Northern Bookshelf
Interviews, round-ups and recommendations from our quarterly readers’ newsletter.
Interview with Danielle Jawando
20 March 2020 by
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
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 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
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
Alfred Book Club, Meanwood, Leeds How did the book group get started? It all began back in 2017 in...
New Writing North – Books of the Year 2019
16 December 2019 by
With the festive season in full swing and 2020 nearly upon us, here at New Writing North we’ve been getting nostalgic and looking...
The North Recommends: The Poetry Book Society’s Gift Guide
16 December 2019 by
Look no further for the perfect poetic gift this Christmas! We’re delighted to share our Poetry Book Society Gift Guide,...
The North Recommends: Waterstones Bookshop Durham
16 December 2019 by
Waterstones Bookshop on Saddler Street, in the heart of the beautiful and historic Durham City, is a warm and welcoming...
Interview with Jenn Ashworth
16 December 2019 by
Notes Made While Falling is both a genre-bending memoir and a cultural study of traumatised and sickened selves in fiction...
The North Recommends: ABC Book Club
19 September 2019 by
We started our book club, ABC, about 21 years ago in Horsforth, Leeds. Our children were all at primary school...
Interview with Okechukwu Nzelu
19 September 2019 by
Nnenna Maloney is a teenage girl juggling friendships, school and sex. But as she approaches womanhood she also wants to...
The North Recommends: Bloodaxe Books
19 September 2019 by
Neil Astley founded Bloodaxe Books in 1978 to give a platform to emerging new poets, many from the North of...
