Northern Bookshelf
Interviews, round-ups and recommendations from our quarterly readers’ newsletter.
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Young Writers Recommend: Winter 2023
08 December 2023 by
As well as being very talented writers, our Newcastle Young Writers’ Group are ferocious readers. We asked them for some...
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The North Recommends: The Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library
08 December 2023 by
The Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library recently reopened in a new venue in Gateshead. Hear from Amina and Joe about the...
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The North Recommends: Honford Star
08 December 2023 by
Honford Star is an independent publisher based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. It publishes exciting literature from East Asia, be it...
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Fifteen Wild Decembers: Interview with Karen Powell
15 September 2023 by
Fifteen Wild Decembers is Northern Writers’ Award winner Karen Powell’s dazzling second novel. It follows Emily Brontë and her siblings...
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What We’re Reading: Durham Book Festival 2023 Edition
15 September 2023 by
With less than a month to go until Durham Book Festival 2023 kicks off, we’re eagerly eyeing up the festival...
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New and Recent Poetry from the North: Autumn 2023
15 September 2023 by
As the evenings draw in, cosy up with a new poetry collection from a northern poet this autumn, recommended by...
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The North Recommends: IRON Press
15 September 2023 by
IRON Press has reached its half century! This year, Cullercoats-based IRON Press is celebrating 50 years of independent poetry publishing....
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Introducting the Climate Hope Book List: A resource for teachers and carers with primary age children
15 September 2023 by
Threads in the Ground is a new climate hope organisation, set up with the support of New Writing North. The...
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Bad weather, great thrillers – the cream of Northern-set crime fiction
15 September 2023 by
Find your new favourite crime author as Marnie Riches, crime writer and tutor on our Crime Fiction online course, tells...
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Book Club Live
New Writing North and The Bound bring you your favourite authors in conversation from Newcastle
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The North Recommends: Hyde Park Book Club
09 June 2023 by
Hyde Park Book Club is an arts venue, cafe, bar and bookshop in Leeds. A place to grab drinks with...
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What We’re Reading: Summer Edition
09 June 2023 by
There’s something special about the books we read over summer – sunshine and holidays seem to lend themselves to creating...
