as ‘An outstanding and compassionate debut’ by Patrice Lawrence, Danielle Jawando’s YA novel And The Stars Were Burning Brightly is an extraordinary...
The North Recommends: Hexham Book Festival
20 March 2020 by Susie Troup
While we unfortunately can’t go to Hexham Book Festival this year, we can still enjoy their book recommendations! In...
The North Recommends: The Blue House Bookshop
16 December 2019 by The Blue House Bookshop
The Blue House Bookshop is an independent children’s bookshop in York. We opened in October and are situated on Bootham,...
The North Recommends: Comma Press
16 December 2019 by Comma Press
The Book of Newcastle coming January 2020 Comma Press’s ‘Reading the City’ series has been traversing the globe since 2006,...
The North Recommends: Alfred Bar Book Club
16 December 2019 by Grace Keane
Alfred Book Club, Meanwood, Leeds How did the book group get started? It all began back in 2017 in...