Northern Bookshelf
Interviews, round-ups and recommendations from our quarterly readers’ newsletter.
New and Recent Poetry from the North: Autumn 2025
22 September 2025 by
It’s another brilliant season for Northern poetry. Find a new collection to accompany your fireside evenings – including a special...
What We’re Reading: Durham Book Festival 2025 Edition
22 September 2025 by
Durham Book Festival returns for another year from 10-12 October 2025. Before you plan your festival weekend, find out about...
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...
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,...
Hopeful books for dark days
20 March 2025 by
When the world feels increasingly dark and hopeless, sometimes the best remedy is to put your phone down and read...
The North Recommends: Open Ended Books
20 March 2025 by
Newcastle-based charity Equal Arts has established a new dementia-friendly publishing imprint, Open Ended Books. Hear from Publications and Heritage Programmes...
Kingfisher: Interview with Rozie Kelly
20 March 2025 by
Rozie Kelly’s debut novel Kingfisher, winner of the NorthBound Book Award 2023, follows a creative writing academic who becomes infatuated...
New and Recent Poetry from the North: Spring 2025
20 March 2025 by
It’s a bumper season for Northern poetry! We’ve put together a list of some of the best new collections to...
