Northern Bookshelf
Interviews, round-ups and recommendations from our quarterly readers’ newsletter.
What We’re Reading: Winter 2023 Edition
08 December 2023 by
What did NWN love reading this year? We’ve assembled our 2023 reading highlights, the books we’re gifting this Christmas, and...
New and Recent Poetry from the North: Winter 2023
08 December 2023 by
What better way to slow down and take a breather during a busy December than by curling up with a...
Hidden Fires: Interview with Sairish Hussain
08 December 2023 by
Hidden Fires is the second novel from Bradford-based Sairish Hussain. It is a poignant story of grief and loss, the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
