Northern Bookshelf
Interviews, round-ups and recommendations from our quarterly readers’ newsletter.
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What we’re reading: Autumn Edition
18 September 2020 by
Rebecca Wilkie I love memoirist, Cathy Rentzenbrink’s writing, so was delighted to receive an early copy of her latest book, Dear...
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Recommendations in Translation
19 June 2020 by
Katharine Halls is an Arabic-to-English translator. Her translation, with Adam Talib, of Raja Alem’s novel The Dove’s Necklace received the...
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The North Recommends: The Poetry Book Society
19 June 2020 by
Summer is finally here and we can’t wait to share our seasonal selections with you. As I write, our members...
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The North Recommends: Carcanet Press
19 June 2020 by
Founded 1969 by Mexican-born Michael Schmidt, Carcanet Press has been publishing outstanding poetry in English and translation from around the...
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The North Recommends: Forum Books
19 June 2020 by
Forum Books are up for Best Indie Bookshop in The British Book Awards having won the North round. The awards...
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10 Books by Black Northern Writers
19 June 2020 by
We are horrified by the acts of racism, injustice and intolerance that are the daily experience of many. New...
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Interview with Eliza Clark
19 June 2020 by
In Boy Parts, the incendiary debut novel from Eliza Clark, Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men...
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New Writing North: What We’re Reading
19 June 2020 by
Claire Malcolm – Whilst on lockdown I’ve been up and down with reading, sometimes intensely paging through books...
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Interview with Emma Layfield, Picture Book Development Director, North at Hachette Children’s Group
31 March 2020 by
We speak to Emma Layfield, Picture Book Development Director, North at Hachette Children’s Group, about her recent move up to Manchester,...
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The North Recommends: The Poetry Book Society
20 March 2020 by
In these uncertain times many are seeking solace and inspiration in poetry, so we’ve rounded up seven seasonal selections to...
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The North Recommends: The Book Case
20 March 2020 by
The Book Case has been a fixture on Hebden Bridge’s Market Street for over 20 years. When we took it...
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The North Recommends: Whitley Book Group
20 March 2020 by
Whitley Book Group, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside We are a group of readers in Whitley Bay, linked by a...
